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Jiayi Cai

Jiayi Cai is an undergraduate research fellow at University College London. Her current research focuses on ethical challenges in research on children, particularly in the Chinese context. Her...

Playing with Playmobil: Supporting undergraduate conceptual understanding in environmental and sustainability education

Playful approaches to learning are well established when teaching children, especially those in early childhood. But there is mounting research evidence about the value of playful learning in...

Anna Craft Memorial Lecture 2023: Creative ruptions for emergent educational futures

As a close colleague and friend of Anna, it was a real privilege to be asked to give the 2023  Anna Craft Memorial Lecture. Given how well I knew Anna, it was unlike any other lecture I have...

Christle Coxon

Dr Christle Coxon is a registered associate nutritionist (ANutr), lecturer and researcher at the School of Psychology, University of Roehampton. Her research focuses on the links between diet,...

Shauna McGill

Shauna McGill currently holds a PhD in Education with Ulster University but also holds a Masters of Teaching from Queens University and a Bachelor of Education (Hons) from University of Glasgow....

Generative artificial intelligence and a return to dialogue in education

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Socrates famously held a low opinion of writing, believing it encouraged superficial understanding. True understanding, he argued, requires face-to-face dialogue. This is not found on the written...

Practitioner Research – Call for SIG Convenor 2024-2027

This SIG is a supportive and collaborative community of practitioner researchers working in a diverse range of contexts. It brings together those with a special interest in all those (closely...

Chair Information

Information for chairs BERA would like to thank all chairs for their most valuable contribution to the conference. For most individual paper sessions, the final presenter for that slot will...

Rupert Wegerif

Rupert Wegerif is a Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. He is also Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at the University...

Alison Griffiths

My career began in the primary school, working across the key stages in schools located in North Wales and London. Since leaving the school classroom, I have worked in three universities and am...

Keisha Stewart

Keisha Ann Stewart is a PhD researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Edge Hill University. Having taught English both locally and internationally, she brings a wealth of practical knowledge...

The role of language models in student learning and assessment

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Language models, such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, claude.ai and pi.ai, are artificial intelligence-powered chatbots that generate intelligent-sounding text when responding to user prompts. Students...