Evaluate student-voice initiatives with a framework of key questions on institutional conditions¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 theoretical), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article offers a framework consisting of key questions for evaluating whether a school's institutional conditions genuinely support student voice. The abstract states that one framework "suggests a number of key questions pertinent to any evaluation of the institutional conditions for student voice". It is intended as a practical evaluation tool for schools and researchers assessing consultation arrangements.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Application to a concrete school or initiative whose institutional conditions are being evaluated

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• secondary school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• evaluating and improving institutional support for student voice

Claims¶

• Much student-consultation activity embeds unwitting manipulation of students rather than genuine voice [+W]
• The Students as Researchers project is transformational in nature, per the author's appraisal [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Students As Researchers Radical Approach
• Interrogate Voice, Credibility and Testimony When Studying Inequality in Education

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

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