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TikTok in the Classroom: Enhancing or Eroding the Teaching Profession?

TikTok in the Classroom: Enhancing or Eroding the Teaching Profession?

Update: 2025-09-10
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It’s Back to School season, and TikTok has been taking a larger role in helping students learn — but should it? Some teachers argue that using TikTok can help make whatever subjects they study more digestible and adaptable to different types of learners. Others call the app distracting and capable of undermining classroom authority and prioritizing entertainment and short attention spans over education. Now we debate: TikTok in the Classroom: Enhancing or Eroding the Teaching Profession? 




Enhance: Phil Cook, Education Influencer and High School Chemistry Teacher   


Erode: Adrian Dingle, Second Schoolteacher and Education Consultant 


 


Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates 

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TikTok in the Classroom: Enhancing or Eroding the Teaching Profession?

TikTok in the Classroom: Enhancing or Eroding the Teaching Profession?

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