Michael Lawrence is a Victorian teacher and author of the forthcoming book - TESTING 3,2,1: What Australian Education Can Learn From Finland:  A Teacher’s Perspective by Michael Lawrence.

Now that he's teaching almost entirely online, Lawrence argues that old disciplinarian models of behaviour management are untenable, and, more than ever, students will need a meaningful purpose to engage in learning other than simply receiving an impressive grade or fulfilling subject requirements.

In this insightful interview with Education Review, he also points out the vagaries of technology and internet speeds, as well as how some learners will thrive in the digital realm while others will fall by the wayside.

It's not all negative though - indeed, far from it. Lawrence believes COVID-19-induced remote learning could make both Australian students and teachers more adaptable learners and less beholden to rigid assessment rubrics and standardised tests and re-imagine the purpose of learning.

Michael Lawrence is a Victorian teacher and author of the forthcoming book - TESTING 3,2,1: What Australian Education Can Learn From Finland: A Teacher’s Perspective by Michael Lawrence. Now that he's teaching almost entirely online, Lawrence argues that old disciplinarian models of behaviour management are untenable, and, more than ever, students will need a meaningful purpose to engage in learning other than simply receiving an impressive grade or fulfilling subject requirements. In this insightful interview with Education Review, he also points out the vagaries of technology and internet speeds, as well as how some learners will thrive in the digital realm while others will fall by the wayside. It's not all negative though - indeed, far from it. Lawrence believes COVID-19-induced remote learning could make both Australian students and teachers more adaptable learners and less beholden to rigid assessment rubrics and standardised tests and re-imagine the purpose of learning.

Education Review

Michael Lawrence is a Victorian teacher and autho…

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