Education, Inequality and the One Percent
Geography reveals just how divided we have become. There are places from which it appears almost impossible to succeed educationally and others from where it appears very hard to fail. On any...
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BERA Conference 2014
Registration is now open! Please visit the dedicated conference website: www.beraconference.co.uk for full information on the conference including registration. We have had a record number...
Poverty, not schools, to blame for exam results gap
Research from Professor Steve Strand, of the University of Oxford, says the pervasiveness of this attainment gap, across all types of schools, suggests that factors outside of the institutions’...
Press Releases
The place to find any press release issued by BERA. Streaming pupils by ability in primary school widens the attainment gap Click here Poverty, not schools, to blame for exam results...
The Future of Learning and Bringing the School in the Cloud Down to Earth: Skype Grannies Meets the English School System
In this talk, Sugata Mitra will take us through the origings of schooling as we know it, to the dematerialisation of institutions as we know them. Thirteen years of experiments in children’s...
Maths teachers worried about ‘inadequate’ algebra in GCSEs
Many teenagers are embarking on maths A-level courses with an inadequate grasp of algebra because they can get a good grade at GCSE without having mastered it, new research from assessment experts...
BERA Conference 2014 – Keynote Lectures
For educational researchers the BERA Annual Conference is an important date in their professional year. It provides the opportunity to: network with existing colleagues support new...
39th BERA Annual General Meeting
The 39th BERA AGM will take place at 5:00pm on Monday 22nd September. It will be held at Nunn Hall, IOE, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL All members are invited to attend. 39th...
PESP Invisible College 2014
Online registration is now closed. There are very limited places available. Please contact the BERA Office for details if you would still like to attend on 0207 612 6987. This...
DfE consultation on primary assessment and accountability
Over the summer of 2014, BERA decided to take the unusual step of reconvening the influential UK Assessment Reform Group, which remains highly regarded nationally and internationally. The ARG...
Main Conference Parallel Session 1
Spotlight Session: AARE Convenor: Clarence, Ng - Australian Catholic University Chairperson: Wyatt-Smith, Claire - Australian Catholic University Discussant: Elliott, Stephen -...