Unleashing Children’s Voices in New Democratic Primary Education

James Biddulph is the Executive Headteacher of the University of Cambridge Primary School. He completed his PhD at Cambridge University. He was the inaugural Headteacher of Avanti Court Primary in East London. He completed two Master's, one in Music and one in Educational Research during this time. Early on in his career, he was awarded Outstanding New Teacher of the Year and gained Advanced Skills Teacher status. He has lived and worked in Nepal and India.Luke Rolls is the Associate Headteacher at the University of Cambridge Primary School. Luke is a successful primary educator with a Master's degree in Teaching and a postgraduate degree in primary mathematics. His main area of interest is in developing curriculum, pedagogy and assessment through high-quality professional development as an entitlement for all teachers.Julia Flutter worked in education research for three decades at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, where she has focused on collaborative approaches for improving classroom teaching. She was a director of the Cambridge Primary Review Trust, a not-for-profit organisation promoting excellence in primary education, and an Associate Editor for the internationally respected Cambridge Journal of Education. She was a contributing author and sub-editor to the Cambridge Primary Review final report, Children, Their World, Their Education (edited by Professor Robin Alexander and published by Routledge, 2010).

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• River map: Introducing the book's structure 1. Children’s voices: the river’s source Section A Children’s Voices Found 2. Raising voices: Journeying towards a new democratic education 3. Enabling parity of participation by listening to ‘pupil voice’ 4. Wilful strangers in a possible democracy Section B. Children’s Voices Heard 5. Fake news: Is developing critical literacies a waste of time? 6. An education for democracy: empowering agency and community in a Czech school 7. Voices from a distance: learning from pupils’ experiences of online teaching to ensure educational continuity 8. Schools as embryonic societies: Introducing elements of democratic education in everyday school life 9. Citizenship education as a relational practice: Inclusion and participation of young citizens based on the example of 1:1 mentoring 10. Building cultural literacy through dialogue: democracy at the heart of learning 11. From polite agreement to passionate uncertainty: 'turning towards difference' in Philosophy for Children (P4C) Lessons Section C Children’s Voices Unleashed 12. Votes for children! 13. Children unlocking/unleashing their voices during and beyond a national lockdown 14. Reinforcing the pipeline of citizenry: how high school students create platforms for elementary and middle school students’ voices in Kentucky, United States 15. The ADVOST project: Facilitating voice and agency in the early years classroom 16. The Superpower of the Child: A movement for student agency from Riverside School, India 17. Voice, Agency, and Power in the Classroom Afterword: Learning to live together Postscript: Children’s voices: Becomings River map: logging your journey