This podcast is the sixth and final instalment in the series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by researchers in education. In this episode, Dr Bukola Oyinloye, co-convenor of the RME SIG, is in conversation with Dr Kathryn Spicksley. They discuss corpus assisted discourse analysis, an approach which uses computer programmes to explore patterns of grammar and vocabulary in selected text or corpora. They discuss its main element, discourse analysis, including its more critical type ..read more

This podcast is the fifth in a series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by researchers in education. In this episode, Dr Bukola Oyinloye, co-convenor of the RME SIG is in conversation with Dr Rebecca Jesson and Dr Mei Kuin Lai. They discuss the learning schools approach, an approach where researchers and practitioners work in partnership to co-design rigorous research and development to sustainably solve urgent and shared problems of practice. They discuss the main tenets of the app ..read more

This podcast is the first in a series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by researchers in education. In this episode, Dr Bukola Oyinloye, co-convenor of the RME SIG is in conversation with Dr Martin Johnson, Senior researcher at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. They speak about his use of the solicited diary method within the context of a multi-method study on teacher wellbeing during COVID-19. They discuss what solicited diaries are, their linkages with teacher wellbein ..read more

This podcast is the fourth in a series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by researchers in education. In this episode, Dr Bukola Oyinloye, co-convenor of the RME SIG is in conversation with Louise Haxwell and Dr Julie Ovington. They discuss posthumanist methodologies, a way of transcending anthropocentric ways of doing research to consider how humans exist in relation to and in connection with non-humans, materialities, and human feelings, emotions, etc. They reflect on the possibil ..read more

This podcast is the third in a series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by researchers in education. In this episode, Dr Bukola Oyinloye, co-convenor of the RME SIG is in conversation with Claire Hedges and Tom Power, Co-Investigator and Principal Investigator respectively, of the Mobile Learning for Empowerment of Marginalised Mathematics Educators research project in Bangladesh, also known as 3M Power. 3M Power project is a large-scale EdTech Hub-funded research project on technol ..read more

This podcast is the first in a series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by researchers in education. In this episode, Dr Bukola Oyinloye, co-convenor of the RME SIG is in conversation with Dr Martin Johnson, Senior researcher at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. They speak about his use of the solicited diary method within the context of a multi-method study on teacher wellbeing during COVID-19. They discuss what solicited diaries are, their linkages with teacher wellbein ..read more

In this episode John Parkin, Mabel Encinas and Saima Salehjee chat to Heidi Safia Mirza, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society. Heidi Mirza achieved prominence with the publication of "Young, female and black" (1992) and later became one of the UK’s first Black female professors. In this BERA podcast, Heidi explains intersectionality and what inspired her to research race, gender and identity ..read more

This episode of the BERA Podcast explores the role of contemporary music style and practice in promoting inclusivity in music education. Adam Hart is joined by Pete Dale and Pam Burnard, convenors of the AHRC Contemporary Urban Music for Inclusion Network (CUMIN), and Haleemah X, PhD student exploring identity as a Muslim female rap artist. The discussion includes how contemporary music practices can lead to a more inclusive creative education, how the curriculum might accommodate this, and the influence of contemporary music on practice-based research in higher education ..read more

On this week's episode  Nick Johnston the Chief Executive  introduces some of the best moments from season 4 of the podcast. This episode contains clips of all the interviewees throughout the season ..read more

Dr Miro Griffiths is a Leverhulme Research Fellow in Disability Studies, in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, at the University of Leeds. His research primarily explores disabled people’s resistance practices in challenging marginalisation and oppression, and the intersections between activism and policy-making. He is a respected adviser on disability policy to the UK Government, UK Equality and Human Rights Commission, Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, European Commission, and various Civil Society Organisations across Europe. In today's episode Miro discusses Disability Activism w ..read more