Digital citizen2015 Capturing the Voice of the Child

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‘Capturing the voice of the child’A co-design approach to developing calmer

classrooms

Dr Debbie Holley, Centre for Excellence in Learning, Bournemouth University

[email protected] (@debbieholley1)Dr Philip Howlett, Department of Education

Anglia Ruskin [email protected]

Dr Nick Rudman,Maylandsea Primary School

mailto:[email protected]





Talk Structure UK Schools Policy

• Complex policies and options Case Study

• Maylandsea primary school Essex• Co-design workshop with children

Emerging Themes• Behavior Management

Conclusions Questions - suggestions


UK Policy Framework Policy landscape (England ages 5 – 11)

• New national curriculum • Changes to the types of schools : academies and free

schools. • Aim to increase opportunities for school autonomy and

develop a culture of self-improvement• Schools have to develop their own professional

development or buy into schemes or courses Teacher trainee experience

• Training days are didactic with limited support outside the delivery.

• Lack of development with regard to support to manage classroom behaviour


Maylandsea Primary School

Maylandsea Primary is an average-sized, semi-rural primary school in Essex. There are 9 classes in the school. Most of the children come from white-British backgrounds. The school is currently rated ‘good’ by Ofsted.


Co-designed WebsiteReal life scenarios linked to interactive resources designed to prompt reflection

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Link to website

https://mybu.bournemouth.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/institution/Learning%20Technology/Debbie%20Holley's%20projects%20from%20Anglia%20Ruskin/calmerclassroom/thecalmerclassroom-2015-12-17/thecalmerclassroom/index.html

http://www.chrisoreilly.co.uk/debbie2/index.html


Co-Design workshopThe co-design workshop consisted of collecting the information generated and proposed by the participants, observing how they created their ideas about classroom behaviour, and is a feature of design based research (DBR) McKenney & Reeves (2012)

Participants: Dept. Head Teacher (1), Classroom Teacher(2), Trainee Teacher(1) Pupils(8), Researchers(2), Learning Technologist(1)


Feedback from the workshop – childrens views


Issues identified:

Talking/chatting/shout -ing (41%)

Making a noise - other than talking & shouting out (15%)

Fidgeting (15%)

Not listening (11%)

Holding up the class (11%)

People or chairs knocking into you (7%)


Questions – Comments – Suggestions

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