Dr Hazel Acosta is an associate professor at the Universidad Nacional de Educación who holds a PhD in Development Studies specialising in development and education. She is a ...
Dr Gisselle Tur Porres is programme director for the BA in Early Childhood Studies that sits in the Department of Education and Childhood Studies at Swansea University. Gisselle was convenor ...
Juan Carlos Brito is an anthropologist and Doctor of Education from the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is associate professor and main researcher at the National University of ...
Cross-cultural collaboration in educational research is more than a methodological choice, it is a key pathway to understanding the diverse cultural meanings that shape early ...
Several years after ‘finishing’ collecting data for my ethnographic case study, I still can’t think about leaving the field without worrying about my exit. In 2020 I began my Education ...
Josie Scammell is a fourth-year PhD student at the University of Oxford. Her current ESRC GUDTP funded DPhil research explores the processes of creating and sustaining a ...
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, attention has focused on young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or behavioural challenges (see for example the ...
Introduction As a teacher with more than 20 years’ experience across mainstream and alternative provisions, I now lead Primary Literacy at New Barn School in Horsham, England, which ...
What happens when a nationally mandated, play-based early years curriculum meets the realities of schools in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities? The Welsh Foundation Phase (FP) offers ...
This BERA Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ...
Youth work as relational practice Youth work is a relational practice (NYA, 2025). The relationship between a youth worker and the young people they engage with is not incidental – it ...
Introduction Mentorship is a key driver of entrepreneurial success, particularly in apprenticeship systems that turn potential into business competence. Globally, models such as Germany’s ...