Session Information
15 SES 14, International Boundary-Crossing Study of Higher Education Institutions Working in Partnership with Schools to Improve Participation in Systems and Learning
Symposium
Contribution
School leadership has two moral imperatives in Northern Irish schools. First, to provide all students with equal access to a relevant pedagogical experience and learning outcomes. Second to build community in the school and locale. A three-stage action-research project carried out in a Northern Irish Secondary School addresses these imperatives. A School Leadership Team (SLT), in partnership with a Higher Education Institution research team implemented stage one of the action-research. Evidence revealed students were positive about their overall school experiences whilst teachers were completely ‘student-centred’. In stage two the SLT developed strategies informed by this evidence to enhance the whole learning experience on a platform of trust, respect optimism, and the recognition of diversity, building on current good practice. The change strategies also aimed to enhance: students’ and teachers’ decision making in their learning; students’ contribution to learning intentions; how students relate their learning to their future involvement in the labour market and systems of production and exchange; how students’ learning helps them to understand their community and inherent societal challenges; how students’ faith helped their learning. This paper reports stage three, the impact of the change strategies on participation in school systems, learning, and learning outcomes including skills
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