What Pupils Say Changing Policy and Practice

The result of a research project, this work, an attempt to report on what has actually been happening in our schools, answers such questions as: what difference have education reforms made to pupils' experience in schools? and how has recent education policy impacted on children today?

List of Figures and Tables

vii

Preface

xi

Jennifer Nias

Books from the PACE Project

xiii

Acknowledgements

xv

Part 1 The Primary Assessment, Curriculum and Experience Project

Introduction: The Context and Research Questions

3

(15)

Research Design and Data-Gathering Methods

18

(29)

Part 2 Classroom Change and Pupil Experience

Observed Changes in Classroom Practice

47

(19)

Pupil Perspectives on Curriculum Subjects

66

(19)

Pupil Judgements on the Curriculum

85

(19)

Pupil Perspectives on Teacher-Pupil Relationships

104

(28)

Pupil Perspectives on Classroom Assessment

132

(23)

Pupil Perspectives on Teachers' Teaching

155

(25)

Pupil Perspectives on Learning

180

(35)

Pupil Perspectives on Standardized Assessment

215

(26)

Case-Studies in Learning Disposition and Identity

241

(36)

Part 3 Research Questions Revisited

Major PACE Findings on Teacher and Pupil Experience

277

(15)

Developing Learning Disposition

292

(14)

Childhood and Education: Past, Present and Future

306

(22)

Appendices

1. Systematic Observation: Definition of Categories

317

(4)

2. A `SAT Story': A Sample Comic Strip (completed by Kirsty Jones in relation to her science SAT in which she scored Level 3)

321

(5)

3. Target Pupils Participating in PACE for Three or More Years (by school, years of study and SAT results where known)

326

(2)

References

328

(9)

Name index

337

Subject index

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What Pupils Say Changing Policy and Practice in Primary Education

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