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Top Tips and Triggers – Learning from Head Teachers and Senior Leadership Teams who have research active schools

In Summer of 2020, the Research Methodology in Education SIG and the Practitioner Researchers SIG hosted the Principles into Practice event. An event was requested to find out how/why Head...

Reimagining creative research methods & collaborative relationships in the context of Covid-19

Covid-19, education and educational research

Reflections on presenting at the BERA ECR Network symposium, January 2021

Reflecting on vlogs, blogs and podcasts in education research, teaching and professional development

The ubiquitous nature of the smartphone and the internet has normalised a new approach to seeking and managing information. Vlogs, blogs and podcasts (VBP) are creating literally thousands of...

Is education a discipline?

In the most recent issue of Research Intelligence (#145), BERA president Dominic Wyse follows up his presidential address with a declaration that it is essential for education to be regarded as a...

The £350 billion home-schooling question

Covid-19, education and educational research

Education research hit the headlines recently. The BBC reported research claiming that time spent out of school due to coronavirus could cost each child £40,000 in lifetime earnings. By the time...

Why we need our world history teacher to be a Martian

‘In space, race doesn’t matter, nationality doesn’t matter. In space, you see the world as a globe and you don’t see the boundaries.’ Maggie Aderin Pocock, space scientist Figure 1:...

Conducting research during the pandemic using an ‘ethics of care’

Covid-19, education and educational research

The Covid-19 pandemic has created economic and social instability for many people in Britain and around the world. As such, we might consider it an experience of ‘collective trauma’, combining...

Research Methodology in Education SIG Annual Meeting

Join the Research Methodology in Education 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...

Doing data differently

As various studies of teachers’ lives and work have explored, using attainment data in schools goes over and above what that data are designed to do. The datafication of schooling in England and...

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...