About The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone...

Apr 10, 2024 · The fifth edition of BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research has been revised and updated to enable researchers to conduct their work to the highest ethical standards in any and all...

May 17, 2024 · Fundamentals The intended audience for these guidelines is anyone undertaking educational research – whether their job description includes research, or they conduct research within the field (for example, while studying for a qualification or with the intention of improving practice). This includes both independent researchers and practitioners based in educational institutions of any kind ...

Sep 5, 2024 · BERA’s Research Ethics Case Studies, edited by Sin Wang Chong and Alison Fox, complement BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024) by giving concrete examples of how those guidelines can be applied during the research process. Annotations in the margins of each case study document indicate where, among the numbered paragraphs of BERA’s Ethical Guidelines ...

14 hours ago · This 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 important milestone in the life of the BERA blog, we have commissioned ten blog posts from esteemed colleagues ...

Aug 13, 2019 · GUIDELINES Responsibilities to participants The British Educational Research Association (BERA) believes that educational researchers should operate within an ethic of respect for any persons – including themselves – involved in or touched by the research they are undertaking. Individuals should be treated fairly, sensitively, and with dignity and freedom from prejudice, in recognition of ...

Jul 31, 2012 · Ethics and guidance BERA’s ethics and guidance documents are used by educational researchers and those active in many other disciplines. Our publications include the following documents. BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (now in its fifth edition) BERA’s Research Ethics Case Studies, designed to complement the Ethical Guidelines by giving concrete examples of how those ...

About The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone engaged in and with educational research both nationally and …

Apr 10, 2024 · BERA Ethical Guidelines – Revising editor Published in their first edition in 1992, BERA's Ethical Guidelines are an invaluable, much read and widely cited resource that supports educational researchers to conduct research to the highest...

BERA Bites, issue 11: Developing your early career researcher profile & skillset Developing your researcher profile and skillset is essential as you go through the early part of your research journey, whether you are doctoral student, practitioner researcher or postdoc or...