The lived experience of high achieving Year 13 boys using silent in-school individual study time during timetabled study periods

.................................................................................................... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................ V TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. VII LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ................................................................XIV PREFACE THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HIGH ACHIEVING YEAR 13 BOYS .............................................................................................................XV CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1 Background ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Context .................................................................................................................................................... 3 The school .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Cambridge International Examinations ...................................................................................... 7 Table 1 UCAS Tariff Points .................................................................................................................. 9 Students and silent study ............................................................................................................ 11 My background ............................................................................................................................... 12 My role as the researcher ............................................................................................................. 13 Research purpose .............................................................................................................................. 13 Significance, scope, and definitions .............................................................................................. 15 Significance ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Scope ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Thesis outline ...................................................................................................................................... 16