Disengagament

Enhancing student engagement

Aim: To investigate the impact of physical theatre skills on a group of Year 8 students identified as needing to develop their non-verbal reasoning skills further and to document the processes and problem solving strategies Year 8 pupils use when attempting to learn a new, creative physical skill.

Visual awareness strategy

Aim: To improve childrens' confidence and engage disaffected pupils (boys in particular) through the teaching of a Visual Awareness Strategy (VAST), as a third visual tool with which to express themselves across the curriculum and to instruct teachers in VAST strategies and Action Research Methods to enhance their own teaching through the use of a visual awareness strategy across the curriculum.