Teacher professional development (TPD) sits at the heart of educational reform worldwide. Teachers are the most important in-school factor influencing student learning outcomes; however, ...

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into educational practice has introduced a new layer to longstanding debates about decolonising the curriculum. Across schools ...

The reasons behind growing rates of emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) are complex and multifaceted. However, we do know that children and young people (CYP) with existing mental ...

The Inclusive Education SIG provides a forum for critical discussion about all aspects of Inclusive education. Our concerns are with the substantive, methodological and ethical aspects of research ...

In their work on neighbourhood policing, Wilson and Kelling (1982) discuss the ‘Broken Windows’ theory. They outlined that visible sign of neglect, such as unrepaired windows, signal ...

This SIG is interested in the relationship between research and policy in education This SIG provides a space for BERA members interested in the relationship between research and policy in education.

As master’s students in the field of educational leadership we were ready to navigate the field in pursuit of our development as researchers and future educational leaders. Our ...

Introduction What is an effective school leadership in a system that is predetermined by inequality and structural limitations? Educational reform in Pakistan occurs in a diverse, but ...

The Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a forum to critically engage with how gender and sexuality research matters in the inter-disciplinary field of education and how this research can inform policy, ...

Gillian is a teacher educator and teacher education researcher at Liverpool John Moores University, where she is also Deputy Director of the Liverpool Institute for Educational Research ...

The fact that student teachers commonly perceive educational research and theory to be far removed from practice is well documented in initial teacher education (ITE) research. Teacher ...