Choice, attainment and positive destinations

Outputs

Working papers

Shapira, M., Priestley, M., Peace-Hughes, T., Barnett, C. & Ritchie, M . (2021). Preliminary findings from the secondary school leaders survey: a summary. Nuffield Project, Working Paper No. 2. Stirling: University of Stirling.

Barnett, C., Shapira, M., Peace-Hughes, T, Ritchie, M. Priestley, M. (2022). Do families matter? an exploration of the determinants of lower secondary school subject choices under the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, Working Paper No.5. Stirling: University of Stirling.

Blog posts

Peace-Hughes, T., Barnett, C., Shapira, M., Ritchie, M. & Priestley, M. (2020) Is the S5 curriculum narrowing? Evidence from a survey with secondary school leaders offers some answers.

Shapira, M., Barnett, C., Peace-Hughes, T., Priestley, M. & Ritchie, M. (2019) Curriculum for Excellence and attainment in National Qualifications.

Presentations

Barnett, C., Shapira, M., Peace-Hughes, T., Priestley, M. & Ritchie, M. (2021) Emerging findings from the Scottish Longitudinal Study Data. Presentation from the Choice, Attainment and Positive Destinations webinar, Monday 20th December 2021.

Shapira, M., Priestley, M., Peace-Hughes, T., Barnett, C. & Ritchie, M. (2021) An exploration of subject choice across the Scottish National Qualifications from 2011-2019. Presentation from the Choice, Attainment and Positive Destinations webinar, Monday 20th December 2021.

Shapira, M., Priestley, M., Peace-Hughes, T., Barnett, C. & Ritchie, M. (2021) An exploration of curriculum narrowing in S4 and its effects on attainment. Presentation from the Choice, Attainment and Positive Destinations webinar, Monday 20th December 2021.

Priestley, M., Ritchie, M., Peace-Hughes, T., Shapira, M. & Barnett, C. (2021) Curriculum-making in the BGE: emerging findings. Presentation from the Choice, Attainment and Positive Destinations webinar, Monday 20th December 2021.

Peace-Hughes, T., Barnett, C., Shapira, M., Priestley, M. & Ritchie, M. (2021) A coherent curriculum? An exploration of early secondary curriculum provision in Curriculum for Excellence. Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research, September 2021.

Ritchie, M., Priestley, M., Peace-Hughes, T., Shapira, M. & Barnett, C. (2021) An exploration of the school level curriculum making practices of secondary schools in the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research, September 2021.

Media

Shapira, M., Barnett, C., Peace-Hughes, T., Priestley, M. & Ritchie, M. (2019) Why a new report attacking Scottish education policy is based on bad methodology. The Conversation, 13 November 2019.

Shapira, M., Barnett, C., Peace-Hughes, T., Priestley, M. & Ritchie, M. (2019) What does data really say about Scotland’s curriculum?. Tes, 13 November 2019.

Associated publications:

Shapira, M. & Priestley, M. (2019) Do schools matter? An exploration of the determinants of lower secondary school subject choices under the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3180

Shapira, M. & Priestley, M. (2018) Narrowing the Curriculum? Contemporary trends in provision and attainment in the Scottish Curriculum. Scottish Educational Review, 50 (1), pp. 75-107.