Classroom surveillance: a necessary tool or a step too far?

Gordon Cairns

By Gordon Cairns
Community contribution / March 14, 2017

Imagine entering a classroom to hear the announcement: 'This lesson may be filmed for disciplinary purposes.' Is this a nightmare future imagined by George Orwell, or a logical progression of our surveillance society?

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Gordon Cairns is an English teacher and education journalist in the UK.

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