Themes

Our programme themes explore how research can make a difference to education policy and practice.

Use the links below to read the journal articles published by the different project teams, reporting on their findings. The articles are organised by theme. 

Teaching and learning, focusing on the role of teachers, their training, supply and retention

Sustainable School Leadership: UK survey report
Tom Perry, Toby Greany, Mike Collins, Patricia Thomson and Tom Goodacre

Investigating the impact of student-teacher ethnic congruence on school attainment outcomes: an international review
Stephen Gorard, Yiyang Gao, Antonina Tereshchenko, Nadia Siddiqui, Beng Huat See & Feyisa Demie

BERJ - Career motivations and perceptions of teaching of 16–19-year-olds in England and Wales
Sophie Thompson-Lee, Rebecca, J. S. Snell, Hui Wang, Robert M. Klassen

The uses of technology in teaching and learning

Why aren’t schools able to procure the technology they need to support high-quality teaching?
Rebecca Eynon, John Gordon, David Lundie and Gemma Moss

Evaluating the scoring system of an AI-integrated app to assess foreign language phonological decoding
James Turner, Alison Porter, Suzanne Graham, Travis Ralph-Donaldson ,Heike Krüsemann, Pengchong Zhang and Kate Borthwick

Ten Design Proposals For EdTech: Evidence From Classroom Use
Rebecca Eynon, Louise Couceiro and Laura Hakimi

Addressing the different education priorities of the four nations and jurisdictions of the UK

Welsh Legislation and Policy: An analysis of young children’s participative rights in education
 

Enhancing research by working collaboratively in partnership with practitioners, policymakers and other stakeholders

BERA blog - Beyond research findings: The value of knowledge exchange
Gemma Moss