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Hands up if you're really listening - summary
Author:
Gannon, Karen
Audience:
Acting headteacher, Middle leaders and aspiring headteachers
Date of publication:
May 2010 |
File format and size:
PDF, 91 Kb
Find out about the various significant factors that influence how student consultation is established. This summary report covers the scope of student activities, attitudes of senior leaders, teachers and students and logistical difficulties.
The summary briefly outlines the relevant literature and the attitudes and beliefs of senior leaders, teachers and students from four secondary school settings in order to identify those barriers that might exist to limit or prevent effective student consultation from taking place.
The findings suggests that schools who have successfully overcome all or many of these barriers feel that working collaboratively enables a more efficient and effective approach for those schools seeking to introduce or to extend their student consultation activities.
A full version of this report is also available.



