Children as Researchers.

Gearies Poetry Researchers.
Will a focus on increased first hand experiences of poetry and performances improve overall literacy attainment? Can this idea be developed through a child autonomous research project? In a nutshell, can we as adults scaffold a research process that allows children to unveil possible answers to the questions we would like to try and solve?


If as adults we believe that sustained thinking, possibility thinking, questioning, interaction and the ability to adapt/respond to constant change within the world are key skills that ultimately allow children to become great learners (moving on from being better at learning). Shouldn’t we allow for some part our children the opportunity of having complete autonomy over their learning experiences, nurturing their own passions, rarely directing but scaffolding their observations, realisations and learning rehearsals, observing how they apply and display their understanding of the skills we teach and model to them, in their own unique ways?
Would working in this way give us as practitioners an insight into: 1. what really matters to our children, what they really want to know about/enthused by, and 2. how they view the learning process, how they interact within it, how they think they learn and what would help them become better learners.

Project Leader: Dan