British Educational Research Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of British Educational Research Journal is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Me, my child and Covid‐19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China217
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Teachers as epistemic agents: A case study of interdisciplinary pedagogy34
Supporting the supporters: How peer mentoring engagement reduces citizenship fatigue for sophomores in universities29
“I get by with a little help from my friends”: The importance of peer‐led emotion work during the primary to secondary school transition28
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SATs, sets and allegations of bias: The allocation of 11‐year‐old students to mathematics sets in some English schools in 2015. A response to Connolly et al., 201920
‘Doing well’ and ‘being well’—secondary school teachers’ perspectives19
The mediating role of student engagement in the relationship between teacher and digital support and learner satisfaction in blended learning environments at higher education18
A study on the social integration of international secondary students in Canadian high schools18
The mental health of adolescents in England: How does it vary during their time at school?17
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Producing British education by Chinese parents: Fulfilling parenting responsibilities in WeChat14
Classroom social networks, students' peer‐related social experiences and sense of belonging: The specific case of students with SEN14
‘It's missing the heart of what writing is about’: teachers' interpretations of writing assessment criteria13
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Teachers’ responses to ethnic discrimination: An exploratory study in Flemish secondary schools12
When constellations align: What early childhood pre‐service teachers need from online learning to become confident and competent teachers of the arts12
Educational research in the global north and south; reflections on the field and future directions12
The ups and downs in perceived societal appreciation of the teaching profession during COVID‐19: A longitudinal trajectory analysis12
Music always helps: Associations of music subject choices with academic achievement in secondary education12
Politics of evidence: Think tanks and the Academies Act11
Why does school socio‐economic composition matter to adolescents’ academic performance? Role of classroom climate and school resources11
(Re)moving exclusions: School exclusion reduction in Glasgow and London11
Do we have to rethink inclusive pedagogies for secondary schools? A critical systematic review of the international literature11
Educating ‘others’: Drawing on the collective wisdom of intercultural experts11
Understanding UK university academic staff attitudes towards recognising and responding to student radicalisation11
The quality of interaction with children in collective play: Children's agency10
Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods10
Children in care in education: Who is entered for exams and who reaches critical thresholds of success at age 16?9
Early detection of risk of reading difficulties using a working memory assessment battery9
From invitation to destination: A systematic literature review of the use of picturebooks in inquiry‐based education9
Unseen roots and unfolding flowers? Prison learning, equality and the education of socially excluded groups9
Do they know what they know? Accuracy in teacher candidates' self‐assessments and its influencing factors8
An integrated conceptual model for enhancing refugee education8
Combatting conspiracies in the classroom: Teacher strategies and perceived outcomes8
Tensions in teaching balanced controversial history: Competing voices within a student teacher in Northern Ireland8
Cultural capital, curriculum policy and teaching Latin8
Lyceum and university aspirations among migrants and non‐migrants in Italy7
What are the success factors for schools in remote Indigenous communities?7
From challenge to innovation: A grassroots study of teachers’ classroom assessment innovations7
Teacher‐composed cases of practice as and for dissemination, reflection and data7
Math task experiences and motivation to learn more: How prior knowledge and interest interact with Task‐Interest & Task‐Difficulty perceptions and feed a desire to reengage7
Implications of the genomic revolution for education research and policy7
A critical analysis of Athena Swan as a policy‐scoring scheme6
Applying the online language learners' characteristics model in connection with various personality traits: A latent profile analysis6
Beyond the door frame: The role of educational policies and guidelines in (un)welcoming Black refugee students6
An analysis of attainment grouping policy in Singapore6
Can AI replace humans? Comparing the capabilities of AI tools and human performance in a business management education scenario6
The long‐term consequences of early school absences for educational attainment and labour market outcomes6
Achievement vs. engagement: Providing support in socially disadvantaged schools6
Preventing violent extremism: Resourcing, stakeholder strategies and fostering belonging and connection in Australian schools5
Effectiveness of educational interventions: An ecological systems analysis of initiatives from the UK opportunity areas programme5
Addressing the diversity principle–practice gap in Western higher education institutions: A systematic review on intersectionality5
Enacting whole‐school relationships and sexuality education in England: Context matters5
The effects of free tuition policy on university academic performance in Chile5
Ethos within the British boarding school: A small‐scale analysis of the ‘Head's Welcome’ as an act of legitimation5
It’s all about the story: Personal narratives in children’s literature about refugees5
Towards sustainable school food: An experiential planetary health framework integrating meals and food education5
Autistic young people’s experiences of transitioning to adulthood following the Children and Families Act 20145
The meanings, risk factors and consequences of religious extremism: The perceptions of Islamic education teachers from Israel5
Levelling down? Understanding the decline of the maintained nursery sector in England5
Effects of educational disruption and changes in school context on children's mental health: Associations with school level disadvantage and individual bullying involvement5
