Teacher agency and learner agency in teaching and learning a new school subject, Leaving Certificate Computer Science, in Ireland: Considerations for teacher education

• Published in: Computers and education Vol. 174; p. 104291
• Main Authors: Scanlon, Dylan, Connolly, Cornelia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Improving classroom teaching; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education; Teaching/learning strategies; Teaching/learning strategies; Secondary education; Pedagogical issues; Improving classroom teaching

A new school subject, Leaving Certificate Computer Science, was introduced in September 2018 into Irish schools in a period of curriculum reform and change. Drawing on concepts of teacher agency and learner agency, and viewed through a figurational sociology lens, this paper explored the realities o...