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Invest in stopping ineffective things

Schools are hotbeds of innovation. In my role supporting schools to develop more evidence-informed practice, I always admire teachers’ creativity and dedication. However, I also see colleagues...

Remote, distant but connected: Using walking and talking as PhD researchers during Covid-19

In this blog post we aim to share our experiences of the BERA Walk and Talk at a Distance event, and demonstrate how remote walking and talking events have the potential to relieve the isolation...

Has there really been a decline in happiness among young people in the UK?

The Children’s Society published its most recent edition of The Good Childhood Report in August (Children’s Society, 2020). Concerningly, it reported that even before Covid-19 there had been a...

Great expectations dashed? Evidence, practice and implementation in education

This blog is a reflection on the recent ‘special section’ in Research Intelligence issue 144 entitled ‘How we can improve the use of research evidence (in practice)’, edited by Stephen...

Joint Research Methodology in Education and Practitioner Research SIG newsletter

This joint newsletter is the result of a growing collaboration between our SIGs in the area of overlap between exploring and supporting research design and carrying out meaningful research in and...

The use of vlogs, blogs and podcasts in education research, teaching and professional development

The ubiquitous nature of the smart phone and the internet has meant that a new approach to seeking and managing information is emerging as part of our normal lives.  Vlogs, blogs and podcasts are...

Only time will tell: Using temporal multimodal analysis to predict learning

By analysing the learning process, one can understand how student behaviours are related to learning outcomes. When assessing the learning process, researchers have shown multimodal learning...

What can experiment tell us in educational research?

In education, we’ve put a straitjacket around our notion of experiment. We adhere steadfastly to what Parlett and Hamilton (1972) famously called the ‘agricultural-botany paradigm’. But the...

Walk and Talk at a distance

This event is now fully booked, to be added on to the waiting list please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERAWalkandTalk Walking and talking are healthful, creative and positive aspects of social...

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research

#principlesintopractice As part of the Research Methodologies’ SIG’s remit to encourage evidence-based practice, we are providing examples of practitioners who have implemented their research...

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research – Discussion Panel

This is the opportunity to hear the Keynotes and presenters respond to the various questions that have been asked during the event timeframe and to discuss with each other the contributions from...

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research – presentations

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research

#principlesintopractice The presentations were drawn from those people who had either submitted abstracts on the topic for this event - Research into practice - or from the BERA strand that was...