Single‐sex schooling, gender and educational performance: Evidence usingPISAdata5
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Does desegregation matter? A comparative study of school‐based social capital for university‐bound minority students in segregated and desegregated school contexts of Hong Kong5
Doctoral students' well‐being through the lens of social practice theory: An auto‐photography study5
Social inequalities in early childhood competences, and the relative role of social and emotional versus cognitive skills in predicting adult outcomes4
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The path increasingly travelled: Vocational entry qualifications, socioeconomic status and university outcomes4
Ability grouping in primary physical education in England: Moving beyond binary discourses and practices4
AI‐assisted learning environments in China: Exploring the intersections of emotion regulation strategies, grit tendencies, self‐compassion, L2 learning experiences and academic d4
Silence at school: Uses and experiences of silence in pedagogy at a secondary school4
Teacher digital identity divergences: From teacher education to classroom4
Relative age and the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile: How do birth month and peer group age composition determine attribution of a ‘Good Level of Development’—and what does this tell us about how4
Teaching on the cheap? The extent and impact of teaching assistants covering classes and leading lessons4
Mental health, bullying and school connectedness: A comparative analysis of school transition at age 11 from within the Welsh education system4
Educators' positive practices with refugee pupils at two schools in England4
From classroom challenges to scholarly insights: A bibliometric analysis of novice teacher research4
Students' preferences for setting and/or mixed‐ability grouping in secondary school physical education in England4
Choice and diversity in governance in the English alternative provision sector: Implications for educational equity4
Gender, participation and attainment in STEM: A comprehensive overview of long‐term trends in the United Kingdom4
Care trajectories and imagining potential: Positioning the need for skills, confidence and communication among key professionals supporting the higher education progression of care‐experienced young p4
Pandemic, a catalyst for change: Strategic planning for digital education in English secondary schools, before during and post Covid4
Exploring teacher perceptions and the measured impacts of a progressive curriculum reform for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds4
To what extent do England's local offer websites adhere to the statutory guidance as set out in the special educational needs and disabilities code of practice?4
Mindfulness in education: Critical debates and pragmatic considerations3
The impact of COVID‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers3
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Thinking beyond deficits in Southwest China: Perspectives of ethnic minority teachers on academic achievement disparities among students3
The Ruskin Speech and Great Debate in English education, 1976–1979: A study of motivation3
Rurality, socio‐economic disadvantage and educational mobility: A Scottish case study3
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Can the role of a personal tutor contribute to reducing the undergraduate degree awarding gap for racially minoritised students?3
Special school staff perspectives on how careers guidance is provided to their autistic young people3
Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co‐creation project on French, German and Spanish3
The role of the teacher's culture in classroom management: A case study of primary schools in French Polynesia3
Pressures and influences on school leaders navigating policy development during the COVID‐19 pandemic3
Presidential Address: BERA. Who are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?3
Accept or challenge? Exploring the experiences of pre‐service teachers from minoritised groups3
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Where should phonics teaching start? ‘satpin’ and its origins, rivals and implications3
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Fail to plan, plan to fail. Are education policies in England helping teachers to deliver on the promise of democracy?3
The effects of schools providing compensatory cultural capital on student reading in the case of Taiwanese students participating in PISA3
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Tackling ignorance about law in human rights education2
Year 3 student career choices: Exploring societal changes in constructions of masculinity and femininity in career choice justifications2
Antecedents of environmental protection participation intentions among Chinese adolescents: The perspectives of rational choice, moral norms, and supporting environment2
‘… They're talking to you as if they're kind of dumbing it down’: A thematic analysis of Black students' perceived reasons for the university awarding gap2
Effects of critical thinking instruction on Chinese college students with varying baseline critical thinking abilities: A quasi‐experimental study2
Can the teaching style reduce inequality in the classroom? Evidence from a quasi‐experiment2
An ethico‐political analysis of a national teacher competence framework: Unravelling a ‘preferred’ teacher identity2
Coherent lives: Making sense of adoptees’ experiences in education through narrative identity2
How do higher degree research students and supervisors navigate ethics‐in‐practice for educational research in sensitive or ‘fragile’ contexts?2
How robust are socio‐economic achievement gradients usingPISAdata? A case study from Germany2
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Exploring the public's beliefs, emotions and sentiments towards the adoption of the metaverse in education: A qualitative inquiry using big data2
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Chile’s enduring educational segregation: A trend unchanged by different cycles of reform2
Learning from failure: A context‐informed perspective on RCTs2
‘The participation group means that I'm low ability’: Students’ perspectives on the enactment of ‘mixed‐ability’ grouping in secondary school physical education2
