British Educational Research Journal

Papers
(The TQCC of British Educational Research Journal is 4. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
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Performance motivation and emotion regulation as drivers of academic competence and problem‐solving skills in AI‐enhanced preschool education: A SEM study74
Caught in the vacuum: Policies addressing online harms in Maltese secondary schools46
Teachers', parents', and pupils' perceptions and described experiences of toilet provisions and practices within English schools46
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees42
Teacher‐composed cases of practice as and for dissemination, reflection and data40
Levelling down? Understanding the decline of the maintained nursery sector in England38
Ethos within the British boarding school: A small‐scale analysis of the ‘Head's Welcome’ as an act of legitimation37
Effectiveness of educational interventions: An ecological systems analysis of initiatives from the UK opportunity areas programme36
Combatting conspiracies in the classroom: Teacher strategies and perceived outcomes25
‘It's missing the heart of what writing is about’: teachers' interpretations of writing assessment criteria25
“I get by with a little help from my friends”: The importance of peer‐led emotion work during the primary to secondary school transition20
The ups and downs in perceived societal appreciation of the teaching profession during COVID‐19: A longitudinal trajectory analysis19
Single‐sex schooling, gender and educational performance: Evidence using PISA data19
The mediating role of student engagement in the relationship between teacher and digital support and learner satisfaction in blended learning environments at higher education19
An integrated conceptual model for enhancing refugee education19
Teachers’ gender bias in STEM: Results from a vignette study18
Young athletes as sports activists: Empowerment as a fundamental element of the process17
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 p16
The role of the teacher's culture in classroom management: A case study of primary schools in French Polynesia16
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 development16
Unsettling subject English in the twenty‐first century15
Unlocking education through relationship building: Identity and agency in English educational institutions during Covid‐1915
From classroom challenges to scholarly insights: A bibliometric analysis of novice teacher research14
Can the teaching style reduce inequality in the classroom? Evidence from a quasi‐experiment14
The association between family socioeconomic status and urban–rural and high‐school attainment gaps: A logistic regression analysis of the China Family Panel Studies data14
Can the role of a personal tutor contribute to reducing the undergraduate degree awarding gap for racially minoritised students?13
Organizational and Psychological factors in teacher educators’ professional identity development: An empirical analysis13
Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co‐creation project on French, German and Spanish13
Educators' positive practices with refugee pupils at two schools in England12
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 2015–202212
Children's agency in England's primary schools: A case for structured freedom12
The lasting influence of an open climate of classroom discussion on political trust: Results from a seven‐year panel study among English youth12
A critical exploration of inclusion policies of elite UK universities12
Experiences in times of COVID‐19: Home‐life, social connections, and schooling for Aotearoa New Zealand children12
Does study abroad affect student academic achievement?11
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The link between school leadership, staff job satisfaction and retention. Longitudinal evidence from England11
Retention among newly qualified second‐year teachers: The reception–integration model11
‘Sir, I don't know what I'm doing’: An investigation into the role of happy accidents in a secondary school art classroom11
Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education11
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How do homeschoolers approach creative arts learning and how can they be supported? Developing a flexible framework for homeschool contexts10
How hermeneutics can guide grading in integrated STEAM education: An evidence‐informed perspective10
Reducing anxiety, promoting enjoyment and enhancing overall English proficiency: The impact of AI‐assisted language learning in Chinese EFL contexts10
Time well spent? Temporal dimensions of study abroad and implications for student experiences and outcomes under the UK Turing Scheme10
Workplace support for newly qualified doctors and secondary school teachers: A comparative analysis10
Many truths, many knowledges, many forms of reason: Understanding middle‐school student approaches to sources of information on the internet10
The potential of deep learning in improving K‐12 students' writing skills: A systematic review9
The relationship between faculty members’ perceptions of technology leadership and their technology integration into higher education—Evidence from China9
Intergenerational transmission of educational disadvantage: Education progression of children of care leavers compared to a general population sample9
Growing in organisations: The multifaceted effects of organisational support on teachers' digital literacy9
Reimagining school leadership: A qualitative study on how distributed leadership models influence innovation culture in semi‐government schools in Pakistan9
The future of educational research: Observations from the outgoing editors of the British Educational Research Journal9
Teachers taking perceptions of student attributes into consideration when formulating track recommendations?8
‘I make a lot of the choices myself—I think I've taught myself that through the imbalance of support’: The internal conversations, reflexivity and post‐school educational achievement of care‐experienc8
