What next for Religious Education?
This seminar offers an opportunity for policy makers, practitioners, academics working in the field and other stakeholders to engage with differing research-informed perspectives on the Commission...
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‘Prevent Duty’, Islam and Extremism Seminar – Mapping the Field and Future Projects
This event is now fully booked. Please email events@bera.ac.uk if you would like to be added to a reserve list or be informed about similar events. Current initiatives in...
Challenging consumerism through education as human development
The culture of transforming everything into products to be ‘consumed by the market’ is manifesting itself as a global pathology. This trend is destroying longstanding communities of practice...
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Faith-based education is (not) what we are talking about
Writings about faith and education tend to fall into particular longstanding debates about: the teaching of religious education in schools; the act (or not) of assembly; the use of religious texts...
Continue reading blog postResearchers drawing on teachers’ tools: Picturebooks with migrant learners
This blog post springs from a symposium I convened at BERA Conference 2018 entitled ‘Using creative methods to explore complex topics with young participants’. The symposium reflected my...
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Integrating a parenting education programme into the primary and secondary school curriculum in Nigeria
All young children tend to misbehave from time to time, which makes it necessary for parents/guardians to step in with disciplinary measures. Although the need for child discipline is broadly...
Continue reading blog postArresting ‘epistemic violence’: Decolonising the national curriculum for history
A renewed call to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum has marked a shift in thinking about education and what should form the canon of curriculum content (le Grange, 2016). It has been amplified...
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Young children’s perceptions of due process in schools’ disciplinary procedures
‘It’s not fair!’ is a common phrase heard in schools. But what is ‘fair’ in the eyes of pupils? Our recently published study in the British Educational Research Journal explored how...
Continue reading blog postA response to Komatsu and Rappleye: What if east Asia’s high achievement is not the result of long hours of study, cram schools, and exam pressure?
In their recent BERA Blog article (10 August), Komatsu and Rappleye raise the idea that the high achievement of Asian education systems – and specifically Japan’s educational achievements –...
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What if east Asia’s high achievement is not the result of longer hours of study, cram schools, and exam pressure?
Since the inception of international comparative tests in the 1960s, Japanese students, like most students around east Asia, have consistently outscored their Anglo-American peers (that is, the...
Continue reading blog postCultures of compassion in early childhood education
Unpleasant experiences, like hurting oneself, missing parents, or being excluded from play, are evident parts of early childhood education (ECE). Although we cannot (and sometimes should not)...
Continue reading blog postIslam, Prevent and Fundamental British Values
Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite. Current initiatives in counter-terrorism, the fear of...
