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‘Take more time to actually listen’: students' reflections on participation and negotiation in school
Author(s) -
McCluskey Gillean,
Brown Jane,
Munn Pamela,
Lloyd Gwynedd,
Hamilton Lorna,
Sharp Stephen,
Macleod Gale
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/01411926.2012.659720
Subject(s) - emotive , negotiation , sociology , citizenship , pedagogy , politics , focus (optics) , psychology , scale (ratio) , social psychology , political science , social science , anthropology , law , physics , optics , quantum mechanics
Behaviour in schools is an emotive topic and one of enduring political interest and sensitivity. The media often portrays schools as violent and dangerous places and young people as ever more unruly. This paper explores findings from a recent large‐scale national study on behaviour and focuses on the data from primary and secondary school students within this study. The comments and suggestions offered by students move beyond a discussion of behaviour to focus on the broader questions of participation, engagement and meanings of active citizenship in school.