A Proposal for a Student Magazine Enrichment Programme

Abstract

British-trained educators working in international settings face the challenge of supporting students in environments which may not be receptive to conventional British educational practices regarding student support interventions. This hypothetical case study, based in a Shanghai bilingual primary school, presents an opportunity to introduce and run a culturally and contextually sensitive student support initiative in a school that does not run interventions as standard procedure. More able students are identified as the target group for this intervention, which aims to extend and stretch them academically and culturally, provide peer group support and be a vehicle for the development of student agency through participation in an extracurricular student-led school magazine. A case study proposal for this student support intervention is presented, which provides guidance on how to analyse the impact of this intervention if it is chosen to be implemented.