Coding For Equity: Click, Code, Change - How AI Empowers Activist Education

Daniel Lumsden (lumsden@smcsmail.com)
This study examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be thoughtfully and critically woven into senior secondary classrooms, particularly in accounting, to advance educational equity, affirm student identities, and deepen student-led inquiry. Using an action-based research (ABR) approach, the work foregrounds students’ lived experiences as they engage with AI tools to co-design learning projects that reflect their values and communities. Drawing on classroom case studies, this study explores