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This blog post explores navigating ethical issues when examining the influence of neoliberal performativity on primary teachers’ work in physical education (PE). The sophisticated ways in which...
BERA launched its ‘State of the Discipline’ initiative in 2019 with the aim of offering ‘a clear, comprehensive account of the state of education as an academic discipline’. As part of...
The BERA Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding was established by BERA Council to investigate the situation regarding funding for educational research in the UK. Chaired by David James...
News25 Feb 2026
The BERA Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding was established by BERA Council to investigate the situation regarding funding for educational research in the UK. Chaired by David James...
The so-called ‘theory to practice gap’ is a concept that is frequently discussed in teacher education contexts across the world. How, particularly in higher education, can we avoid the...
BERA Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers
La quinta edición de la Guía ética para la investigación educativa de BERA ha sido revisada y actualizada para que los investigadores puedan desempeñar su labor con el máximo rigor ético y...
Resources for research9 Feb 2026
With a greater emphasis on engagement and impact within academia, academics are increasingly creating research summaries, and other outputs, to share their research findings for teachers, and...
Several years after ‘finishing’ collecting data for my ethnographic case study, I still can’t think about leaving the field without worrying about my exit. In 2020 I began my Education PhD,...
BERA Blog end of year highlights
Snow-dusted salutations and tinsel-tinged tidings to all our readers, authors, curators and guest editors around the globe. In this, the BERA Blog’s tenth anniversary year, I look back over the...
Vignette: The unexpected It was near the end of the workshop, and the materials table – once a neat arrangement of brushes, papers and pigments – had become a glorious mess. Most of the...
Case-based learning: A research-informed pedagogy Case-based learning (CBL) bridges the gap between theory and practice by immersing students in real-world scenarios that are grounded in...