Nataša Pantić

Nataša Pantić’s project proposes new conceptual and methodological approaches that replace the established notion of individual teacher competence with that of a collective, relational agency, which involves mobilising support and knowledge that exists within school communities. Migration flows and overlapping crises have highlighted the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration for supporting increasing diverse population of learners. Diversity and uncertainty have become a normal, common features of schools today. Yet their implications, such as unprecedented numbers of immigrant students, are often seen as an additional demand on teachers. In this context, the project explores new knowledge base for teachers’ collective practice using interdisciplinary network approaches to examine the interaction between teacher agency and social/institutional structures. It involves collaboration between social and data scientists to map the norms embedded in the social networks of schools and wider communities. The aim of researching teaching practices as interdependent with those of other actors is to capture the untapped potential of collective agency for educational change, in ways that are transferable to other disciplines.