Author Archives: kaddesh

Activating Learner Agency in Climate Change Education: A Conceptual Integration of the PINISI Learning Model, Bicycle Model, and Ecological-Semiotic Frameworks Abstract Climate change education faces a persistent challenge: translating knowledge and concern into meaningful action-taking by learners. While the Bicycle … Continue reading →

The current oil crisis and the unrelenting impact on human life in the Middle East, opens up space for a conversation about the role of fossil fuels on the planet more broadly. It turns out, extracting fossil fuels from beneath … Continue reading →

Hmmm,the ‘Literacy Wars‘. Since the eighteenth century there has been a conversation about the best way to teach reading. Perception and meaning-making is the long standing wisdom. Code making and atomising words is the other side of the reading wars … Continue reading →

Funny question really – but thanks for asking. The problem is a bit strange. It comes from a provocation asking what role School Agency plays in Teacher and Learner Agency. The power that schools have to make a difference in … Continue reading →

It seems that we all know how unmanageable a tangled bunch of spaghetti is. Just snip it off and don’t bother untangling it. There is a lot to be said for what that symbolises in peoples lives. It turns out … Continue reading →

Wot’s in a name, she sez, A ‘school’ by any other name, would smell the same… Well, it turns out that there is lots in a name. I’ve been given a paper to read. It is called ‘Agency the Relation … Continue reading →

Anthony Giddens is a central contributor to the theory of learner agency. His theory of structuraton offers a third way through which to view the expression of human behaviour over time. His recent passing is even more solemn given the … Continue reading →

Today was a big day. Yep, learning was done, action was taken, questions were asked – even cold hard cash was put on the line. Well, digital cash was put online. Point being that LearnAgency now has a place in … Continue reading →

Quite an uninspiring heading and yet – SO MUCH EXCITEMENT! Well, a little bit at least. So, let’s flesh this out . Do some awesome PD Head back to your classroom and do stuff Get caught up in all the … Continue reading →

Saturday morning crashed out of the barrier and whilst my head was racing from the night before, I was off to a slow start. This is when the text came through: Bike ride 9am? Some traditions die hard – COVID … Continue reading →