by David Baker There are child-friendly schools (1) and family-friendly schools (2). There are asthma-friendly, dyslexia-friendly and deaf-friendly schools (3). There are manuals (4) and web sites devoted to the idea of schools that are ‘friendly’ to particular groups of pupils such as wheelchair users (5) or autistic pupils (6). What I have been unableContinue reading “Staff-friendly schools … in which I test out my theory of staff-friendly schools, and ask the SIG what it thinks.”
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When fieldwork is disrupted…. what to do and how to move forward
As anyone embarking on primary research knows, recruiting participants and schools is a difficult business. Daily, the student population was dwindling as children and staff stayed at home through ill health or fear. Some parents were now supervising classes as staff were unable to come into work, and I watched with a sense of helplessness as absences grew. On the 18th March, the Headteacher requested that I leave the school site. Rightly, his priority was to protect the school and prepare for the inevitable lockdown that we all suspected was coming. Just two days later, the Prime Minister ordered that all schools and colleges in the UK close.
Cambridge Wellbeing & Inclusion SIG 