Peer teaching as a strategy for conflict management and student re-engagement in schools |
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| Authors: | Bruce Burton |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Education, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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