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Rethinking rural school leadership: Friendship matters?

There is a wide and weathered narrative about rural life, one that paints its characters in thick, earthy strokes: resilient, self-reliant and stoic. What is often curiously missing in these...

One link to guide them all: Co-creating clarity in assessment feedback with students

Over the past two years, I’ve had the privilege of working in partnership with two undergraduate student interns to explore how students respond to their first academic feedback in higher...

Secondary school teachers’ preparedness to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into their practice

BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant Research Reports

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in education – ranging from large language models to adaptive learning platforms – raises pressing questions about teacher...

Questioning exclusionary practices in education

As four researchers concerned about school exclusion and social justice, we came together in a BERA webinar to consider how the global policy intention of providing inclusive education for all...

Lessons learned from game-based learning in science education

Imagine entering a science classroom where rows of students sit in silence, eyes fixed on their notebooks as the teacher dictates line after line from the prescribed textbook. This is not an...

From classrooms to character: The power of experiential learning

Adolescence is a stage that’s soft, malleable and highly impressionable – like Jell-O (US)/Jelly (UK). Immersive, emotionally resonant learning at this time can leave a lasting imprint. Dewey...

Editorial: Relationship-centred pedagogies: The route to ‘education for all’

This BERA Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...

Relationship-centred pedagogies: The route to ‘education for all’

This BERA Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...

Education through encounter

Although there is a growing international interest in relationship-centred pedagogies within the formal education sector, the concept is not new. Certainly, as myself and former head teacher and...

School culture, relationships and exclusion

This blog post explores links between school exclusions, teacher–pupil relationships and school culture. Specifically, it considers how what is prioritised and considered normal within a school...

Nurture and relationship-based approaches in SEN education

Introduction As a teacher with more than 20 years’ experience across mainstream and alternative provisions, I now lead Primary Literacy at New Barn School in Horsham, England, which supports...

Re-engaging disengaged students: Building trust and curriculum reform in secondary schools

Introduction I write this blog post following deep reflection on 40 years of teaching – 20 of which were as headteacher within three very different schools. In my final years of headship, I...