Precarious privilege in the time of pandemic: A hybrid (auto)ethnographic perspective on COVID‐19 and international schooling in China2
Beyond the ‘dilemma of difference’: An analysis of stories from experienced teachers, about their inclusive practice2
Exploring LGBTQ+ teacher professional identity through the power threat meaning framework2
How do principals’ paternalistic leadership impact teachers’ emotional labor and efficacy: Do gender or region of teachers make a difference?2
Funds of knowledge: Towards an asset‐based approach to refugee education and family engagement in England2
Poe or Gemini for fostering writing skills in Japanese upper‐intermediate learners: Uncovering the consequences on positive emotions, boredom to write, academic self‐efficacy and writing development2
Unlocking education through relationship building: Identity and agency in English educational institutions during Covid‐192
The QAA's subject benchmarks and critical pedagogy: The example of ‘gateway to King's’2
Was 2021–2022 an Annus Horribilis for teacher educators? Reflections on a survey of teacher educators2
A health(y) subject? Examining discourses of health in physical education curricula across the UK2
Setting research priorities for applied cognitive sciences—What do teachers want from research?2
Participating in professional development programmes or learning in the wild? Understanding the learning ecologies of Holocaust educators2
‘The power to SAY what I want to and it gets written down’: Situating children's and adults' voices and silence in participatory research2
The association between family socioeconomic status and urban–rural and high‐school attainment gaps: A logistic regression analysis of the China Family Panel Studies data2
Organizational and Psychological factors in teacher educators’ professional identity development: An empirical analysis2
Analysis of digital capital for social inclusion in educational context2
Teachers’ understandings of barriers to Indigenous children's academic success in Taiwan2
Care‐experienced students in higher education: A case for re‐figuring higher education worlds to widen access and further social justice2
Theorising educational engagement, transitions and outcomes for care‐experienced people: Introduction to the special issue2
Unsettling subject English in the twenty‐first century2
Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC2
Out‐of‐school suspension among young persons in care: The need to respond to attachment needs and provide a secure base that promotes learning2
A critical exploration of inclusion policies of elite UK universities2
Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunals: Dyslexia, scientific validity and equity1
Editorial: A case for diversity in educational research and educational practice1
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Workplace support for newly qualified doctors and secondary school teachers: A comparative analysis1
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Understanding school mobility and mobile pupils in England1
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Time well spent? Temporal dimensions of study abroad and implications for student experiences and outcomes under the UK Turing Scheme1
What are topic emotions? A comparison of children's emotional responses to climate change, climate change learning and climate change picturebooks1
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BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 2015–20221
A model for principals' STEM leadership capability1
Boarding schools: A longitudinal examination of Australian Indigenous and non‐Indigenous boarders’ and non‐boarders’ wellbeing1
Investigating the relationship between research income and research excellence in education: Evidence from the REF2021‐UoA23 data1
Tackling a lingering infirmity: On the nature and warrant of action research in education1
‘University is a non‐Muslim experience, you know? The experience is as good as it can be’: Satisfied settling in Muslim students’ experiences and implications for Muslim student voice1
The positioning tensions between early career teachers’ and mentors’ perceptions of the mentor role1
School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: A qualitative study1
Teacher perspectives on enhancing wellbeing education through integrating arts‐based practices1
Teachers’ gender bias in STEM: Results from a vignette study1
Principals' systems thinking and teachers' withdrawal behaviours: The intervening role of school structure and principal–teacher gender (dis)similarity1
The role of visual perception and executive functions on writing skills with learning disabilities: The case of Turkish‐speaking children1
How teachers understand and strategize about emerging conflicts1
Education and ideological polarisation: Cross‐country evidence and recommendations for higher education1
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Epistemology of the Nakba in Israeli education1
Student voice: Which supportive parental behaviours first‐generation immigrant students in Australia find beneficial1
Fragmented spaces in the urban landscape: A socio‐spatial analysis of educational supply in the city of Madrid1
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Curriculum leadership in a rural indigenous high school in Taiwan implementing the 108 Curriculum Guidelines1
Variation in Black students’ conceptions of academic support1
Critical Chinese as an Additional Language education in Australia: A journey to voices, courage and hope1
Data snapshots of the access and participation of ‘women’ academics in UK universities: Questioning continued gendered, racialised and geopolitical inequalities1
Queer feminist interruptions to internationalising UK higher education1
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Supporting teacher judgement and decision‐making: Using focused analysis to help teachers see students, learning, and quality in assessment data1
Religion as a barrier to the use of student loans for higher education: A community‐based participatory study with Somalis living in England1
Research–practice partnerships in education: Lessons from the United States1
How hermeneutics can guide grading in integrated STEAM education: An evidence‐informed perspective1
Satisfied teachers are good teachers: The association between teacher job satisfaction and instructional quality1
Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement1
Are local students disadvantaged? Understanding institutional, local and national sense of belonging in higher education1
