The paradox of the martial arts

‘The martial arts are all about violence, aren’t they?’ a concerned parent once asked.Such questions may immediately come to mind when discussing martial arts in a school setting. For those...

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

While artificial intelligence (AI), as an academic discipline, has been with us since the 1950s, knowledge of AI’s impact on formal education and all its stakeholders is in its infancy. To plug...

Family transitions, ‘special’ education and home education

In the decade before the first Covid-19 lockdown, the numbers of children deregistered from school to begin home education increased annually (ADCS, 2021). Concomitantly – as noted by Ofsted...

Autumn 2023

Research Intelligence issue 156: Intersectionality: Teaching & learning in UK schools

Education, mental wellbeing and the cost-of-living crisis: Bridging research and practice

The rising cost of living is causing high levels of stress and concern for millions of households. For educators, poverty is tangible in the growing numbers of hungry, cold and tired pupils...

BERA announces 2023 BERA Educational Research Book of the Year Shortlist

The BERA Educational Research Book of the Year award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and...

Musicianship for key stage 1 teachers

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Teaching generalist primary teachers to teach classroom music

Funding Announced: BERA Small Grants Fund 2023/2024: Education in a digital age: Perspectives from policy and practice

Through our Small Grants Fund, BERA awards funding annually to research on a different, pressing theme each year, with the intention that each project will: make important contributions to the...

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

This series of reports presents the findings and recommendations of six research projects funded by BERA’s 2022/23 Small Grants Fund (SGF) on the theme ‘learning for all’. The projects...

Food banks in schools

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Exploring the impact on children’s learning

Grief matters

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Exploring the impact of bereavement & grief on learning for all

Research interrupted: Reflections on school-based interventions during Covid-19

Covid-19 posed challenges for school life and for school research. It made researchers rethink the purposes and methodologies of scientific projects (DeMatthews et al., 2020). This was also true...