Learning: The pupil's voice

2000/06/01 by Bet McCallum, Eleanore Hargreaves, Caroline Gipps · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Early Childhood Education and Development #Education and Technology Integration #Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/713657145

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Abstract

Summaries are given of research on the learner's role in learning and pupils' attitudes to school and it is argued that few studies have collected the views of young children on learning. This provides the rationale for a pilot study which probed the perceptions of a sample of 44 Year 2 and Year 6 children in schools in and around London. The findings indicate that children as young as seven can conceptualise 'learning' and are able to articulate learning strategies and processes they use. It is suggested that the pupil's voice is an increasingly important element in furthering our understanding of teaching and learning more generally.

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