“I don’t know why, I just love it!” What are the factors that influence children to identify a favourite subject within the primary classroom?
Siobhan Mulholland-Cox
(PGCE General Primary, 2022-2023)
Email: sm2673@cantab.ac.uk
Abstract
Whilst children will happily vocalise a list of school subjects they love - they struggle to explain why. Where research does include primary age pupils’ perspectives, reductive thinking regarding subjects is already apparent at age six. This proposed study adopts a case study methodology, utilising mixed methods to capture quantitative as well as qualitative data, to explore what influences Year 2 children (Key Stage 1, age 6-7), when it comes to having a favourite subject at school and considers the implications for practitioners.
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Citation: Mulholland-Cox, S. (2024). Letting the cat out of the bag: developing and evaluating strategies to promote audiation in the Year 8 pop/rock composition classroom. Journal of Trainee Teacher Educational Research, Volume 15 pp. 39-62. https://doi.org/