In this episode of the BERA Podcast Joanna Merrett discusses the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on elective home education families and her recent research submitted to the UK EHE select...
Online registration has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_AlternativeEducation Online event - pre-registration essential Across the global context of disrupted...
For young people in flexi schools, being interested in their school learning is often a novel experience, and one they value highly. Having been disengaged from and by conventional education,...
The role of self motivation (Gopalan et al, 2017)and self direction (Biesta, 2010) has long been recognised in children’s learning. However, in tightly managed and timetabled state run...
Intergenerational practice has seen a growth in popularity in recent years due to societal changes and in an aim to reconnect the generations (Vanderven, 2011; Vieira and Sousa, 2016). Although...
The notion of spirituality as an ontological priority for children has become more prominent in academic literature in the past decade, not least due to its inclusion in the National Curriculum as...
Engaging in arts practices is recognised as having potential benefit in terms of fostering self-esteem, well-being and happiness, social cohesion, creativity, agility as well as promoting academic...
https://youtu.be/u2yEoiAF2bs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOtc4Ofrpfw&t=3467s Across the global context of disrupted schooling during the pandemic, interest in alternative methods,...
While we have seen a justified focus upon schools during the Covid-19 crisis, relatively little attention has been paid to how teacher-educators are adjusting their practice. In the UK in...
Covid-19 reveals an urgent need to focus on an area of worldwide educational significance: the importance for schools of engaging with uncertainty as a key facet of education. In recent decades, a...
In the 21st century, it seems that digital play is an inevitable experience for young children. Studies have claimed that digital devices can support children’s learning (Falloon, 2013) in...