'Making Pies'—A Way of Exploring Pupils' Views on Curriculum Innovation. (10th February 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Souza, Ana; Downey, Chris; Byrne, Jenny
• Is Part Of: Children & society. Volume 27:Number 5(2013:Sep.)
• Page Start: 385
• Page End: 396
• Publication Date: 2012-02-10
• Subjects: Children -- Care and hygiene -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Children -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; 362.70941
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00418.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-0605

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This article examines the use of focus groups (FGs) as a way of gathering pupils' views on the implementation of new curricula. We provide illustrations of creative activities, which were especially designed for a case‐study research project exploring the views of 11‐year‐old pupils in English schools adopting an innovative approach to the Year 7 curriculum. We argue that combining FGs with creative methods encourages pupils to take an active role in interviews, enriches the quality of the data being collected and enhances the place of FGs as important tools in eliciting pupils' voices for both research and curriculum planning purposes.</p> </abstract>