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‘Part of the furniture’: Navigating ethical issues when researching teachers’ work

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...

Twenty years of methods use in education research: Are we moving in the right direction?

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...

BERA’s Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding releases final report

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...

BERA Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding

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...

Bridging the theory to practice gap: Developing student teachers’ pedagogies for classroom talk

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...

Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research

BERA Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers

Guía ética para la investigación educativa, quinta edición (2024)

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...

Communicating research to practice: Creating effective research summaries

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...

Exiting the field: Reflections on research departures and lingering questions

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,...

The BERA Blog: Highlights of 2025

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...

Serendipity in motion: Navigating the unexpected in research

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...

Making case-based learning relevant for educators

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...