Don’t rob teachers of their professional agency with online learning: expert

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published April 14, 2020

One digital technologies expert has a direct warning for policymakers and school leaders navigating the COVID-19 waters: lock teachers into certain ways of delivering online learning and you’ll squash their professional agency.

Dr Michael Phillips believes the shift to online learning presents an incredible opportunity for our teachers to reclaim a real sense of agency with their pedagogy.

Dr Michael Phillips, a senior lecturer at Monash University and former school principal, told EducationHQ that now is not the ...

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