British Educational Research Association

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British Educational Research Association
AbbreviationBERA
Formation1974
Founded atUnited Kingdom
Location
  • United Kingdom
FieldsResearch
Official language
English
Website www.bera.ac.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is a membership association and learned society committed to advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering research engagement. BERA's aim is to inform the development of policy and practice by promoting the best quality evidence produced by educational research.

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Founded in 1974, BERA has since expanded into an internationally renowned association with over 3,000 members. BERA is not discipline-specific and has members from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, theoretical orientations, methodological approaches, sectoral interests and institutional affiliations.

BERA holds a major international conference each year alongside a series of events, and publishes high quality research in peer-reviewed journals, reports, book series and the BERA Blog. BERA has an array of awards and fellowships, provides grants for research, support the career development of educational researchers and creates an active peer community organised around networks, forums and special interest groups.

BERA is a registered charity and is governed by an elected council, with its president serving a two-year term, and managed by a small office team based in London.

BERA holds conferences, publishes research, and pays for research. Their publications includes: "reports of experiments and surveys, discussions of conceptual and methodological issues and of underlying assumptions in educational research, accounts of research in progress, and book reviews." [1]

Publications and awards

Publications

They have irregularly published material, and discontinued material that can be purchased from some book companies. [2]

Awards and funding

References

  1. "British Educational Research Journal". JournalSeek . Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  2. "Occasional papers". British Educational Research Association. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.