being heard and belonging


understanding self

An interesting article looking at societal views to gender and their impact on learning.

Developing Girl Responsive Educators
The Chartered College of Teaching

developing voice

Launched at QUB in 2023, this research shares the reflections of post-primary students on their preparedness for life and work. Of particular interest are statistics around education on employability and finance, rights, equality and justice, and relationships.

Phase: post-primary

Let Us Learn Report
Secondary Students' Union of Northern Ireland

understanding self

This report makes recommendations which have important pedagogical implications for teaching, supporting and working with boys. Equally important it also offers many pragmatic ways to assist teachers in the classroom to help boys make better connections between school and their wider social, emotion...

Phase: any

Taking Boys Seriously: A Longitudinal Study of Ado...
University of Ulster

belonging

"Happy, healthy teachers are a child's greatest asset in school." "...there is an increasing disconnectedness and fragmentation in children's lives and ... a legitamate and necessary function of the school is to attend to this disconnection."

Phase: any

The Connected School: A Design for Wellbeing - Sup...
Pearson

developing voice

"Future-ready students need to exercise agency, in their own education and throughout life. Agency implies a sense of responsibility to participate in the world and, in so doing, to influence people, events and circumstances for the better."

Phase: any

The Future of Education and Skills: Education 2030...
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)