''Undercover Teacher'' is a 2005
documentary in the
Dispatches series for
Channel 4, in which
Alex Dolan
Alexandra Marie Dolan is a journalist, weather presenter and science teacher who went undercover for the 2005 Channel 4 documentary ''Undercover Teacher''.Lazy Students, 25 March 2009 http://www.lazystudents.org/2009/03/alex-dolan-undercover-teach ...
, a journalist and
science teacher, went
undercover for six months as a
supply teacher
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in
British schools.
''Undercover Teacher'' was intended to expose the poor behaviour of children in some areas of the secondary education system by secretly filming classes.
Dolan was suspended from teaching for one year by the
General Teaching Council because she 'breached student trust'. The decision has received criticism from both teachers and commentators.
See also
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Ofsted
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References
External links
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Dispatches (TV programme)
British high school television series
School and classroom behaviour
Teaching in the United Kingdom
Undercover journalists
2005 documentary films