Establish empirical effects of the Ecological Co-Agency Framework

Establish empirical evidence on whether using the Ecological Co-Agency Framework improves student achievement, equity among students, and the time teachers spend on their jobs.

Background

The paper presents the Ecological Co-Agency Framework as a theoretical model organized around relational, regulatory, and pedagogical co-agency, bounded by human epistemic accountability. Because the study is conceptual rather than empirical, it does not test whether implementing the framework produces beneficial educational outcomes. The authors identify empirical studies measuring student achievement, learner autonomy, equity across socioeconomic contexts, and teachers’ work demands as necessary directions for future research.