Rule Britannia?: An insight into pupils’ perspectives on the fundamental British values
Catrin Osborne
(PGCE General Primary, 2021-2022)
email: catrinosborne21@gmail.com
Abstract
In 2014, the Department of Education outlined expectations and methods for schools to incorporate a chosen set of fundamental British values. Since their conception, the discourse around the values has been varied through both praise and criticism. Despite a range of valuable research into teachers’ views, the academic studies on the topic seldom acknowledge the opinions of schoolchildren. This research proposal to be carried out during the PGCE which aims to achieve this by exploring six Year 6 pupils’ perspectives through a poster-creation activity, semi-structured interviews, and a scenario-based group task. In turn, this study is intended to address the contentious but crucial concept of Britishness through the voices of the country’s next generation.
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Citation: Osborne, C. (2023). Rule Britannia?: An insight into pupils’ perspectives on the fundamental British values. Journal of Trainee Teacher Educational Research, Volume 14 pp. 27-54. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.96739