British Educational Research Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of British Educational Research Journal is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Unseen roots and unfolding flowers? Prison learning, equality and the education of socially excluded groups59
The ups and downs in perceived societal appreciation of the teaching profession during COVID‐19: A longitudinal trajectory analysis59
The mediating role of student engagement in the relationship between teacher and digital support and learner satisfaction in blended learning environments at higher education35
Ethos within the British boarding school: A small‐scale analysis of the ‘Head's Welcome’ as an act of legitimation29
“I get by with a little help from my friends”: The importance of peer‐led emotion work during the primary to secondary school transition29
Effectiveness of educational interventions: An ecological systems analysis of initiatives from the UK opportunity areas programme29
An integrated conceptual model for enhancing refugee education25
Teacher‐composed cases of practice as and for dissemination, reflection and data21
Single‐sex schooling, gender and educational performance: Evidence usingPISAdata19
Levelling down? Understanding the decline of the maintained nursery sector in England19
Combatting conspiracies in the classroom: Teacher strategies and perceived outcomes17
‘It's missing the heart of what writing is about’: teachers' interpretations of writing assessment criteria17
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The role of the teacher's culture in classroom management: A case study of primary schools in French Polynesia14
The association between family socioeconomic status and urban–rural and high‐school attainment gaps: A logistic regression analysis of the China Family Panel Studies data13
Organizational and Psychological factors in teacher educators’ professional identity development: An empirical analysis13
Unsettling subject English in the twenty‐first century12
Can the teaching style reduce inequality in the classroom? Evidence from a quasi‐experiment12
A critical exploration of inclusion policies of elite UK universities12
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 development12
Can the role of a personal tutor contribute to reducing the undergraduate degree awarding gap for racially minoritised students?12
Educators' positive practices with refugee pupils at two schools in England12
Unlocking education through relationship building: Identity and agency in English educational institutions during Covid‐1912
Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co‐creation project on French, German and Spanish12
Pressures and influences on school leaders navigating policy development during the COVID‐19 pandemic11
From classroom challenges to scholarly insights: A bibliometric analysis of novice teacher research11
Teachers’ gender bias in STEM: Results from a vignette study11
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 p11
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BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 2015–202210
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 internet9
The lasting influence of an open climate of classroom discussion on political trust: Results from a seven‐year panel study among English youth9
Time well spent? Temporal dimensions of study abroad and implications for student experiences and outcomes under the UK Turing Scheme9
How hermeneutics can guide grading in integrated STEAM education: An evidence‐informed perspective9
How do homeschoolers approach creative arts learning and how can they be supported? Developing a flexible framework for homeschool contexts9
Does study abroad affect student academic achievement?9
Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education8
The link between school leadership, staff job satisfaction and retention. Longitudinal evidence from England8
‘Sir, I don't know what I'm doing’: An investigation into the role of happy accidents in a secondary school art classroom8
The potential of deep learning in improving K‐12 students' writing skills: A systematic review8
Experiences in times of COVID‐19: Home‐life, social connections, and schooling for Aotearoa New Zealand children8
Empowering children to speak up and act on social justice issues: The use of folktales and collaborative storytelling as tools of social imagination7
Distributed leadership in action: Different manifestations and what they require from school leaders7
Personality‐sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9‐ to 10‐year‐olds7
The culture of disciplines: Reconceptualising multi‐subject curricula7
Re‐imagining a decolonised, anti‐racist curriculum within initial teacher education in a Welsh university7
Practitioners’ perspectives and needs: Developing skills to support unaccompanied asylum‐seeking children (UASCs) in experiencing ‘belonging’ in English educational spaces7
The ‘Friday effect’: School attendance over the weeki7
Motility, viscosity and field: A portrayal of migrant teachers' professional mobility and ethical conflicts in American and Australian faith‐based schools7
Individual participant data meta‐analysis of the impact of educational interventions on pupils eligible for Free School Meals7
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Intergenerational transmission of educational disadvantage: Education progression of children of care leavers compared to a general population sample6
Teachers taking perceptions of student attributes into consideration when formulating track recommendations?6
The future of educational research: Observations from the outgoing editors of the British Educational Research Journal6
Whose ‘voice’ is it anyway? The paradoxes of the participatory narrative6
‘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‐experienc6
School experiences of Children in Need: Learning and support6
To be in AI‐integrated language classes or not to be: Academic emotion regulation, self‐esteem, L2 learning experiences and growth mindsets are in focus6
Does pedagogical metamorphosis exist? Exploring the practices of primary school teachers at different stages of their careers6
