A Good Enough School I Report n:o 164 A GOOD ENOUGH SCHOOL A study of life at school, and school’s role in life Final report from the project “Students as Partners in Research” National Agency for Education 1 A Good Enough School I Order adress: Liber Distribution Publication Services S-162 89 Stockholm Sweden Tel +46(0)8-690 95 76 Fax +46(0)8-690 95 50 E-mail:
[email protected] Order number: 00:524 Dnr: 1995:1502 ISSN 1102-2421 ISRN SKOLV-R- -164- -SE Published by Skolverket (National Agency for Education) Sweden 2000 Printed by db grafiska, Örebro 2 A Good Enough School I Swedish National Agency for EducationForeword This report brings together the findings from an evaluation study based on three years of correspondence between the Swedish National Agency for Education and forty-six students from different schools around Sweden. The study had a twofold objective: to contribute to methodological development; and to capture the way students view school. The study began in 1995 and continued until 1998. The first section of the report presents an account of how the idea to base a study on an exchange of letters arose, and describes the initial phase of the project. We look at the concept of “students as partners in research”, and consider various aspects of the role of writing in the reflective process. There is also a description of the practical organisation of the correspondence. The following section gives a brief account of the methodology adopted in processing and analysing the students’ letters.