Chris Dalladay, now retired, has been the lead tutor for the secondary music initial teacher training programmes at the University of East London along with the Assessment Only Route to ...

This blog post reports on current and ongoing research into the identity of classroom music teachers and, in particular, whether the teachers think of themselves more as musicians who ...

Higher education is currently experiencing contrasting trends. First, academic performance prior to university entry is declining: the PISA 2022 results highlight a ‘decade-long ...

Kristof De Witte is a full professor in Education Economics and Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven, Belgium, and he holds the chair in ‘Effectiveness ...

Objects in early childhood education Object-based learning is familiar in early childhood practice. Sociocultural theories of learning conceptualise objects as tools that support ...

Our upcoming SIG meeting promises to be a thought-provoking session featuring the introduction of our new convenor, a deep dive into the intriguing ‘Cinderella Sector’, and exciting opportunities to ...

The Race, Ethnicity and Education Special Interest Group challenges systems of oppression that demean and threaten to erase educators and learners of Global South heritage, through discussion and ...

The Alternative Education SIG takes the broadest approach to ‘alternative’ that we can. We are interested in all forms of out of school educational provision and with ‘alternative’ approaches within ...

BERA’s ethics and guidance documents are used by educational researchers and those active in many other disciplines. Our publications include the following documents. The fifth edition of BERA’s ...

This extensively revised, expanded and updated fourth edition of BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research is designed to support educational researchers in conducting research to the highest ...

The fifth edition of BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research has been revised and updated to enable researchers to conduct their work to the highest ethical standards in any and all ...

In this report, BERA’s Expert Panel on Assessment argues that school league tables and SATs should be abolished in favour of a new, fairer and more sustainable accountability system. It sets out ...