Supports for survival in school for ‘lower-attaining’ children: how an Autonomous Orientation to learning can help

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Supports for survival in school for ‘lower-attaining’ children: how an Autonomous Orientation to learning can help

Buchanan, Denise; Hargreaves, Eleanore; Quick, Laura; (2023) Supports for survival in school for ‘lower-attaining’ children: how an Autonomous Orientation to learning can help. Education 3-13 10.1080/03004279.2023.2294137. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Self-determination theory proposes that having an autonomous learning orientation will positively influence one's learning and well-being. When we conducted a unique study among 23 ‘lower-attaining’ primary schoolchildren who struggled in the core subjects (literacy/numeracy), only four children aligned with this orientation. Significantly, our findings revealed that they: were all from the same school; all had the confidence to critique their schools; all participated in absorbing outside-school hobbies; and that for three of these children, they struggled in one core subject only. Recommendations are made as to how such protective factors can support the development of an autonomous learning orientation.

Type:	Article
Title:	Supports for survival in school for ‘lower-attaining’ children: how an Autonomous Orientation to learning can help
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.1080/03004279.2023.2294137
Publisher version:	https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2294137
Language:	English
Additional information:	© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Keywords:	Lower-attaining; autonomy; self-determination theory; well-being; life-histories
UCL classification:	UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184765