Judging the quality of educational materials – a research project on student voice

Authors

  • Jo Dargusch Central Queensland University
  • Nayadin Persaud Central Queensland University
  • Mike Horsley Central Queensland University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v4i2.776

Keywords:

educational publishing materials, student voice, judging, application of quality criteria, publishing industry

Abstract

This article reports a research project investigating student voice in the judging of published educational materials. Students‘ opinions of the quality of educational materials that are used for teaching and learning purposes in classrooms do not feature in the research into educational materials. Multiple data sources were accessed, both qualitative and quantitative, including: focus group data, interviews, group judging processes, students‘ score sheets, and judges‘ short-listed and winning titles. This article concludes that there is significant alignment between the views of students and publishers as to what constitutes quality teaching and learning materials, and that students interpret the quality of materials by aligning materials to their own prior knowledge. Further, students developed agency in the use of the metalanguage of evaluation in relation to educational materials.

Author Biographies

  • Jo Dargusch, Central Queensland University

    Jo Dargusch is a researcher at CQUniversity. Her doctoral research explored teachers‘ use of formative assessment in Senior English classrooms in Queensland schools. She has become involved in researching primary students‘ use of teaching and learning materials in classrooms. She presented a paper at the IARTEM conference in Lithuania on student voice in evaluating teaching and learning
    materials.

    Contact: Jo Dargusch
    [email protected]
    CQUniversity
    Noosa Campus
    PO Box 1128
    Noosaville BC 4566 Qld

  • Nayadin Persaud, Central Queensland University

    Nayadin Persaud is a Phd candidate at CQUniversity. She has worked as a research assistant on several research projects including: student voice in evaluating teaching and learning materials, as well as projects in nursing education collecting data from eye tracking and EEG technologies and aligning them. The focus of her doctorate is in the development of student self regulation in different learning environments.

  • Mike Horsley, Central Queensland University

    Mike Horsley is the director of LTERC at CQUniversity and vice-president of IARTEM. He has been the chief judge of the AAEEP since 1994 and was the founder of the awards. He is well-known amongst Australian educational publishers.

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Published

2012-02-22

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Peer-reviewed research articles

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Copyright (c) 2012 Jo Dargusch, Nayadin Persaud, Mike Horsley

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How to Cite

Dargusch, J., Persaud, N., & Horsley, M. (2012). Judging the quality of educational materials – a research project on student voice. IARTEM E-Journal, 4(2), 45-62. https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v4i2.776