Much student-consultation activity embeds unwitting manipulation of students rather than genuine voice¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r? · q1
Currency · newest study 2001 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q1 i? The article argues that much of the current vogue for consulting students about their experience of schooling contains unwitting manipulation. → Fielding 2001

Evidence¶

Fielding 2001¶

Fielding, M. (2001). Students as Radical Agents of Change. Journal of Educational Change, 2, 123–141. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017949213447

q1 · i? · theoretical · r?

Theoretical argument in the paper's opening, contrasting mainstream consultation with the Students as Researchers approach; the author states it involves "unwitting manipulation" rather than reporting an empirical test.

"The unwitting manipulation often embedded in much of this Activity is contrasted with a radical approach known as `Students as Researchers.'"

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