Agents to Agency
A measurable process for cultivating self-directed learner agency
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About the Book
Agents to Agency is a compelling, practice-driven guide to transforming learning by empowering learners to take true ownership of their growth. Drawing on decades of work with hundreds of schools around the world, renowned author and speaker Lee Crockett reveals proven strategies for shifting the responsibility for learning from teachers to learners—creating classrooms where curiosity, autonomy, and agency thrive.
With clear explanations, insightful reflections, and real-world examples, Agents to Agency shows you exactly how to cultivate the mindsets and practices that foster genuine learner agency. Each chapter breaks down complex ideas into practical steps you can apply immediately, helping you transform both teaching and learning.
In the final chapters, Lee introduces a series of practical continuums—powerful tools for guiding, facilitating, and measuring the progression of learner agency in any educational setting. The result is an inspiring and actionable roadmap for every educator ready to move from simply managing learning to truly empowering it.
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Lee Crockett cuts through the rhetoric and provides insights and practical strategies that have the potential to significantly accelerate student learning.
Dr. Anthony Muhammad
Educational speaker, presenter, and author -
Agents to Agency is a must-read for every educator ... I highly recommend this book for every educator wanting to shift their practice.
Natalie Otten
Executive Learning Coach, Evelyn Scott School -
Lee Crockett's Lesson Zero and beyond are powerful methods to enact agency based on the premise that there is no perfection, yet it was perfect in the moment that was.
John Hattie
Laureate professor emeritus, author, and speaker -
Lee uses his personal journey, global experience and the literature to shape a seamless and practical argument that we can do the fundamentals of learning and teaching differently.
Prof. John Fischetti
Professor of Leadership and School Transformation, University of Newcastle -
Lee Crockett skilfully sets out a practical blueprint to support educators for equipping, empowering and enabling young people to transform their lives through amplifying learner voice, agency and advocacy in our schools.
Adriano Di Prato
Author and educator -
Lee Crockett provides an illustrative roadmap of 'destinations, milestones and footsteps' with exceptional clarity for developing student agency over their learning.
Dr. Timothy D. Kanold
Author and educator