Amplifying organisational discourses to the public: Media narratives of Teach For Australia, 2008–20206
Australian senior‐secondary teachers’ perceptions of leadership and policy for differentiated instruction6
The GCSE attainment gap: Assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion6
Do we have to rethink inclusive pedagogies for secondary schools? A critical systematic review of the international literature5
Assessing the learning of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream school physical education5
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‘Populism’ and competing epistemic communities in English educational policy: A response to Craske and Watson5
The role of autonomy in forming an integrated identity among early career academics5
Social inequalities in attaining higher education in Scotland: New evidence from sibling data5
Do they know what they know? Accuracy in teacher candidates' self‐assessments and its influencing factors5
What are the success factors for schools in remote Indigenous communities?5
From challenge to innovation: A grassroots study of teachers’ classroom assessment innovations5
Tensions in teaching balanced controversial history: Competing voices within a student teacher in Northern Ireland5
Categorisations of care: Exploring representations of care leavers in higher education through critical praxis5
Do schools that employ an inspector get better inspection grades?5
Drivers of school choice: Primary school selection in a free choice context5
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 1985 to 19945
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Mental wellbeing among higher education students in England during the pandemic: A longitudinal study of COVID‐19 experiences, social connectedness and greenspace use5
The path increasingly travelled: Vocational entry qualifications, socioeconomic status and university outcomes5
Classroom social networks, students' peer‐related social experiences and sense of belonging: The specific case of students with SEN5
Rigour in interpretive qualitative research in education: Ideas to think with5
Editorial: BERJ 50th Anniversary Collection: Virtual issue 1975 to 19845
Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic5
Representations of schooling and childhood during the COVID‐19 pandemic in England5
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Autistic young people’s experiences of transitioning to adulthood following the Children and Families Act 20145
The Ruskin Speech and Great Debate in English education, 1976–1979: A study of motivation4
Exploring the public's beliefs, emotions and sentiments towards the adoption of the metaverse in education: A qualitative inquiry using big data4
Satisfied teachers are good teachers: The association between teacher job satisfaction and instructional quality4
Are local students disadvantaged? Understanding institutional, local and national sense of belonging in higher education4
The role of visual perception and executive functions on writing skills with learning disabilities: The case of Turkish‐speaking children4
Where should phonics teaching start? ‘satpin’ and its origins, rivals and implications4
AI‐assisted learning environments in China: Exploring the intersections of emotion regulation strategies, grit tendencies, self‐compassion, L2 learning experiences and academic d4
Crafting agency in a host community: Accessing and participating in the English higher education sector by Ukrainian refugees4
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Curriculum leadership in a rural indigenous high school in Taiwan implementing the 108 Curriculum Guidelines4
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Antecedents of environmental protection participation intentions among Chinese adolescents: The perspectives of rational choice, moral norms, and supporting environment4
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Presidential Address: BERA. Who are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?4
Manifestations of the ethics of hospitality at children's hospitality centres in Saudi Arabia4
The moderation effect of morphological awareness on the relationship between word detection skills and reading comprehension in Chinese children with and without dyslexia4
‘… 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 gap4
The importance of school culture in supporting student mental health in secondary schools. Insights from a qualitative study3
Practice‐based educational and theatre research: A scoping review3
A model for principals' STEM leadership capability3
Boarding schools: A longitudinal examination of Australian Indigenous and non‐Indigenous boarders’ and non‐boarders’ wellbeing3
Academic leisure crafting: More than a respite to breath?3
String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care3
The five‐year itch: Motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in England3
Preservice teacher perceptions of preparedness for teaching: Insights from survey research exploring the links between teacher professional standards and agency3
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Safe spaces and beyond: Examining the role of LGBT+ Pride Groups in fostering ontological security and allyship within UK schools3
Some clarifications on educational research and practice3
Intersections between cognitive‐emotion regulation, critical thinking and academic resilience with academic motivation and autonomy in EFL learners: Contributions of AI‐mediated 3
An ecological perspective of student engagement through digital technology: Practical application and implications3
Can teacher quality be profiled? A cluster analysis of teachers' beliefs, practices and students' perceptions of effectiveness3
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 rura3
Reading intervention at age 6: Long‐term effects of Reading Recovery in the UK on qualifications and support at age 163
Popular boys, the ideal schoolboy, and blended patterns of masculinity for 10‐ to 11‐year‐olds in two London schools3
