High school students as researchers about their school: exploring its potential for choices and skills

IF 1.1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Improving Schools Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.1177/13654802211001967

Ana Cristina Torres, A. Mouraz

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Abstract

This paper introduces a partnership between researchers in Education Sciences and high school students and discusses the students’ perceptions of the effects of taking on the role of researchers in Education Sciences. These partnerships were established to develop a project in which high school students researched their school’s everyday life in collaboration with academic researchers. The partners are introduced, as well as the partnership and the steps for supporting the student researchers in developing their projects. Drawing on student voice literature, a qualitative evaluation of the students’ products and perspectives regarding their experiences as researchers pointed to the potential of these partnerships for the students’ engagement in discussions about educational trajectories and pathway choices with their peers, teachers and researchers. Moreover, the students’ perceptions indicate an improvement in their inquiry skills and valuing of research in Education Sciences. This paper adds to the existing literature on student voice in schools, by discussing processes to engage students as researchers of school issues and by highlighting the importance of student voice to early awareness and recognition of research in Education Sciences.

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高中生作为他们学校的研究者:探索其选择和技能的潜力

本文介绍了教育科学研究人员与高中生之间的伙伴关系，并讨论了学生对承担教育科学研究人员角色的影响的看法。这些伙伴关系的建立是为了开发一个项目，在这个项目中，高中生与学术研究人员合作研究他们学校的日常生活。介绍了合作伙伴，以及合作伙伴关系和支持学生研究人员开发项目的步骤。根据学生的声音文献，对学生的产品和关于他们经历的观点进行定性评估，研究人员指出，这些伙伴关系对于学生参与与同龄人、教师和研究人员讨论教育轨迹和路径选择的潜力。此外，学生的看法表明他们的探究技能和对教育科学研究的重视有所提高。本文通过讨论让学生成为学校问题研究人员的过程，以及强调学生声音对早期意识和认识教育科学研究的重要性，增加了关于学校学生声音的现有文献。

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Improving Schools EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： Improving Schools is for all those engaged in school development, whether improving schools in difficulty or making successful schools even better. The journal includes contributions from across the world with an increasingly international readership including teachers, heads, academics, education authority staff, inspectors and consultants. Improving Schools has created a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences. Major national policies and initiatives have been evaluated, to share good practice and to highlight problems. The journal also reports on visits to successful schools in diverse contexts, and includes book reviews on a wide range of developmental issues.