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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 23h

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: How AI can enable informed dialogue, streamline communication, and bridge gaps, enhancing collaboration, autonomy, and equity in student-led initiatives. #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/ai-informed-student-activism/

European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 2d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: We all know that completing your PhD comes with real challenges. Emily Dowdeswell has helpful tips on taking care of yourself, not just your research! #EmergingResearchers #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/phd-during-covid-19/

5 really helpful tips for completing your PhD - EERA Blog

We asked PhD student Emily Dowdeswell for her top tips for students currently starting their doctoral journey

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 5d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: From considering inclusivity to expecting the unexpected - preparing for an Early Researchers global conference takes a lot of work and thought - insight from former ERG lead Saneeya Qureshi #EERA_ERG #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/conferences-for-early-career-researchers/

Organising Global Conferences for Early Career Researchers - EERA Blog

Dr Qureshi shares her top tips on organising global conferences for early career researchers - whether the event is online, offline or hybrid

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 5d

Happy 5th birthday to us! To celebrate, we are sharing our 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 posts. Starting with this one, from former Director of Education for the Swedish National Agency of Education, Gunnar Iselau on the Swedish school system.
#EERA5for5 #EduSci
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The Swedish school system - Its problems and possible solutions - EERA Blog

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 6d

Happy 5th Birthday #EERAblog! Thank you to the 170+ authors who have submitted to the EERA blog and the 80,000 visitors who engaged with the EERA family by reading, commenting and sharing. We're looking forward to an exciting 6th year. Join the conversation! #EduSci https://tinyurl.com/2fbmy2j4

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 9d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: "Children's rights policy ... demands the researcher puts their gaze on the child's interests and entitlements (not just those of the school, teachers, or parents)." - #EERAblog #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/human-rights-in-educational-research/

Human Rights Law - The Speckled Bird of Educational Research?

Professor Lundy on the importance of human rights law in educational research and the creation of children's rights policies.

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 9d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: How AI can enable informed dialogue, streamline communication, and bridge gaps, enhancing collaboration, autonomy, and equity in student-led initiatives. #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/ai-informed-student-activism/

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 10d

Working recently at the EERA Desk during ECER 2025 in Belgrade, we realized that many people have questions about what exactly ERC, ECER and EERA stand for and what role the Networks play. For answers to these questions (and more): https://tinyurl.com/4mfsnwvf

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 12d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: "It is impossible to develop intercultural competences without experience with OTHERS. We will never know who we truly are without exposure to foreign cultures" - Dr Wenderlich #EERA_NW24 #EERA_ERG #ERG #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/intercultural-competences/

How Broadening Horizons leads to the Development of Intercultural Competences - EERA Blog

Dr Maja Wenderlich on how education researchers can develop intercultural competences by broadening their horizons.

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 12d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Encouraging AI-informed student activism can create a more democratic, equitable, and peaceful world, ensuring education aligns with genuine student needs. #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/ai-informed-student-activism/

European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 14d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Encouraging AI-informed student activism can create a more democratic, equitable, and peaceful world, ensuring education aligns with genuine student needs. #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/ai-informed-student-activism/

European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 16d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: Education researcher Dilara Özel and English teacher Ayşegül Yurtsever explore activites in foreign language lessons to help students develop crosscultural understanding - with tips for foreign language teachers. #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/foreign-language-classrooms/

Fostering Cultural Creativity in Foreign Language Classrooms - EERA Blog

How language activities can help students develop multicultural understanding - with practical tips for foreign language teachers.

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 19d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: For school leaders, digital capacity building in new digital educational development is crucial and necessary action must be taken, argues Dr Kafa on our blog. #EERA_NW26 #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/school-leaders-digital/

Enhancing School Leaders’ Digital Capacity in an Era of Change

The digital transformation of education brings new challenges. Dr Kafa explores ways to enhance school leaders' digital capacities.

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 19d

XIV International Research-to-Practice Conference “School Education in the Digital Age: Key Trends and Challenges” Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 30-31 October 2025. Full information: https://beyim.edu.kz/conference

Chalk megaphone and the word 'EVENT' on blackboard. Text: EERA highlights a colleague’s event.

European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 21d

Warm congratulations to the #ECER2025 Best Poster Winners Sofia Marques da Silva and Sara Faria. Learn
about Sofia and Sara and the poster "Transitions From Higher Education to Low Density Areas: Graduates' Motivations For Returning And Impact On Their Home Communities": https://tinyurl.com/4s8fcp64

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 21d

EERA would like to warmly congratulate the #ERC2025 Best Poster Award winner, Adriana Cunha (University of Minho, Portugal). You can learn more about Adriana and view her poster "Becoming a Teacher: Master Degree Students Reflecting on Their Learning Experience" here: https://rdar.li/vRBVAPn

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 22d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Policy language matters. When teaching is framed in transactional terms like “delivery,” “roll-outs,” “performance indicators”, we risk stripping away the complexity and creativity of professional learning, says Dr O'Donnell. #ECER2025 #EduSci

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 23d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: Gaston Bacquet on the view that Western culture is somehow at the core of 'universal knowledge' and the need for undoing and reconstruction of how we learn @EERA_NW4 #EERA_NW7 #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/decolonizing-knowledge-undoing-and-reconstructing-how-we-learn/

Decolonizing Knowledge: Undoing and Reconstructing how we Learn

How can Western educational institutions give more recognition – and curriculum space – to non-Eurocentric perspectives and knowledge.

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 24d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Business-style language like ‘delivery' and ‘roll-out' risks reducing education to transactions. A call to reclaim a richer educational discourse by Dr Ciara O'Donnell #ECER2025 #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/transactional-language-in-education-policy/

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 24d

EERA would like to warmly thank the 2486 participants, 793 reviewers, 920 chairpersons and the wonderful, welcoming local organisers and volunteers for an inspiring and fruitful #ECER2025. See you at #ECER2026 in Tampere!

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 24d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Confronting recent U.S. policy changes in higher education, Dr. Redman interprets transformative learning as a co-created journey of vulnerability, strength, and collective resistance. #ECER2025 #EduSci http://blog.eera-ecer.de/transformative-learning/

European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 26d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Amid shifting U.S. policies that undermine sustainability and equity in education, Dr. Redman views transformative learning as a shared process of resilience, kinship, and resistance. #ECER2025 #EduSci http://blog.eera-ecer.de/transformative-learning/

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 27d

https://blog.eera-ecer.de/transactional-language-in-education-policy/

European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 27d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Education reform deserves language that reflects its complexity. When policy borrows corporate vocabulary, we risk reducing teaching to a transaction rather than a deeply human, transformative process, says Dr O'Donnell. #ECER2025 #EduSci...

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 27d

New on our blog: Using multimodal and narrative methods, this research creates heterotopic spaces where young men reflect on race, justice, and belonging. #ECER2025 #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/co-creating-narratives-with-black-caribbean-boys/