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In April and July of 2023, the BERA Social Justice special interest group (SIG) held an event titled ‘Beyond “Navel-gazing”: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change’. This event brought...
Telling stories has been part of my upbringing since birth. My Jamaican immigrant grandparents used stories to shape my identity, build character, and share their histories – stories of arriving...
Continue reading blog postHistorically, self-reflective work has been disparaged as narcissistic or uncritical. In this blog post, I outline two ways, drawn from my own research and practice, in which starting from an...
Continue reading blog postIn this blog post I report on my Winston Churchill Foundation research fellowship study on the adultification of Black girls in state care in 2023 (Ikomi, 2024). Adultification can occur in a...
Continue reading blog post‘Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.’―Paulo Freire In this blog post, I will share how autoethnography has shaped my doctoral research on...
Continue reading blog postThis 2-part event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of...
This 2-part event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of...
This blog series celebrates one decade of the BERA Blog, as an important and growing space to explore current and varied issues and questions of concern to the education community. To mark this...
Two of BERA’s journals, British Educational Research Journal and Curriculum Journal , have announced their annual Editors’ Choice Awards, recognising papers published in their 2024 volumes....
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, BERA has collected together a set of 50 landmark studies that have had a significant impact on educational policy, educational practice, research...
Why do some students excel while others struggle, despite having access to the same school educational resources? The answer often lies in their socioeconomic status (SES). SES is a complex...
Continue reading blog postI was thrilled to present my research at the BERA ECR Journey: At Crossroads of Becoming Conference at the University of Leeds in June 2024. This event gave me the opportunity to discuss the...
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