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What are we educating for?

Although it has always been significant, the question of what we are educating for is now particularly important. There is growing consensus that the educational challenges we face require...

Reflective thinking through scrapbook journalling: From the constrained to the chaotic

Educators are well versed in reflective practice when it comes to pedagogy but less so when it comes to documenting research (Moon, 1999). Kelly proposes that the journal can be ‘an anchor,...

Designing more robust experiments to improve education research

Meta-analyses can play an important role in educational research. Aggregating results from different, but comparable studies, to demonstrate average effect sizes can be highly informative....

‘Doing time’: Issues for qualitative research when dealing with data related to time

Why is data related to time important for education research? Considering ‘time’ is a crucial issue for researchers of education because development and change are fundamental to understand...

Generating research income versus REF results: What is the relationship?

On 12 May 2022, the results of the United Kingdom’s Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021) were released. Generally known as ‘the REF’, this framework exists to assess and hold...

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Positionality and practitioner research: Schoolteachers’ experiences of professional doctorates in education

Introduction The growth, internationally, in professional doctorates over the past 25 years has been well documented, as are the forms, fields and disciplines that such doctorates embrace....

Maybe they should all be cats? Designing a persuasive game for teacher recruitment

The teaching workforce is looking increasingly unsettled, in a time when schools and students most need stability. The exigent nature of STEM teacher recruitment in England is hard to miss, with...

BERA Conference 2023 Awards Announced

The BERA Conference 2023 was held at the Conference Aston/ Aston University, 12-14 September 2023. We are pleased to announce the conference award winners. Please click below to view the ECR Best...

The potential of infrapolitical dissent for influencing climate change education policy

As academics working to ameliorate the impacts of climate change and environmental destruction through education, we often question the efficacy of our efforts. As higher education teachers, we...

Innovative Research Methodologies: Corpus assisted discourse analysis

This podcast is the sixth and final instalment in the series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being...

BERA Conference 2023

12 September 2023 to 14 September 2023Aston University/ Conference Aston

The BERA Conference 2023 was held on the 12th-14th September 2023 at Conference Aston/Aston University. Keynote speakers included: Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith. The conference ended with three...