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An empirical evaluation of ‘big questions’ as an organisational framework for interdisciplinary social studies in a Scottish high school

BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant Research Reports

This research project assessed the impact on pupils and staff of a school-designed integrated social studies curriculum, aiming to apply insights from Big History and Big Questions to offer pupils...

Practitioner Research SIG Convenor Vacancy 2023-2026

There is an opportunity for a new SIG Convenor to help lead the SIG over the next 3 years. As a SIG convenor you receive a number of benefits, support from the BERA office and are invited to...

A ‘race and education’ film club: New reflexive possibilities

In England, as with so many settings around the globe, researchers have long-debated how concepts of racism interplay with education, whether at the systemic or classroom level (see for example...

SIG Forum Meeting – Practitioner Research SIG

Join the Practitioner Research SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2023. This meeting will be hosted online,...

Evidence-based practice in schools: Diving deeper

In their recent BERA Blog post, Watkins et al. (2022) highlighted concerns about school leaders’ understanding of research and using research for school improvement; specifically, knowing what...

These are our stories: Affording children and teachers’ voices in participatory research

Choosing a mixed-method approach as the basis for my EdD journey was a moral as opposed to a methodological decision, based on my own values and beliefs. If I was to explore the lived lives of the...

‘Learning for All’

BERA funded six small grants in 2022/23 under the title “Learning for all”. These grants supported projects which examine educational provision in its widest sense that seeks to provide or...

Towards inclusivity in the mainstream classroom

Children and young people’s right to access an inclusive education is incontestable. Our systems in education, however, can present barriers to achieving this. I am the head of inclusion for a...

Achieving mastery: Pupils’ perspectives on engaging with feedback and assessment in secondary school

Introduction  Assessment and feedback play a key role in pupils’ learning at all levels of education. However, there is much debate about whether feedback, in particular, is given in a way...

Evidence-based practice in schools: What’s really going on?

Improving educational outcomes through high-quality provision is one of the main aims of education systems across the world. Over recent decades there has been a concerted move by policymakers in...

Post-truth teachers

Teaching is values-based and complex. While theory and research within the field of education is contested, we require high-quality teachers who exercise professional judgement in deciding what...

A Virtual Journal Club Meeting

Online registration has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. As practitioner researchers we are keen to support modes of professional development that empower teachers and...