Maybe they should all be cats? Designing a persuasive game for teacher recruitment

The teaching workforce is looking increasingly unsettled, in a time when schools and students most need stability. The exigent nature of STEM teacher recruitment in England is hard to miss, with...

GCSEs and test anxiety: Exploring secondary teachers’ perspectives

The government took the next step in getting back to ‘normal’ in 2023, as students in England sat examinations subject to pre-pandemic assessment routines for the first time. In so doing, the...

Anti-racism as care in initial teacher education: A personal view from a teacher turned early career researcher

The seeds of frustration were sewn during my PGCE training year. If left unresolved, frustration can develop into anger. It is this anger which I now use as motivation to contribute to improving...

A Hong Kong school music education perspective

The context: Understanding inclusivity in Hong Kong In Hong Kong, inclusivity is not just a policy, but a way of delivering special education that embraces individual differences and celebrates...

How do English language teachers adapt to the growing linguistic diversity in their classrooms?

What are English as Second Language and English as Foreign Language teachers’ beliefs concerning multilingualism? And how do they adapt their teaching to take into account students’ diverse...

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

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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

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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?

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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

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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