"Look at Them! They All Have Friends and Not Me": The Role of Peer Relationships in Schooling from the Perspective of Primary Children Designated as "Lower-Attaining"

Autor/inn/en	Hargreaves, Eleanore; Buchanan, Denise; Quick, Laura
Titel	"Look at Them! They All Have Friends and Not Me": The Role of Peer Relationships in Schooling from the Perspective of Primary Children Designated as "Lower-Attaining"
Quelle	In: Educational Review, 74 (2022) 7, S.1224-1242 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Buchanan, Denise)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1911
DOI	10.1080/00131911.2021.1882942
Schlagwörter	Peer Relationship; Mental Health; Low Achievement; Elementary School Students; Academic Achievement; Friendship; Student Attitudes; Correlation; Ability Grouping; Barriers; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Psychohygiene; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Schulleistung; Freundschaft; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Homogene Gruppierung; Niveaugruppierung; Streaming; Ausland
Abstract	This paper explores the peer relationship experiences of 23 primary-school children who had been designated as "lower-attaining". It is written against the backdrop of the mental health crisis among young people in Britain. Using John Macmurray's principles of equality and freedom as underpinning positive personal relationships, it investigates how "lower-attaining" children experience their peer relationships in a climate where attainment in mathematics and English is politically prioritised over the nurturing of positive relationships. We drew on the recent literature pertaining to peer relationships in general; and peer relationships among "lower-attainers" in particular. We build on the assumption that positive personal relationships support creative learning and high attainment. Using 107 extended individual and paired/triad activity-interviews as well as lesson observations every term over six school terms, we carried out research in four sample primary-schools. Our findings illustrated the high value put on friendships by sample children, despite a strong emphasis in schooling on individual competition. The children described instances of feeling troubled by their relationships; and their "low-attainment" status appeared to be linked to some, if not many, of their troubles. They sometimes felt excluded from the main body of their classes due to emphasis on high-attainment. We conclude by proposing a greater emphasis on collaboration and the nurturing of relationships in schooling, which in turn could support these children's creative learning and attainment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01