Children And Their Curriculum : The Perspectives Of Primary And Elementary School Children

The aim of this text is to encourage educators and researchers in recognizing pupil perspectives. Its central argument is that understanding some of the disparity between ''curriculum as intended'' and ''curriculum as experienced'' will increase the quality of school life and improve learning. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction: New Challenges in Taking Children's Curricular Perspectives Seriously......Page 10 Pupils, Teachers and the Ownership of Curriculum Knowledge: Editors' Introduction......Page 22 The Relevance of Creative Teaching: Pupils' Views......Page 24 The Tale of a Task: Learning Beyond the Map......Page 43 Pupils' Lives and the Curriculum as Lived Experience: Editors' Introduction......Page 58 Shared and Negotiated Territories: The Socio-cultural Embeddedness of Children's Acts of Meaning......Page 60 'At Least They Were Laughing': Assessment and the Functions of Children's Language in Their 'News' Session......Page 90 Withdrawal, Resistance and Adaptation in Shaping the Experienced Curriculum: Editors' Introduction......Page 108 The Politics of Primaries: The Micropolitical Perspectives of 7-Year-Olds......Page 110 Experience through the Eyes of Quiet Bird: Reconnecting Personal Life and School Life......Page 131 Methodological Challenges: Editors' Introduction......Page 150 Observing Children on a School Playground: The Pedagogics of Child-watching......Page 152 In Search of Authenticity: Researching Young Children's Perspectives......Page 171 Knowing about, Acting on Behalf of, and Working with Primary Pupils' Perspectives: Three Levels of Engagement with Research......Page 193 Notes on Contributors......Page 206 Index......Page 208 First Published in 2004. This volume is a collection of papers from the participants and delegates at the Pupil Perspectives and the Curriculum symposium at the European Conference on Educational Research held at the University of Bath, UK in September 1995. One of the aims of the symposium, was to raise the profile of this under-researched area and for dissemination and exchange at an international level. Building on Children and their Primary Schools (an OU set text), this text will encourage educators and researchers in exploring pupil perspectives. Its central argument is that understanding some of the disparity between 'curriculum as intended' and 'curriculum as experienced' will increase the quality of school life and improve learning.