‘Focus on the Learner’ in Teacher Education: PAR as a Strategy to Enable Student Voice in Schools

Abstract

The current presentation addresses characteristics of

the TE program, PSTs learning outcomes, and enabling and constraining factors

in the development and enactment of PAR.

Research questions:What are the characteristics of a TE program aimed at preparing PSTs for conducting PAR with school students, and fostering school student participation in educational decision-making?What learning processes of PSTs towards school student participation are supported through the TE program?What factors enable or constrain attaining the goals of the PAR initiative?

teacher researchstudent participationstudent voiceparticipatory action research