Introduction -- Chapter One: The Complexity of People, Conversation, and Space as Data -- Chapter Two: The Social and Pedagogical Context for Engagement -- Chapter Three: The Multi-dimensionality of Engagement: Academic Achievement, Academic Enthusiasm, Voluntary Initiative and What the Numbers Tell Us -- Chapter Four: Social Performances: Students and Teachers Inhabit Their Roles -- Chapter Five: Life or Theatre? -- Chapter Six: Up Close and Personal: Unfinished Stories -- Appendix 1: Social Identity Categories -- Appendix 2: Tables References.
Summary
Kathleen Gallagher uses the drama classroom as a window into the daily challenges of marginalized youth in Toronto, Boston, Taipei, and Lucknow.