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• What did pupils suggest helped them to learn?
• How did the teachers select which ideas to use?
• What happened when teachers tried using their pupils’ ideas?
• What can be learned about pupil consultation from the teachers’ experiences?
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Pupil voice: comfortable and uncomfortable learnings for teachers

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Where can I find out more?

Further information about the pupil consultation project is available at: www.consultingpupils.co.uk (Accessed 2 August 2005)

The General Teaching Council has a summary of the consulting pupils project illustrated by a number of teacher case studies on its Research of the Month website at: http://www.gtce.org.uk/PolicyAndResearch/research/ROMtopics/pupilvoice/ (Accessed 2 August 2005)

MacBeath, J. et al (2003) Consulting pupils: A toolkit for teachers. Cambridge: Pearson Publishing, (Sample pages are available at:
http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_498461.pdf) (Accessed 2 August 2005)

The ‘What kids can do’ website has several interesting articles and many useful resources at: http://www.whatkidscando.org/ (Accessed 2 August 2005)

Flutter, J. & Rudduck, J. (2004) Consulting pupils: What’s in it for schools? London: RoutledgeFalmer

Arnot, M., et al (2004) Consultation in the Classroom: Developing Dialogue about Teaching and Learning. Cambridge: Pearson Publishing

Forum (43, 2, 2001) was a special issue about pupil voice.  It contains a number of interesting accounts by academics, teachers and students.  For example, Mitra, D. (2001) ‘Opening the floodgates: giving students a voice in school reform’