agency

An individual’s capacity to choose; to be self-determining. In education, this term is usually opposed to "structure", since this is considered to be the external directives to institutions which shape the social space.

Broadfoot, P. (2002). Structure and agency in education: The role of comparative education. Comparative Education, 38(1), 5-6.

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