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How can cognitive load theory be applied to the teaching of history?

As a follower of a variety of educational blogs and their Twitter accounts, I became aware of a large number of people talking about the development of cognitive load theory and the impact it...

CCEAM 2018 – Professional Learning: a leadership opportunity and challenge

CCEAM 2018 will be held in Malta from 13 to 15 November 2018. The theme of the conference is "Professional Learning: a leadership opportunity and challenge", which focuses on the central role...

Struggles surrounding prison radicalisation research

Since the 9/11 attack, terrorism studies have received a great volume of attention from academics. Terrorism is not a field that is easily researched, at least at first glance, and as such it...

Methodological and Theoretical approaches to Ed Tech Research and Usage

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite.   This planned mid-year Joint ½¿É«µ¼º½ Educational...

Transitions: Challenges, Threats & Opportunities across the Post-compulsory Sectors

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite.     The UK Government continues to reorganise...

Early Career Researcher Symposium Series: Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research (Portsmouth)

Early Career Researcher Symposium Series 2018: Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research

This event is now fully booked. Please email events@bera.ac.uk if you would like to receive notice of changes in availability or similar events.   Discussants: Dr Wendy Sims-Schouten and Dr...

Using technology for teaching independent-living skills to children with cognitive disabilities

Independent-living skills training is a core service offered by almost every rehabilitation centre for children with cognitive disabilities. The ulti-mate goal is to help children reach a high...

The battle against being educated

I have been publicly exploring the issue of disruption, violence and students’ challenging behaviour in post-school classrooms since 2000 (Lebor, 2000). Susan Wallace has also carried out...

REF 2021 – David James speaks at ½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference 2018 – Download Available

At this year's ½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference, held at Northumbria University 11-13th September 2018, ½¿É«µ¼º½ invited Professor David James as Chair of the UK REF 2021 Education sub-panel to speak in a Breakfast...

A new tool to help teachers as digital learning designers

We began with a sense of mission: to support teachers in making effective use of learning technologies. Educational research has done little so far to help teachers into the digital age; policy...

Phonics ‘first and fast’… but at what cost?

Reading is one of life’s profound joys. According to reading expert Maryanne Wolf, reading changes the very structure of our brain and neural pathways; the act allows us to go beyond our own...

Reflecting on the conference season: Where did your presentations end up as a result of social media dissemination?

As you reflect on the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference, have you thought about where images of and reflections about your presentations ended up as a result of social media dissemination? Who heard about them, who...