Berni GrahamResearcher

Theories about emotional wellbeing underpinning education, eg◦ Ability to attend◦ Motivation & aspiration◦ Readiness to learn◦ Concentration ◦ Focus and application◦ In turn: confidence, anxiety ..................

Changes can be quite small Difficult to objectivy the subjective Need to measure alongside academic

attainment

What to measure?

AND How to measure it?

Viewpoints of both staffand

children & young people Decide most appropriate methods:

gather the right information simple and easy to use (for all parties) not prohibitively costly ‘reliable’ limit bias systematic enable comparison for same student over time enable aggregation of data for different audiences easy to combine with other information

Options:

• Observations;

• Qualitative interviews • Questionnaires

Most suitable because: Relatively cheap Easy to administer Lowest risk of subjectivity in administration Can be done on paper/computer Can be analysed in part by computer &

human Analysis interpretation more consistent Data can be aggregated Facilitate comparisons & comparisons over

time

Deciding what areas and issues are most important

Avoid reinventing the wheel

Lots of work previously done around measuring ‘soft’ outcomes for children and young people

Challenge: identifying which of these are most relevant and what others are necessary for an educational context

Review existing tools & areas (domains)

Discussions with CSS staff

1st broad draft

Discussions with CSS staff & pupils

Further draft versions considered by staff

Redrafting

‘Final versions’

Emotional wellbeing (Confidence, self-esteem (incl appearance), ‘resilience’, hope, pride, anxiety, mood)

Relationships (eg with family, peers,..) Education skills - Concentration &

attention Social & communication skills Feeling safe (local area, school/ PRU,

home...) Anger management

These tools will be trialled by CSS

Test & review over time

Check need for simpler versions for children/ those with difficulty reading

Ideally do large scale testing esp to check-reliability, bias and universality