Burgess said: "My interpretation of these results leads to a focus on pupil aspiration, ambition and engagement.
After much debate (and "lots of arguments", admits Georgia), Film Club members chose to focus on pupil independence, a concept that underpins everything that goes on at the school.
"The move away from crude attainment statistics toward a new focus on pupil progress... is critical.
My interpretation of these results leads to a focus on pupil aspiration, ambition and engagement.
Mr Stuart suggested that this could mean schools focused on pupils capable of reaching the grade C benchmark, rather than supporting the lowest-achieving pupils who were often also from the poorest backgrounds.
Universities already work to raise the aspirations of disadvantaged pupils with academic potential, but increased marketisation of higher education risks seeing outreach activity focus disproportionately on pupils soon to progress to higher education (where the immediate gains are most obvious).
"The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development continuously implements simultaneous activities that focus both on pupils and teachers.
The experts understood deliberate practice in two ways: an enactment conceptualization focusing on pupil learning, and a regulation conceptualization focusing on teacher learning.
The link between school participation and socio-ecological factors in schools, as shown in this study, has been previously demonstrated in specific intervention projects where the participation focused on pupil involvement in the intervention.
"Against all odds, we've managed to put them off technology for life," said one participant, suggesting that a focus on teaching pupils using basic software over a period of years had "squeezed the creative juices out of them".
