A dissertation under the heading 'An analysis of the factors leading to challenging behaviour as a symptom of demotivation in the Further Education sector: an investigation into the creative processes provided by the arts as an antidote to demotivation' has recently been completed,
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Utilising the Arts as a Motivational Tool in Education

Why do we learn the way we do; why do some students learn while others cannot engage; why is there a perceived lack of motivation within Further Education (F.E.) delivery; does the cognitive process of learning and the contribution available from the creative arts hold the key? Is the use of technology and I.T. within teaching bypassing learning in favour of accumulating assessable facts?

Why do contemporary methods of teaching, despite conforming to requisite standards of inclusivity and differentiation, lack, whether embedded or clearly defined, essential and integral pedagogical principles necessary to motivate and inspire both F.E. and H.E. learners to allow them to achieve.

Essential ingredients of a two-way learning process; dialogue, movement, dynamics and tension, all of which lie in a relationship between one person and another, as well as between the individual and a living text or learning process, are, or seem to be, eliminated, or severely diminished, in contemporary teaching, none more so than when virtual learning and technical resources are substituted for human relationships.

As a practicing arts manager and administrator both in education as well as within contemporary arts practice, this web site will aim to establish the link between the processes involved in arts creation and the educational learning process.

A symposium, under the above title, has recently been successfully undertaken, for information and links related to the symposium please click here.