The Czech Educational Research Association (CERA/ČAPV) is a professional organization whose mission is to improve the quality of education through educational research, to promote the exchange of information among educational researchers, and to disseminate the findings of educational research and highlight their contribution to practice. Educational research can be defined in a broad, interdisciplinary sense – as any research activity in teaching, learning and education.

• CERA is a member of the European Educational Research Association (EERA)
• CERA is also a member of the Council of Scientific Societies of the Czech Republic at the Czech Academy of Sciences (RVS)

CERA Conference 2024 – The interdisciplinary cooperation for fostering the quality of education

Educational research, teacher education, and the training of other educational professionals, as well as the care and support of children and adolescents in their learning, benefit from collaboration across various disciplines. This includes cooperation between fields and their respective didactics, between didactics of different fields, and among various educational actors. Collaboration is crucial not only in research but also in designing educational programs at all levels, from preschool to lifelong learning. An example of the benefits of such cooperation can be seen in the area of pre-primary and primary education, which is primarily developed in the Czech Republic by departments of pre-primary and primary pedagogy, whose founding 30 years ago we commemorate this year.