Children’s experiences of classrooms: Talking about being pupils in the classroom

Using the author's latest research this book emphasises how an educator’s investigation of children’s perspectives and feelings can actually make teaching more effective for a range of purposes – as well as potentially more fulfilling for the teacher. This book presents an innovative approach to the pupil voice debate. Its efforts to bridge the gap between research and practice are also to be celebrated. I wonder how often teachers stop to think about what children feel about their classrooms? This is just the book to stimulate that thinking and to help teachers and their pupils get the most out of their classroom environment. This powerful book really shows the impact of the classroom environment and should be part of every staffroom library as well as for student teachers - and a focus for discussion and (importantly) action.

If children are to succeed and progress at school, schools and teachers need to understand how children experience the classroom. What do they think? How does school make them feel?

This book brings together the author′s work on children′s classroom experiences in a variety of contexts. The author uses student voice to show what children think of classrooms, tasks, tests and exams, and how this impacts their experience of schooling. Can the classroom experience be transformative for children′s life chances, or is it a trap? Schools and teachers need to take account of student perspectives in the primary school to make it the best experience possible.

• | Author: Eleanore Hargreaves
• | Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 11, 2017
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781473957176
• | ISBN-10: 1473957176