Relational agency in education
An emerging theoretical and research perspective on learner and teacher agency within relationships, participatory cultures and conditions for action.
Learn more →Research · Teacher education · Practice
I research, teach and collaborate to design learning environments in which relationships, diversity and responsibility support the agency of learners and teachers.
Designing learning environments in the age of AI — for the future of education.
Agency is not individual. It is relational.
I explore the conditions in which education creates space for shared decision-making, responsible action and development — including environments increasingly co-created with AI technologies.
Research areas
Each area connects research, university teaching and the application of knowledge in educational practice.
An emerging theoretical and research perspective on learner and teacher agency within relationships, participatory cultures and conditions for action.
Learn more →Designing and researching environments in which future teachers learn through decision-making, reflection, inquiry into practice and collaboration.
Learn more →Pedagogical translanguaging, language education and the design of practice in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms.
Learn more →Pedagogical design in which AI supports — rather than replaces — relationships, reflection, decision-making and agency.
Learn more →My approach
Research is my starting point for understanding educational situations more deeply, designing conditions for learning and engaging in reflective action with teachers and students.
Selected projects
The homepage presents the principal strands of my work; the complete portfolio will be available in the Projects section.
Publications
Selected publications linked to official publisher records, DOI pages and the UWM Knowledge Base.
Partycypacyjna kultura kształcenia w praktyce szkolnej. Toruń: Adam Marszałek.
View book →Seminare
Read more →Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji
Read more →Języki Obce w Szkole
Read more →Research → practice
An original knowledge mobilisation space: short microtutorials for teachers and teacher educators, grounded in research and leading from ideas to practical application.
A 4–5-minute video focused on one pedagogical idea.
A research publication or the evidence base behind the resource.
A checklist, reflection sheet, case or ready-to-use resource.
Documenting use, reception and further applications.
Post-event resources

Slides, downloadable materials, reflections and further resources.
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Resources for a workshop on learner agency and the design of meaningful decisions.
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I combine extensive school experience with educational research and the design of initial teacher education. I am interested in what happens between theory and practice: how knowledge is translated into decisions, relationships and conditions for learning.
Contact and collaboration
Research · teacher education · workshops · presentations · European projects · knowledge mobilisation
anna-sarbiewska@wp.pl ↗More contact options →