Dr Valerie Drew

The Curriculum Journal | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library This paper is a response to articles published in this Special Issue of the journal. In the paper, I reflect upon the issue of curricular justice, offering comment on issues raised in the constituent...

My latest article - ‘Curricular justice in a complex world’ in The Curriculum Journal

Open access at dx.doi.org/10.1002/curj...

Stunning!

Disappearing technicians a ‘hidden crisis’ in Scottish schools ‘Without us, the hands-on side of education simply can’t happen,’ say secondary school technicians - but survey shows their number has more than halved in two decades, says Alastair MacGregor

🚨 New piece in @TesScotland exposes a hidden crisis in our classrooms: the sharp decline in school technicians supporting STEM across Scotland.
Our future innovators need more than good intentions — they need support.
🔗 www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

A very productive session this morning working with this cohort to design Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiries through STEM in their settings. Looking forward to supporting curriculum making in practice.

I meant what’s the dimensions of the base - I wanted to copy your great idea and wondered what size to be functional

Great idea- What are the dimensions?

Omg! I hope they were a slower driver than you!!!

Now available for preorder

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A brilliant afternoon of presentations with teachers & educators from across the region sharing insights from a year of leading enquiries focused on #climate #change #sustainability #education @drvaleriedrew.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk

📝 NEW BLOG POST

Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions
By Mark Priestley, University of Stirling
@markrpriestley.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social

Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog #BERABLOG10

Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...

Happy 18th Birthday Lucas!

Good to see this letter published and pleased to have signed it. Our paper published earlier this week underlines what teachers in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿do in spite of the barriers they face. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @geowalshe.bsky.social @bjjohnston.bsky.social

Reflecting on education policy from across the UK Education policy in the UK is characterised by change, churn and disruption as successive governments somewhat inevitably recognise ‘problems’ in education to be ‘fixed’ with different...

Great to see this first in a series of ten blog posts curated to celebrate a decade of the @beranews.bsky.social blog. Always an insightful read on #Education #Policy from Prof Meg Maguire & Dr Emma Towers www.bera.ac.uk/blog/reflect...

Education for Environmental Sustainability Drawing extensively on contemporary research and empirical evidence, including that from the UK, Europe, Australia and Brazil, this book sets out the key ideas,…

Thrilled that 15 May 2025 is my #book publication day! I explore #education for #environmental #sustainability in the context of #teacher #education drawing on research to consider ideas, concepts & approaches to support EfES in varied contexts & settings www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education...