Call for papers: What place for activism in, for and as education?
A proposed special issue of the British Educational Research Journal
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Meeting curriculum requirements while recognising the need for students to relate to texts
In 2010, a number of sweeping educational reforms were announced – particularly in English – where the likes of Byron, Keats and Dickens would firmly be re-rooted and restored to their...
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Making connections when teaching mathematics: The role of teacher knowledge and beliefs
Mathematical ideas, concepts or procedures are interconnected; they therefore cannot be understood well in isolation. Mathematical connections made in the classroom give students opportunities to...
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A baccalaureate curriculum
The Times Education Commission produced its final report in June 2022, making forty-five recommendations for reforming the English education system. The recommendations ranged from the banal –...
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What are dual-language books and why are they crucial for schools?
Dual-language books are bilingual books that present the same narrative in two different languages. In most cases, the whole book is written in two languages throughout: one side of the text in...
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Editorial: Spotlight on language and literacy
Findings from studies captured in this special issue make for compelling reading about the direction of language and literacy research in the UK and further afield. Ian Collen, from Queen’s...
Continue reading blog postMeta-thinking and meta-talk in English and mathematics lessons in the primary school
An interest in neurolinguistics and the idea that children’s development of thought and language is interdependent (Vygotsky, 1962; Bloom, 2000) has led to my research about how classroom talk...
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A tale of two teachers: Reimagining GCSE modern languages
Qualifications in modern languages are changing. Qualifications and assessment reform is on the political agenda in England, Scotland and Wales; while in Northern Ireland, the Council for...
Continue reading blog postThe politics of ‘scientifically-based’ teaching: Phonics for reading and grammar for writing
The teaching of reading and writing understandably attracts attention from researchers, teachers and policymakers because of the importance of literacy for children’s educational development....
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Spotlight on language and literacy
This special issue of the BERA Blog places a spotlight on educational research in the field of language and literacy. Covering a range of topics from modern language learning to language as an...
School-level language policies: What are they and (why) do we need them?
Dimensions of language in schools Many educators will be familiar with the saying that ‘all teachers are language teachers’ and few would argue that language doesn’t play a crucial role in...
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The change in science language as a result of transition from primary to secondary school
When students move from primary to secondary school, one of the numerous challenges that they encounter is language. The language of school academic activity is importantly different from the...
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