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Annita Ventouris

Dr Annita Ventouris is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, University of Hertfordshire. She is the Programme Leader of the BA/BSc Psychology in Education...

½¿É«µ¼º½ Bites, issue 5: Research used or produced in schools: Which informs practitioners most?

½¿É«µ¼º½ Bites

The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Bites series presents selected articles from the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning...

Curriculum orientations and the inclusion of immigrant parents

‘Curriculum is – or should be – at the heart of educational practice’, wrote Mark Priestley and Stavroula Philippou on ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog earlier in 2019. What is taught in school, how curriculum...

Celebrating differences: What’s in a name?

While working as a schoolteacher in Hong Kong, I was once assigned to teach the R(emedial) class. It may be more helpful to explain that most of my students were among the lowest achievers in...

Max Antony-Newman

Max Antony-Newman is a lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow. Working from a critical sociological perspective, his main focus is on school–family partnerships, education policy and...

Action research: Closing the gap between theory and practice

In order to conduct action research, Elliott (1991) advocates that a tremendous desire to innovate and improve is a fundamental requirement. As a teacher-researcher, I came to my doctoral study...

½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium Series 2020: Framing Research – Sheffield

½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium Series 2020: Framing Research: Theories, Concepts and Reflexivity in Educational Research

The theme for 2020 is ‘Framing Research: Theories, Concepts and Reflexivity in Educational Research Discussant: Dr Liz Chesworth, University of Sheffield and Professor Rachel Lofthouse, Leeds...

Exploring ways forward in English: Building the curriculum in theory and practice

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email events@bera.ac.uk.  What are the pressing issues affecting English teaching in classrooms...

Spring 2020

Decolonising the curriculum: Transnational perspectives  Research Intelligence issue 142 From the Rhodes Must Fall campaign at the universities of Cape Town and (subsequently Oxford) to the...

Enabling research in post-16 and beyond

During my continuing professional development (CPD) evaluating digital learning in the further education (FE) environment a valuable piece of research emerged, which referenced Laurillard’s...

Independent educational researchers: Untying knots of ethical issues and gaining ethical approval

At the request of the Independent Researchers’ Forum (IRF), ½¿É«µ¼º½ recently hosted a vibrant event aimed at independent researchers. The topic, ‘Ethical Issues and gaining ethical approval’,...

Ethical review for education research: More than a box to tick

½¿É«µ¼º½â€™s Independent Researchers’ Forum’s recent meeting to discuss the challenge of ethical review clearly demonstrated the gap faced by researchers working outside academic institutions....