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Exploring the role of student researchers in the process of curriculum development
Author(s) -
Leat David,
Reid Anna
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585176.2012.678691
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , curriculum , underpinning , general partnership , pedagogy , politics , curriculum development , process (computing) , sociology , curriculum theory , mathematics education , political science , engineering ethics , psychology , engineering , law , computer science , operating system , civil engineering , structural engineering
Contemporary interest in student voice has evolved to include participation of ‘students as researchers' in school affairs, which has been encouraged by political developments underpinning the rights of children. Although there has been little exploration of the role of student researchers in curriculum development, this paper provides a case study of their role in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership involving a secondary school in England working on developing enquiry‐based learning. We use Basil Bernstein%s concept of framing and Clarke and Hollingsworth%s model of teacher professional learning to explore the dimensions of consequence when teachers start the process of pedagogic and curriculum innovation. There is considerable evidence of an impact on relationships between students and teachers and it is argued that this is an important lens through which to understand the role of student researchers.