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Nature, Outdoor Learning and Play SIG Annual Meeting

26 Feb 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Join the  Nature, Outdoor Learning and Play SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2021   This meeting will be...

Entanglements of writing and matter: Towards less human-centred practices

Over the last decade, the humanities and social sciences have become increasingly interested in the nonhuman (animals, plants, non-living objects) as having agentic and performative capacities. By...

Making the case for integrating sustainable development in the university language classroom

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

Many teachers and researchers reading this may be asking themselves: what is sustainable development (SD) and why should I care about it? Here I offer insights on the following three areas: what...

Respecting the role of the physical body in teaching and learning

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

Covid-19 has shed light on the day-to-day life of teaching and learning. As parents began home-schooling and teachers adapted to innovative ways of connecting with students online, in our...

Shifting Perspectives on Nature through Pedagogical Practices

#BERA_nolap Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. Come and join us as we ask critical questions around how we may combine science- and...

Shifting Perspectives on Nature through Pedagogical Practices

This event looked at critical questions around how we may combine science- and arts-based approaches to shift perspectives away from a human-centred view of the world to one that views humans as...

The right to protest: A children’s rights perspective on the school climate strikes

This episode of the BERA Podcast discusses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the climate crisis school strikes, and how schools can work to acknowledge and facilitate...

Children’s reflections on home education during the Covid-19 pandemic: Implications for the return to school

Covid-19, education and educational research

As school leaders plan the return to school following the global pandemic, it is crucial that their educational decisions are informed by research into the everyday realities of enforced home...

A war for our world: Reframing the climate crisis

This episode of the BERA Podcast discusses the importance of re-examining what we value in education and our current educational practices as they relate to climate change.

Place-responsive pedagogy: The lessons learned from an old oak tree

This episode of the BERA Podcast is the first from our series "Education for our planet and for our future." In this episode Kevin Smith (Cardiff University) interviews Catherine Dunn and Jack...

‘PE’ with Joe (Bloggs): The rise and risks of celebrity ‘teachers’

Covid-19, education and educational research

Long before Covid-19 altered the way learning and teaching takes place, the subject of physical education (PE) was somewhat marginalised in the school curriculum. Within the UK, as elsewhere,...

The Importance of Nature: before, during and after Covid-19

In this mini episode Dr Tracy Hayes (University of Cumbria) and Dr Mark Leather (Plymouth Marjon University) discuss the importance of nature, outdoor learning and play before, during and after...