This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Learning: Research and Practice. Ouhao Chen (2022) Strategies to engage students in learning, minimise educational inequality and improve teacher professionalism, Learning: Research and Practice, 8:2, 79-83, DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2022.2110364. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.