This book is concerned with ways in which disaffected young people can reengage with learning in school through involvement in the arts and specifically through acting as 'student teachers'. It describes a project which adds to recent research in three specific areas: 'pupil voice and participation, exploring the possibilities of young people exchanging negative attitudes to learning and negative leadership roles for more positive ones; peer tutoring: a sharing of talents in formal teaching situations with other pupils; the power of the arts to enhance or rekindle commitment.' The five authors are members of the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University. The book describes how four of the team each selected a school and pupils within it who were identified by their teachers as disaffected and disruptive in lessons; and having shown a specific talent relating to one of the arts subjects: Art and Design; Design and Technology; Drama or Music.
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