Exploring students' experiences of technical and vocational learning in University Technical Colleges during the pandemic3
Chinese PhD candidates in British universities: Understanding the practices of international doctorate students3
Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education3
School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: A qualitative study3
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 England3
Does grammar school attendance increase the likelihood of attending a prestigious UK university?3
Unboxing the intersections between self‐esteem and academic mindfulness with test emotions, psychological wellness and academic achievement in artificial intelligence‐supported learning environments: 3
From silence to academic engagement: How refugee children with disabilities access learning through inclusive ‘artful’ schools in Canada3
School playgroups: Which features of provision matter?3
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Enacting whole‐school relationships and sexuality education in England: Context matters2
The impact of student conduct problems on teacher wellbeing following the onset of the Covid‐19 pandemic: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis2
Predatory competition, student expectations, unclear purpose: University leaders’ perceptions of the ‘neoliberal future’ of higher education in Brazil2
Clarification for: Right‐wing populism and education: Introduction to the special section by Hussain and Yunus (2021)2
Youth representations of environmental protest2
Effects of educational disruption and changes in school context on children's mental health: Associations with school level disadvantage and individual bullying involvement2
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Teacher digital identity divergences: From teacher education to classroom2
Effects of critical thinking instruction on Chinese college students with varying baseline critical thinking abilities: A quasi‐experimental study2
It’s all about the story: Personal narratives in children’s literature about refugees2
Editorial2
The effect of school closures on standardised student test outcomes2
Teacher and youth priorities for education for environmental sustainability: A co‐created manifesto2
Does desegregation matter? A comparative study of school‐based social capital for university‐bound minority students in segregated and desegregated school contexts of Hong Kong2
Understanding teacher ethico‐political identity formation from a Foucauldian perspective2
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., 20192
Deciphering the layers of reading achievement: A multi‐level analysis of student and school‐level predictors in top‐performing PIRLS 2021 countries2
From invitation to destination: A systematic literature review of the use of picturebooks in inquiry‐based education2
AI voice journaling for future language teachers: A path to well‐being through reflective practices2
Supportive but suspicious: Ideology, institutional trust, electoral participation and gender shape public opinion on citizenship education in the UK2
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Failing children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in England: New evidence of poor outcomes and a postcode lottery at the Local Authority level at Key Stage 12
‘Doing well’ and ‘being well’—secondary school teachers’ perspectives2
Exploring LGBTQ+ teacher professional identity through the power threat meaning framework2
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Beyond the ‘dilemma of difference’: An analysis of stories from experienced teachers, about their inclusive practice2
Early detection of risk of reading difficulties using a working memory assessment battery2
Power, positionality and practitioner research: Schoolteachers' experiences of professional doctorates in education2
Educational research in the global north and south; reflections on the field and future directions2
Novice teachers' classroom behaviour management: Situations, responses and impact on student behaviour2
A study on the social integration of international secondary students in Canadian high schools2
The relationship between child behaviour problems at school entrance and teenage vocabulary acquisition: A comparison of two generations of British children born 30 years apart2
When constellations align: What early childhood pre‐service teachers need from online learning to become confident and competent teachers of the arts2
Capturing variations in how spelling is taught in primary school classrooms in England2
The effects of free tuition policy on university academic performance in Chile2
Developing teacher professional capital: A case study of Master Teacher Studios in Zhejiang province, China2
Socioeconomic status and students' science self‐efficacy2
One way or another: An optimal matching analysis of students' educational pathways and the impact of socioeconomic background and engagement2
Lessons from lockdown: Autistic students, parents and mainstream schools2
Can AI replace humans? Comparing the capabilities of AI tools and human performance in a business management education scenario2
How do principals’ paternalistic leadership impact teachers’ emotional labor and efficacy: Do gender or region of teachers make a difference?2
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Why does school socio‐economic composition matter to adolescents’ academic performance? Role of classroom climate and school resources2
Physical education in alternative provision schools: A case of spatial (in)justice?2
Educating ‘others’: Drawing on the collective wisdom of intercultural experts2
Politics of evidence: Think tanks and the Academies Act2
To persist or not? Examining the relations between parental education, self‐regulation, school engagement and persistence in post‐compulsory education2
Music always helps: Associations of music subject choices with academic achievement in secondary education2
Supporting teacher judgement and decision‐making: Using focused analysis to help teachers see students, learning, and quality in assessment data1
