Reflections on education in 2015
“The first step in solving a problem is recognizing that there is one.”- Will McAvoy, ‘The Newsroom’, 2012. This should be extremely obvious, yet within our education system, we face a...
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Post 2015 general election thoughts…
In the post 2015 general election period there are a range of issues that we as researchers need to think about when we are writing about education policy. Let me illuminate these with one...
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Learning in school-based teacher education
Teacher education is changing dramatically in England with more student teachers learning on the job as they train through new school-based programmes. Input from higher education and...
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Teachers, researchers … and teacher researchers
Call it what you like - practitioner enquiry, classroom-based research, reflective analysis, clinical practice, evidence-informed leadership - the need for teachers and school leaders to look...
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Meeting the Challenge of School Improvement for ‘Coastal Academies’ in England
I have spent the majority of the last 25 years as an educationalist living and working in coastal regions. I have come to recognise and understanding the difference that this locality makes to the...
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Should we be afraid of profit in education?
Both the New Labour and coalition governments have contributed to a legal and administrative infrastructure which enables profit making
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Early Years Policy Advice
A joint initiative between the BERA Early Years Special Interest Group and TACTYC (Association for the Professional Development of Early Years Educators) has produced briefing notes and guidance...
Prospects for Education Research in Education Departments in Higher Education Institutions in the UK
Final report of the BERA–UCET Working Group on Education Research
Research and Teacher Education
Research and the Teaching Profession: Building the Capacity for a Self-Improving Education System concludes that teachers across the UK should be supported to become research literate. This...
