Understanding teacher identity in teachers’ professional lives: Findings from a systematic review of the literature

Understandings of teacher identity have remained consistent for the past two decades with a consensus that identity is dynamic, flexible and hybrid and is influenced by a range of individual...

Teachers seconded as teacher educators: Transformations and tensions

Introduction In Ireland teacher continuing professional development is provided by national support services. These are staffed with teachers seconded annually from their schools for a maximum of...

Autumn 2023

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

Can developing peer mentoring relationships improve teaching development in higher education?

Teaching excellence has been at the forefront of policy worldwide (O’Leary & Savage, 2020). In the UK, the Teaching Excellence Framework, ranking tables and scrutiny from the Office for...

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...

Ethnic inequality in the teaching workforce in schools: Why it matters

Ethnic minority communities in the UK see education as a gateway for opportunities. Yet in the UK, the ethnic background of teaching staff does not mirror the profile of the pupils (Demie & See,...

Musicianship for key stage 1 teachers

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Teaching generalist primary teachers to teach classroom music

A critical authenticity: Facilitating teacher self-articulation through poetic inquiry

Have you ever wondered what is in a teacher’s bag? The following is a ‘found’1 poem compiled from the chat transcript of one of the four online poetry workshops which formed a part of the...

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...

British international schools: Are teachers and school leaders qualified?

Parents who choose to send their child to a British School Overseas (BSO) do so for quality assurance of a British education, one which promises the highest of standards but also comes at a cost...

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...

Grief matters

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Exploring the impact of bereavement & grief on learning for all