Beautiful ‘TeacherTok’ classrooms might hinder learning: researcher

Education HQ Australian Teacher Magazine, February 3, 2025, By Sarah Duggan

Excerpt from Australian Teacher Magazine

TikTok is fuelling a certain type of classroom aesthetic which may not be conducive to learning, one researcher has warned…

La Trobe University's Dr Nathaniel Swain has previously argued that the focus should be on scaling back what’s in classrooms. The less visual ‘noise’ and distraction, the better, he's said. 

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