Student Voice Handbook: Bridging the Academic/Practitioner Divide - Softcover

Gerry Czerniawski

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780520409 ISBN 13: 9781780520407

Publisher: Emerald Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

While the Student Voice agenda gathers momentum in all sectors of education in the United Kingdom so too does the degree to which 'Student Voice' comes under the critical gaze of national and international commentators who narrate its influence on policy as each successive government in the UK shapes the agenda as they see fit. The Student Voice movement continues to grow and influence discussion across all levels of education. Equally, international responses to Student Voice extend the debate and movement further. To acknowledge international and UK perspectives, the authors have developed an edited collection speaking to both the practitioner and the academic alike. The text offers diverse perspectives with contributions from internationally acclaimed researchers, academics, classroom practitioners and learners across a variety of ages and educational sectors both at local and international levels.

This topical text locates Student Voice within wider current debates around empowered citizenry and the 'big society'. The contributions draw upon the relationships between Student Voice and action research, citizenship, democratic education and students-as-researchers as well as locating these debates within international perspectives. It is through the combination of these perspectives that, as the title of the book suggests, the Student Voice movement can hope to 'bridge the academic/practitioner divide'.

Contents:

Foreword by Wes Streeting
Introduction: Outside looking in, and inside looking out attempts at bridging the academic/practitioner divide
PART ONE: THEORISING STUDENT VOICE
PART TWO: STUDENT VOICE IN PRACTICE
PART THREE: THE ROLE OF STUDENT VOICE IN INFORMING TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
PART FOUR: CAPTURING STUDENT VOICE
PART FIVE: STUDENT VOICES AROUND THE WORLD
Conclusion: from blackboard, to whiteboard to smart board where are we heading?

About this title

About the Author:

Gerry Czerniawski - University of East London, UK
Warren Kidd - University of East London, UK

Review:

For UK and international teachers, policy makers, academics, teacher educators, and graduate students in education, Czerniawski and Kidd (education, U. of East London, UK) draw together 34 essays by researchers, academics, classroom teachers, and learners in Europe, the US, China, and Australia who describe the Student Voice movement to involve learners in democratic decision making. They detail local, national, and international case studies from early childhood to higher education and lifelong learning to special education that address theories, research methodologies, and practical issues. Cases describe the history of voice and its association with liberatory social movements of the twentieth century; factors behind the recent interest in the movement; the moral purpose and underlying philosophy of the British Every Child Matters initiative and its relationship to voice; the role of citizenship in school communities; specific teaching strategies; professional and learning partnerships that allow teachers to learn from learners through curriculum, co-planning of lessons, and professional development; and global perspectives from the US, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, China, and Brazil. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR

About this edition

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1780520409
• ISBN 13: 9781780520407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Gerry Czerniawski, Warren Kidd