Democracy. For most of us it’s something that happens to us, not with us. We vote, maybe. We protest, write a letter, show up to a council meeting once. But it’s rarely something lived. And for many of us, we’ve stopped imagining what it could actually be. What if that changed? And what if schools, […]
This article describes my doctoral research into shared decision-making in the classroom and offers hope and encouragement to teachers and school leaders who seek greater collaboration with their pupils. In my mid-fifties, having worked as an Educational Psychologist for over 30 years, I decided that I needed to find a way to reinvigorate my professional […]