TY - JOUR
T1 - STUDENTS’ VIEWS ON THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PUBLICLY MANAGED SECOND LEVEL SCHOOLS IN IRELAND
T2 - The importance of student-teacher relationships
AU - McCormack, Orla
AU - O’Flaherty, Joanne
AU - Liddy, Mags
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Drawing on questionnaire (n = 697) and focus group (n = 18) data from 18 publicly managed schools in Ireland, the current study explores the views of second-year students towards their participation in school life. Questionnaire results indicate that students, in general, showed a strong level of agreement towards their participation in aspects of school life. Subsequent focus groups highlighted the passive role students tend to play in classroom and school life and the minimum power they exert within schools. Between school differences emerged. Teacher–student relationship was an important difference between schools and is presented as a possible starting point for enhancing levels of student participation in school life in publicly managed schools in Ireland.
AB - Drawing on questionnaire (n = 697) and focus group (n = 18) data from 18 publicly managed schools in Ireland, the current study explores the views of second-year students towards their participation in school life. Questionnaire results indicate that students, in general, showed a strong level of agreement towards their participation in aspects of school life. Subsequent focus groups highlighted the passive role students tend to play in classroom and school life and the minimum power they exert within schools. Between school differences emerged. Teacher–student relationship was an important difference between schools and is presented as a possible starting point for enhancing levels of student participation in school life in publicly managed schools in Ireland.
KW - second-level schooling
KW - Student participation
KW - student responsibility
KW - teacher-student relationships
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077151195&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03055698.2019.1706041
DO - 10.1080/03055698.2019.1706041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077151195
SN - 0305-5698
VL - 47
SP - 422
EP - 437
JO - Educational Studies
JF - Educational Studies
IS - 4
ER -