Educators rightly pay a lot of attention to how children are taught, what they are taught and the quality of teaching they receive.
Far less heed is paid to the attitudes of students themselves. What do we know about what they think of school or their teachers? How confident are they? How well prepared do they think they are to learn?
Yet we also know from the available research that student engagement and attitudes to learning play a vital role in academic performance and wellbeing.
Several studies, including the OECD’s PISA in Focus, have found that “students can only achieve at the highest levels when they believe that they are in control of their success”.
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