Distributed leadership in action: Different manifestations and what they require from school leaders8
Re‐imagining a decolonised, anti‐racist curriculum within initial teacher education in a Welsh university8
School partnered approaches to emotionally based school avoidance in UK primary and secondary school‐age learners: A systematic review8
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Does pedagogical metamorphosis exist? Exploring the practices of primary school teachers at different stages of their careers8
Australian senior‐secondary teachers’ perceptions of leadership and policy for differentiated instruction8
Personality‐sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9‐ to 10‐year‐olds8
The ‘Friday effect’: School attendance over the weeki8
The role of social capital in the job quality of Chilean university graduates8
Amplifying organisational discourses to the public: Media narratives of Teach For Australia, 2008–20208
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Motility, viscosity and field: A portrayal of migrant teachers' professional mobility and ethical conflicts in American and Australian faith‐based schools8
To be in AI‐integrated language classes or not to be: Academic emotion regulation, self‐esteem, L2 learning experiences and growth mindsets are in focus8
Examining the impact of gamified mobile and AI‐assisted language learning on academic integrity, creative trait motivation and writing performance8
International student agency in academic self‐formation: Mobility as agency situated within knowledge structures8
Categorisations of care: Exploring representations of care leavers in higher education through critical praxis7
Emotional experiences and stigma among families benefiting from Barcelona's shock plan against school segregation and for inclusion and equal opportunities and educational success7
Representations of schooling and childhood during the COVID‐19 pandemic in England7
Factors influencing the adoption of generative AI in education: A systematic review, proposed framework and future research agenda7
Drivers of school choice: Primary school selection in a free choice context7
The GCSE attainment gap: Assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion7
Editorial: BERJ 50th Anniversary Collection: Virtual issue 1975 to 19847
Parental involvement and academic achievement in Year 4 and Year 8 students: A meta‐analysis based on large‐scale assessments in China7
The role of autonomy in forming an integrated identity among early career academics7
To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities7
Early career orientation of primary school students: The impact of pedagogical intervention on future teachers and pupils7
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Enhancing online MBA programmes: Student perceptions and key factors in programme design and delivery7
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 1985 to 19947
‘Populism’ and competing epistemic communities in English educational policy: A response to Craske and Watson7
Tensions in teaching balanced controversial history: Competing voices within a student teacher in Northern Ireland6
Classroom social networks, students' peer‐related social experiences and sense of belonging: The specific case of students with SEN6
‘… 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 gap6
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Do they know what they know? Accuracy in teacher candidates' self‐assessments and its influencing factors6
Unveiling student sentiment dynamics toward AI‐based education through statistical analysis and Monte Carlo simulation6
Do schools that employ an inspector get better inspection grades?6
Issue Information6
Our World, Our Futures: A dialogic approach to environmental literacy and global citizenship education in primary schools in the Maldives and England6
Mental wellbeing among higher education students in England during the pandemic: A longitudinal study of COVID‐19 experiences, social connectedness and greenspace use6
Presidential Address: BERA. Who are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?6
Antecedents of environmental protection participation intentions among Chinese adolescents: The perspectives of rational choice, moral norms, and supporting environment6
Do we have to rethink inclusive pedagogies for secondary schools? A critical systematic review of the international literature6
What are the success factors for schools in remote Indigenous communities?6
How does dialogic teaching facilitate students' creative thinking? Evidence from a sequential analysis of teacher–student dialogue in primary language classrooms6
Assessing the learning of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream school physical education6
Indonesian inquiry: A narrative of biocultural teaching on Sulawesi Utara6
Rigour in interpretive qualitative research in education: Ideas to think with6
From challenge to innovation: A grassroots study of teachers’ classroom assessment innovations6
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Where should phonics teaching start? ‘satpin’ and its origins, rivals and implications6
Longitudinal links of negative student–teacher relationships and positive class climate with traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration6
The path increasingly travelled: Vocational entry qualifications, socioeconomic status and university outcomes6
Achievement goals, academic engagement and performance: The mediating role of self‐regulated learning strategies6
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic6
AI‐assisted learning environments in China: Exploring the intersections of emotion regulation strategies, grit tendencies, self‐compassion, L2 learning experiences and academic d5
The role of visual perception and executive functions on writing skills with learning disabilities: The case of Turkish‐speaking children5
The Ruskin Speech and Great Debate in English education, 1976–1979: A study of motivation5
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Are local students disadvantaged? Understanding institutional, local and national sense of belonging in higher education5
Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal5
Satisfied teachers are good teachers: The association between teacher job satisfaction and instructional quality5
Crafting agency in a host community: Accessing and participating in the English higher education sector by Ukrainian refugees5
The moderation effect of morphological awareness on the relationship between word detection skills and reading comprehension in Chinese children with and without dyslexia5
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When ease becomes a barrier: What influences student intentions to use Generative AI in higher education?5
Manifestations of the ethics of hospitality at children's hospitality centres in Saudi Arabia5
Technology‐enhanced learning in higher education institutions: Exploring the lived experiences of students with specific learning differences and their lecturers5
Exploring the public's beliefs, emotions and sentiments towards the adoption of the metaverse in education: A qualitative inquiry using big data5
Navigating the dilemmas of educational reform: A case study of Montessori implementation in a Taiwanese public school5
School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: A qualitative study5
Can teacher quality be profiled? A cluster analysis of teachers' beliefs, practices and students' perceptions of effectiveness5
A model for principals' STEM leadership capability5
Does grammar school attendance increase the likelihood of attending a prestigious UK university?4
The impact of ‘bursary tourism’ or the desire for a ‘fulfilling, challenging, and emotionally rewarding career’? Career entry motivations and perceptions of preservice teachers from England4
Safe spaces and beyond: Examining the role of LGBT+ Pride Groups in fostering ontological security and allyship within UK schools4
The role of beliefs and social–emotional skills in shaping educational expectations among Romanian adolescents4
Boarding schools: A longitudinal examination of Australian Indigenous and non‐Indigenous boarders’ and non‐boarders’ wellbeing4
Developing teacher professional capital: A case study of Master Teacher Studios in Zhejiang province, China4
Teacher and youth priorities for education for environmental sustainability: A co‐created manifesto4
Inequalities in school spending across local authorities in England: A time‐trend analysis4
Novice teachers' classroom behaviour management: Situations, responses and impact on student behaviour4
Physical education in alternative provision schools: A case of spatial (in)justice?4
The importance of school culture in supporting student mental health in secondary schools. Insights from a qualitative study4
The professionalisation of teachers in France at a time of new reform: A comparative perspective of teacher‐trainers and students in pre‐service training4
Popular boys, the ideal schoolboy, and blended patterns of masculinity for 10‐ to 11‐year‐olds in two London schools4
The impact of student conduct problems on teacher wellbeing following the onset of the Covid‐19 pandemic: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis4
An ecological perspective of student engagement through digital technology: Practical application and implications4
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“The purpose of activism is to educate”: Young people's climate activism as and for education in the youth strike movement in England4
Curriculum leadership in a rural indigenous high school in Taiwan implementing the 108 Curriculum Guidelines4
Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education4
To persist or not? Examining the relations between parental education, self‐regulation, school engagement and persistence in post‐compulsory education4
Unboxing the intersections between self‐esteem and academic mindfulness with test emotions, psychological wellness and academic achievement in artificial intelligence‐supported learning environments: 4
Pedagogical considerations in the automation era: A systematic literature review of AIEd in K‐12 authentic settings4
AI voice journaling for future language teachers: A path to well‐being through reflective practices4
Lessons from lockdown: Autistic students, parents and mainstream schools4
One way or another: An optimal matching analysis of students' educational pathways and the impact of socioeconomic background and engagement4
Exploring students' experiences of technical and vocational learning in University Technical Colleges during the pandemic4
Boredom strikes back: Triggers and solutions for English as a foreign language teachers4
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Understanding the paradox of primary teacher shortage in low‐income countries: Insights from Malawi4
School playgroups: Which features of provision matter?4
Some clarifications on educational research and practice4
Chinese PhD candidates in British universities: Understanding the practices of international doctorate students4
Intersections between cognitive‐emotion regulation, critical thinking and academic resilience with academic motivation and autonomy in EFL learners: Contributions of AI‐mediated 4
Practice‐based educational and theatre research: A scoping review4
String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care4
Capturing variations in how spelling is taught in primary school classrooms in England4
Supportive but suspicious: Ideology, institutional trust, electoral participation and gender shape public opinion on citizenship education in the UK4
Deciphering the layers of reading achievement: A multi‐level analysis of student and school‐level predictors in top‐performing PIRLS 2021 countries4
Predatory competition, student expectations, unclear purpose: University leaders’ perceptions of the ‘neoliberal future’ of higher education in Brazil4
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 rura4
The five‐year itch: Motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in England4
From silence to academic engagement: How refugee children with disabilities access learning through inclusive ‘artful’ schools in Canada4
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