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Books: I Was a Teenage Governor

1.Introduction 5.Pupils as governors
2.The political context 6.Are schools ready?
3.Pupil voice: here to grow? 7.The I was a Teenage Governor project
4.Governing bodies: an uncertain future? References and Appendices

 

References and Appendices

Alderson, P. (1999) Civil Rights in Schools; Briefing Paper 1 of the ESRC Children 5-16 Research Programme. Hull: The University of Hull

Allen and Phillip, (2003) Governing Education for Community Regeneration can be ordered at network@nlgn.org.uk London: NLGN

Baginsky, M., and Hannam, D.H., (1999) Report on School Councils in England. London: NSPCC

Bird, S (2003) Do the Right Thing: How governors can contribute to community cohesion and accountability London: DfES/The Education Network

Clay, D., Gold, J., and Hannam, D.H. (2001) Secondary School Councils Toolkit; Students and Teachers Working Together. London: Schools Councils U.K.

Deem, R., Brehony, K., & Heath S. (1995) Active Citizenship and the Governing of Schools. Buckingham: Oxford University Press

DfES (2003) Federations Guidance on DfES web site

Earley and Creasey (2003) Leaders or followers? Governing bodies and their role in school leadership in Educational Management and Administration, 2003 Vol 31, No 4, pp353-368. October 2003

Hannam, D.H. (2001) A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Impact of the Student Participation Aspects of the Citizenship Order on Standards of Education in Secondary Schools. London :CSV - online at www.csv.org.uk/csv/hannamreport.pdf
(Allow 2 -3 minutes download on dialup)

Hannam, D.H. (2004) ‘We could be interviewed by an alien so long as they LISTENED!’ Students’ Views On How To Express Their Perceptions Of The Curriculum To Government. QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority): London – online at www.qca.org.uk

Hannam, D.H. (2004) Student Councils and Education for Democracy in English Secondary Schools. In ‘Beyond The Classroom’ Eds. Linsley, B., and Rayment, E. London: New Politics Network

Imsen, G (2002) ‘Some preliminary results about students’ participation at school level and classroom level.’ Unpublished paper written privately for Derry Hannam. Based on data collected by the University of Trondheim for the Evaluation of EVA97 in Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools.

Kerr, D., Cleaver, E., Ireland, E. and Blenkinsop, S. (2003) Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study: First Cross-Sectional Survey 2001-2002. London: DfES.

Martin, J and Holt, A (2002:17) Joined–up Governance: Making sense of the role of the school governor, Ely: Adamson Books. Scanlon , Earley, P., and Evans, J. (1999) Improving the Effectiveness of Governing Bodies. DfES Research Brief No. 111. London: DfES Whitty, G, Power, S and Halpin, D (1998) Active Citizenship and the Governing of Schools. Devolution and Choice in Education: The School, the State and the Market,

Buckingham: OU Press.

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Appendices
The appendices are available in the pdf document which can be downloaded here:
Pupil Governorship Report Phase1

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Appendix 1:
Opinion Article from Times Education Supplement September 5th, 2003

Appendix 2:
Feedback form

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Contact:

z.khor@ippr.org.uk

tel. 020 7470 6111

Zoe Khor
I Was a Teenage Governor Project
IPPR
30-32 Southampton Street
London
WC2E 7RA

 

1.Introduction 5.Pupils as governors
2.The political context 6.Are schools ready?
3.Pupil voice: here to grow? 7.The I was a Teenage Governor project
4.Governing bodies: an uncertain future? References and Appendices



 

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