Some research includes both.
These activities have a common purpose in the advancement of trustworthy knowledge about education and much of this new knowledge is communicated in writing. Over the years various conventions and practices have developed about such writing. In publishing this Code, BERA seeks to draw attention to what a panel of its members have considered to be good practice in writing about the heterogeneity of work arising from educational research. Where possible, it is good practice to make clear the intentions of the writer in relation to these reasons. Where possible, it is good practice to make clear for whom the researcher is writing.