CSOs working for peace through education in conflict‐affected areas: The case of Cyprus1
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A rights‐informed and respecting approach to more inclusive schools: Based on a Citizens' Panel pilot project1
The International Education Index: A global approach to education policy analysis, performance and sustainable development1
An analysis of attainment grouping policy in Singapore1
Children in care in education: Who is entered for exams and who reaches critical thresholds of success at age 16?1
An educated society is an ideas‐informed society: A proposed theoretical framework for effective ideas engagement1
British education research and its quality: An analysis of Research Excellence Framework submissions1
‘In most supermarkets food does not cost £3 per day …’ The impact of the school food voucher scheme during COVID‐191
The increasing use of private special schools: A policy gap for inclusive education1
Exploring teachers' strategies for navigating compulsory digital transformations in Danish primary and lower secondary schools1
The road (not) taken: Principals' perceptions of at‐risk pupils' participation in collective decision‐making1
Geographical mobility and children’s non‐completion of upper secondary education in Finland and Germany: Do parental resources matter?1
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Queer feminist interruptions to internationalising UK higher education1
Employability skills in mainstream education: Innovations in schooling and institutional isomorphism1
Racism and the future of antiracism in education: A critical analysis of the Sewell Report1
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 2005 to 20141
The review and development of professional standards through the lens of Democratic Anchorage points1
Fail to plan, plan to fail. Are education policies in England helping teachers to deliver on the promise of democracy?1
Beyond winning in physical education: The role of continuing professional development in fostering a learning‐focused climate1
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School staff's views on causes of early school leaving in regular secondary and adult education: Identifying the role of individual, job‐related and school climate characteristics1
The decline in breaktimes and lunchtimes in primary and secondary schools in England: Results from three national surveys spanning 25 years1
Voices from the edge: Girls' experiences of being at risk of permanent exclusion1
Understanding UK university academic staff attitudes towards recognising and responding to student radicalisation1
The role of achievement, gender, SES, location and policy in explaining the Indigenous gap in high‐school completion1
Beyond the door frame: The role of educational policies and guidelines in (un)welcoming Black refugee students1
The quality of interaction with children in collective play: Children's agency1
The evolution of socio‐economic disparities in literacy skills from age 15 to age 27 in 20 countries1
Exploring teachers' views of cultural capital in English schools1
Social violence and the trivialising effects of youth in school bullying: Extended listening to South Australian young people on bullying and violence1
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Variation in Black students’ conceptions of academic support1
(Re)moving exclusions: School exclusion reduction in Glasgow and London1
Epistemology of the Nakba in Israeli education1
Twenty‐two testable hypotheses about phronesis: Outlining an educational research programme1
Unravelling the effectiveness of self‐regulated language learning intervention on Chinese EFL Students’ motivation, strategic competence and English proficiency: A mixed methods study1
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Impact of reciprocal peer observation on teacher collaboration perceptions1
Funds of knowledge: Towards an asset‐based approach to refugee education and family engagement in England1
‘They have somewhere to turn to’: Wellbeing support for newly arrived refugee and migrant adolescents in English secondary schools1
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Exploring undergraduate students’ conceptions of learning via auto‐photography: A cross‐sectional analysis1
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Widening Participation in Scotland 1997–2021: A semi‐systematic literature review and avenues for further research1
The development of host language achievement gaps by migration background during primary school: A path model of educational inequalities1
‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education1
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 how1
Economic impact of innovative entrepreneurship education: Dynamic modelling methods1
The mental health of adolescents in England: How does it vary during their time at school?1
Schools and food charity in England1
The role of growth mindset in shaping teachers' intercultural competencies: A study among Finnish teachers1
Problematising teachers' accounts of privilege in elite high schools1
Transitions from primary to secondary school in Greater Manchester: A qualitative exploration of the perspectives of Year 6 children who receive pupil premium funding1
Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance1
Research‐informed teaching: The case of Musical Futures1
I've always known that I would become a teacher’: How White women narrate their choice to teach, and what this means for teacher recruitment1
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The achievement gap: The impact of between‐class attainment grouping on pupil attainment and educational equity over time1
Targeting adolescents as agents of change for an entomophageous future1
Starting with trees: Between and beyond environmental education1
Precarious privilege in the time of pandemic: A hybrid (auto)ethnographic perspective on COVID‐19 and international schooling in China1
Post‐secondary vocational education for youth leaving care: Examining a potential pathway to successful outcomes1
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