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Teaching Maths for Social Justice

Teaching mathematics is a social justice issue. Despite numerous calls from the mathematics education community, the curriculum in England remains stubbornly resistant to change. Too many...

Researching with young and developmentally young children: Ethical considerations, dilemmas and compromises

Highlights from the first 1,000 ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog posts

One of the most challenging considerations when researching with children is the question of gaining their consent to participate in research and their perspectives on the topic under study....

Creativity in the Primary Curriculum

 Registration online is now closed. However if you would still like to attend this event please email [email protected] by ASPE, this one day seminar is the third in the ASPE...

Against research methods courses in HE

It came as no surprise when I encountered a synthesis of 89 papers on research methods education in the social sciences including education (Earley, 2014) which found that students taking research...

Calling all independent researchers

A new forum for ºÚÁÏÍø911 When we talk of research, we are probably assuming that Universities are the institutions that carry it out. But many who have been involved with universities are still...

Medical education. Where are we now and where are we going?

Medicine is the health profession, which completed its professionalization project first. That gave doctors exclusive rights to remunerative activities like prescribing and operating. Health...

Post 2015 general election thoughts…

In the post 2015 general election period there are a range of issues that we as researchers need to think about when we are writing about education policy. Let me illuminate these with one...

‘Teacher Education – what next?

ºÚÁÏÍø911 held a successful event on 'Teacher Education - what next?' on 11th June 2015. Hosted and introduced by Lord Puttnam, a packed room heard ºÚÁÏÍø911 President Ian Menter introduce the issue and...

‘What next for Teacher Education’?

As we welcome a new Government, the future of teacher education will no doubt once again be a point of contention. Please do join us at this event which aims to identify the challenges and some of...

Labelling children ‘dyslexic’ could hinder teachers

To what extent do teachers’ beliefs affect their ability to develop successful classroom practice over time? This question is relevant to many aspects of teachers’ roles. Our interest was in...

Join the BERJ Editorial Board

ºÚÁÏÍø911 is currently looking for up to three people to join the British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) Editorial Board. This is an exciting opportunity to join the board of this highly regarded...

British Curriculum Forum Steering Group – new members sought

Since its inception over 40 years ago the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) has existed to promote all aspects of curricular development and enquiry accompanied by genuine dialogue between...