Why CCTV cameras should be in all of our classrooms

Dr David Roy

By Dr David Roy
Community contribution / May 23, 2019

We live in a modern society increasingly under surveillance. While privacy is a major concern, a strong argument can be mounted for more use of CCTV in our schools.

For the past 30 years, across Europe and also within Australia, Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) has become an omnipresent aspect of ...

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By Dr David Roy

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David Roy is a lecturer in Education at the University of Newcastle. His research focuses on how we can use the Creative Arts for inclusion and to support diverse learners, particularly those with disabilities. Author of ten books, researcher, media commentator, and former teacher, he was nominated for the 2006 Saltire/TES Scottish Education Publication of the Year and won the 2013 Best New Australian Publication for VCE Drama and/or VCE Theatre Studies. His tenth, most recent text is 'Teaching the Arts: Early Childhood and Primary (2019) published by Cambridge University Press.   His current research interests are Disability & Inclusion, Homeschooling, Creative Arts and Masks. He tweets @dmsroy

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