Conducting school-based research during Covid: evaluating the Silver Stories programme
dc.contributor.author | Koutsouris, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Nash, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Norwich, B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-29T09:55:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-11 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-11-28T17:45:49Z | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents findings from a small-scale pilot evaluation of the Silver Stories programme. Silver Stories involves school age children reading to older people in the community and is a way of addressing literacy and emotional difficulties as well as enhancing wellbeing. We collected and analysed questionnaire and interview data after a school term of programme implementation, across five schools in England and Wales, during the period of the third lockdown. The main finding was that participants experienced the programme as an opportunity for relationship-building between generations, highlighting the relational nature of reading as a ‘literacy event’ and wellbeing as a product of social interaction rather than an individual attribute. The pilot also indicated that school priorities might have shifted due to Covid-19 from academic attainment to a focus on social and emotional support. Although this was likely a temporary phase, it is also an opportunity to build back better. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 11 January 2023 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/0305764X.2022.2161477 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/131877 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-3044-4027 (Koutsouris, George) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 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. | en_GB |
dc.title | Conducting school-based research during Covid: evaluating the Silver Stories programme | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-29T09:55:30Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1469-3577 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Cambridge Journal of Education | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-11-28 | |
dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2022-03-15 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-11-28 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-11-28T17:45:51Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-02-01T16:05:31Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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