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Behind closed doors – Understanding how local politicians influence school allocation
While parents believe they have freedom in school selection, local politicians often play a crucial role in shaping access and decentralisation can lead to inequality.
The use of AI in academic blogging
The EERA blog editors invited members of the EERA family to discuss the use of AI in academic blogging and create AI guidelines for blog contributors.
Parental and Family Involvement in Children’s Digital Learning: Bridging Policy and Practice
As education systems adapt to the demands of the digital age, preparing students to live and learn in a technology driven world has become a pressing priority. The successful integration of digital technologies in education is a complex, multi-faceted process that depends on several interrelated factors, including the crucial role of family support and socio-economic conditions.
Math meditation – how mindfulness transforms anxiety into numbers
Dr Wenderlich explores how mindfulness and maths mediations can help reduce maths anxiety, and foster a deeper understanding of deeper mathematical concepts.
Educational research for the benefit of education and society – A Dutch perspective
Emeritus Professor Theo Wubbels on three initiatives that the Dutch organisation for educational research launched to help improve the relationship between educational research and practice.
EduTopics: ECER – A WebApp for exploring ECER contributions since 1998
EduTopics: ECER enables users to explore the contributions to past and present ECERs. Over 30,000 contributions from more than 30 networks are searchable due to natural language processing, machine learning and clustering procedures.
The curriculum as ‘folding’ democratic practice
Drawing on Deleuze, Dewey, and Bill Green’s “curriculum as practice,” our research introduces the concept of “curriculum as ‘folding’ democratic practice”. This holistic, fluid, and processual approach, premised on the lived experiences of 16 immigrant EAL teachers, underscores the need for a more responsive and democratic educational framework.
Towards reconnecting within and beyond the educational research community in Serbia
The educational research association of Serbia (ERAS) stands out for its advocacy of interdisciplinary collaboration, welcoming experts from diverse fields interested in educational research. We wonder whether, together with EERA, we can rewrite the narrative of ‘balkanisation’, turning it from a tale of fragmentation into one of collaboration and reconnection. Hence, the theme of the ECER 2025 is Charting the Way Forward. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Belgrade!
Easy and difficult maths problems – and why language matters
Beyond the actual learning of mathematics, situational and linguistic aspects are relevant when students are working on a task
Any of these aspects can influence whether a maths problem is perceived by the student as easy or difficult. Not understanding the maths problem, therefore, does not unambiguously point to a level of mathematical ability.
Peer review in the era of generative AI models: An ethical call
The emergence of generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, is significantly impacting various facets of society, including research and academia. Given their ability to generate human-like text based on input data or prompts, generative AI models have profound implications for the academic community. These implications entail ethical and societal challenges within the peer review process, raising questions about the potential role of such models.
How theory matters in feminist posthumanist new materialist research
We suggest that working with theory/ living theory changes not only the way we think, but creates a more capacious, inclusive and affirmative sense of what educational research can be and what education can become.
The EERA Office – The view from within the spaceship
Angelika Wegscheider explains what it is like to steer the ‘spaceship’ of the EERA office, the changes she has seen over the years, and the lessons she’s learned from her time with the organisation.
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