Educating for living diversity: ‘Migrant’ identities, belonging and community‐centred pedagogies for social justice1
The moderation effect of morphological awareness on the relationship between word detection skills and reading comprehension in Chinese children with and without dyslexia1
Nationalising the international in China: A phenomenological study on the purpose of international schooling in an era of regulation1
‘You work, I copy’. Images, narratives and metaphors around academic plagiarism through Fotovoz1
Black and minority ethnic student teachers' stories as empirical documents of hidden oppressions: Using the personal to turn towards the structural1
Targeting adolescents as agents of change for an entomophageous future1
Research‐informed teaching: The case of Musical Futures1
‘Sir, I don't know what I'm doing’: An investigation into the role of happy accidents in a secondary school art classroom1
Impact of COVID‐19 lockdown in England on challenging behaviour and adaptive skills for children in a special school: A longitudinal study1
Can teacher quality be profiled? A cluster analysis of teachers' beliefs, practices and students' perceptions of effectiveness1
Intergenerational transmission and the reinforcement of the political engagement gap: Identifying how university‐educated parents enable their children to become more politically interested during ear1
A geopolitics of knowledge analysis of higher education internationalisation in Kazakhstan1
Using a collaborative working group model to develop an ADHD resource for school staff1
The sensorium and fleshy schools1
Geographical mobility and children’s non‐completion of upper secondary education in Finland and Germany: Do parental resources matter?1
Ability as legitimation of tracking: Teachers' representations of students in vocational and academic tracks1
Manifestations of the ethics of hospitality at children's hospitality centres in Saudi Arabia1
Knowledge acquisition in science and the blurred boundary between perception and cognition1
Many truths, many knowledges, many forms of reason: Understanding middle‐school student approaches to sources of information on the internet1
Brokering knowledge from laboratory experiments in evidence‐based education: The case of interleaving1
Cognitive ability or motivation, or both: An integrative path analysis of the interplay between two key factors in academic achievement1
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Does study abroad affect student academic achievement?1
How do homeschoolers approach creative arts learning and how can they be supported? Developing a flexible framework for homeschool contexts1
The review and development of professional standards through the lens of Democratic Anchorage points0
Starting with trees: Between and beyond environmental education0
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Tracking mathematics achievement gaps in England: Gender, socioeconomic status and ethnicity0
The role of growth mindset in shaping teachers' intercultural competencies: A study among Finnish teachers0
Capturing variations in how spelling is taught in primary school classrooms in England0
I've always known that I would become a teacher’: How White women narrate their choice to teach, and what this means for teacher recruitment0
Pursuing systemic improvement through heterarchical school systems: A case of educational resources0
The transnational in‐between identity of Chinese student returnees from the UK: Mobility, variations and pathways0
Are track recommendations dependent on schools and school boards? A study of trends in the level of track recommendations, number of double recommendations and reconsiderations in Dutch urban and rura0
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Understanding the awarding gap through the lived experiences of minority ethnic students: An intersectional approach0
Interplay of teacher feedback, parental involvement and peer support on homework engagement of students0
The role of autonomy in forming an integrated identity among early career academics0
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To persist or not? Examining the relations between parental education, self‐regulation, school engagement and persistence in post‐compulsory education0
The five‐year itch: Motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in England0
Academic leisure crafting: More than a respite to breath?0
Factors affecting generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, use in higher education: An application of technology acceptance model0
Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance0
Twenty‐two testable hypotheses about phronesis: Outlining an educational research programme0
Unboxing the intersections between self‐esteem and academic mindfulness with test emotions, psychological wellness and academic achievement in artificial intelligence‐supported learning environments: 0
‘They have somewhere to turn to’: Wellbeing support for newly arrived refugee and migrant adolescents in English secondary schools0
Business education and its paradoxes: Linking business and biodiversity through critical pedagogy curriculum0
Hearing student voice within the context of Iran: Building schools for the future0
Exploring students' experiences of technical and vocational learning in University Technical Colleges during the pandemic0
Enhancing cross‐cultural educational awareness: Experimental study on immersive experiences using virtual reality0
Re‐examining the functioning of educational markets: Does the private‐subsidised sector contribute to school diversification?0
Tensions in the pursuit of equal opportunities: A case study of an innovative secondary school0
Sorting or mixing? Multi‐track and single‐track schools and social inequalities in a differentiated educational system0
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Exploring undergraduate students’ conceptions of learning via auto‐photography: A cross‐sectional analysis0
The impact of distributed leadership on teacher commitment: The mediation role of teacher workload stress and teacher well‐being0
Making up for lost time: University students' quest to reclaim missed opportunities while adjusting to post‐Covid life in higher education0
Popular boys, the ideal schoolboy, and blended patterns of masculinity for 10‐ to 11‐year‐olds in two London schools0
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