Critical thinking: An ambiguous concept in educational policy contexts

What is the role of transnational and national education policies in the realisation of critical thinking?

Artificial intelligence and multimodal data in the service of human decision-making

The question, ‘What is an appropriate role for Artificial Intelligence(AI)?’, is the subject of much discussion and interest. There is little doubt about the great potential and the disruptive...

The language that affirms gendered violence in schools

Those who study and work within education know that it is not just the explicit, intentional content that is taught in schools and that results in learning. Moment-to-moment transfers of meaning...

What do teachers need to know to be able to teach? How and when do teachers learn?

Reimagining a curriculum for teacher knowledge

By considering responses to these questions we can offer starting points for the construction of a curriculum for teacher knowledge.

We need to talk about language: The researcher view

Coming from a background in community learning and development, my work in partnership with Banff Academy as part of my PhD research has been an interesting and rewarding experience. I find myself...

Encouraging educational research into nature, outdoor learning and play

BERA has a new Nature, Outdoor Learning and Play (NOLAP) special interest group (SIG)! It has the strategic aim of encouraging educational research into nature, outdoor learning and play across...

Curriculum coherence facilitates school development

The ways in which local educational stakeholders interpret and understand curriculum reform is crucial to its effects on everyday school practice (see for exampleSpillane, Reiser & Reimer, 2002)....

Education for Justice

Societies in many parts of the world are still dealing with the colonial legacy of educational systems that served a privileged few. Efforts are constantly made to redress the resulting historic...

Technology-mediated learning theory: A holistic and field-specific referent for the analysis of technology-enhanced learning

The recent 50th anniversary special section of the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) on ‘Developing Critical and Theoretical Approaches to Educational Technology Research and...

The roles of school leaders and teachers in a technology-facilitated instructional reform

Generous access to technologies in the digital age provides alternative resources for educational practices. While the educational use of information and communication technology (ICT) increases...

Creativity, criticality and reflexivity: A gentle approach to action research

The BERA and RSA Report (2014) confirmed the educational value of making schools research-rich environments, and work continues to be done on convincing schools that this really is the case, and...

Curriculum is – or should be – at the heart of educational practice

New forms of national curriculum emerging worldwide have shifted the focus from input regulation – detailed specification of content to be taught – to output regulation – evaluation of the...