ERIC Number: EJ955727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0311-6999
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Peer Teaching as a Strategy for Conflict Management and Student Re-Engagement in Schools
Burton, Bruce
Australian Educational Researcher, v39 n1 p45-58 Feb 2012
This article reports on a major action research program that experimented with the use of cross-age peer teaching in schools to assist teachers to manage conflict issues in their classrooms, and to re-engage disaffected students in learning. The research, which was conducted in a range of elementary and secondary schools in Australia, was part of a larger international project using conflict resolution concepts and techniques combined with drama strategies to address cultural conflict in schools. The use of formal cross-age peer teaching emerged as a highly effective strategy in teaching students to manage a range of conflicts in schools, and especially in learning to deal with bullying. Operating as peer teachers also enabled a number of students in the study, with serious behaviour problems, to re-engage with their learning. The article therefore evaluates the effectiveness of peer teaching in both conflict management and student re-engagement.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conflict Resolution, Peer Teaching, Action Research, Conflict, Learner Engagement, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, International Education, Bullying, Behavior Problems, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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