Pupil consultation as a key to improving teaching and learning -- Consulting pupils : principles and approaches -- Pupils' perspectives on teaching and learning -- A question of time -- Understanding assessment -- Understanding the criteria for good work -- The impact of friendships on learning -- Sustaining pupils' engagement with learning -- Building a positive identity of 'self-as-learner' -- Pupil consultation : what's in it for schools? -- Appendices. The research projects. Guidelines on interviewing pupils. Guidelines on using questionnaires.