Beliefs and Expectations about Learning and Achievement.

Children’s natural curiosity, desire to learn, high expectations and beliefs about their own abilities generally decline as they move through their years at school. What can excite and build students’ confidence in their own learning? Whose expectations need to be considered, and how can they be used to improve achievement?

The recently published "Student, teacher and parental beliefs and expectations about learning and their impact on student achievement and motivation" (BELA) research set up a rare frame for educational research - investigating the views of students, their parents and their teachers in the same study – to find some answers.