ABSTRACT
Within a progressive learning environment, pupils' achievements are recognized with soft and hard rewards being given by teachers, and other teaching support staff, to pupils for their attitude towards their learning and for the work that they produce. Visual displays, of various descriptions, can play an important role in this, and are a valuable way of documenting different stages in a project. They can be mounted in a classroom, acting as a form of communication between teachers and their pupils, shared with a whole school, or exhibited to a wider audience beyond the school walls. If the work chosen to display is selected through a process of ongoing evaluation with pupils, showing where achievement in a class has been most evident, this can have multiple educational benefits:
It can boost an individual's confidence and self-esteem, encouraging pupils to work hard and strive for higher goals.
It enables other pupils to see what achievement looks like, valuing the progress that pupils make, as well as their attainment.
It documents progression made by individuals, by a class and by a school, and creates a visual history that can be archived.
It communicates with visitors and the wider public what happens in a school.
It helps to develop pedagogical approaches by professionals learning from each other's practice.
