1. www.flickr.com/photos/massgovernor
STUDENT VOICE
Nick Rate nick.rate@core-ed.org http://nickrate.com

2. www.flickr.com/photos/massgovernor
Student voice for reflection.
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Student voice in student led conferences.
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Student voice in learning & school design.
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Student voice as democratic education.

3. Student voice for reflection.
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

4. The power of ‘student voice’
should
not be underestimated. To hear students
reflecting on their own work, in their
own voice, with their own intonations
and expressions, conveys
meaning in a manner that is simply not
possible in written form.
Ian Fox 2008
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

5. Voice = Authenticity
• personality of the author is evident
• gives reflections a uniqueness
Dr Helen Barrett 2004
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

7. Student voice for reflection.
Questions for discussion:
•How are you capturing the uniqueness of student voice
as students reflect on their learning?
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

8. Student voice in Student Led Conferences.
http://flickr.com/photos/todbaker/

9. Hattie’s (2009) revised list of the most
effective influences on student achievement
identifies student self-reporting
as
the most significant indicator linked to raised
student achievement.
Taylor-Patel 2009
http://flickr.com/photos/todbaker/

10. In reporting there is a need to consider how
to create ‘student voice’
because
students, as learners, know the most about
their learning.
Effective reporting systems will be ones where
‘student voice’ is an integral part of
the reporting process.
Taylor-Patel 2009
http://flickr.com/photos/todbaker/

11. http://assessment.tki.org.nz/

12. Student voice in Student Led Conferences.
Questions for discussion:
•How do you value student voice in the reporting
process at your school?

13. Student voice in learning & school design.
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

14. What pupils say
about teaching,
learning, and schooling is not only worth
listening to but provides an important -
perhaps the most important - foundation for
thinking about ways of
improving schools.
Rudduck, Chaplain & Wallace 1996
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

15. http://www.teachers.tv/videos/pupil-voice

16. Student voice in learning & school design.
Questions for discussion:
•How often are you asking for specific and focused
feedback on teaching and learning from your students?
•How much importance is placed on student voice in
designing learning and other strategic directions?
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

17. Student voice as democratic education.
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

18. decide how, what, when, where and
...to
with whom they learn, taking into account
the limitations of what the school is actually
able to offer, and...
European Democratic Education Community
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

19. equal say in
...to have an
decision-making concerning how
their schools are run, and what rules and
sanctions, if any, are necessary.
European Democratic Education Community
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

21. Student voice as democratic education.
Questions for discussion:
•Is your school a democratic community? Do students
learn to:
‣speak their minds?
‣fight for issues that are important to them?
‣solve problems as a group?
‣respect the opinions of others?
‣contribute to the successful management of their
communities?
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

22. http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ Cheryl Doig - http://thinkbeyondltd.blogspot.com/2008/11/student-voice-in-education.html

23. Student voice. Areas for development...
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

24. Firstly... how we co-create practices that
enable young people to develop the
dispositions and capacities to
present their insights in spaces
traditionally shaped and controlled by adults?
Michael Fielding 2008
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

25. adults develop their
Secondly... how
dispositions and capacities to
be open to learning from young
people within the context of formal
schooling?
Michael Fielding 2008
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

26. Student voice links to references, movies &
more:
http://delicious.com/nickrate/studentvoice
This presentation:
http://slideshare.net/nickrate/presentations
www.flcikr.com/photos/wwworks