Teacher :
Stroud, G. J. 1977-,
Teacher : one woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching / Gabbie Stroud. - Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2018. - xii, 339 pages ; 24 cm.
"Watching children learn is a beautiful and extraordinary experience. Their bodies transform, reflecting inner changes. Teeth fall out. Knees scab. Freckles multiply. Throughout the year they grow in endless ways and I can almost see their self-esteem rising, their confidence soaring, their small bodies now empowered. Given wings. They fall in love with learning. It is a kind of magic, a kind of loving, a kind of art. It is teaching. Just teaching. Just what I do. What I did. Past tense." In 2014, Gabrielle Stroud was a thirty-something dedicated teacher with over a decade of experience. Months later, she resigned in frustration and despair when she realised that NAPLAN education model was stopping her from doing the very thing she was best at: teaching individual children according to their needs and talents. When she wrote the essay 'Teaching Australia' for the January 2016 Griffith Review, she lifted the lid on a scandal that is yet to properly break - that our education system is unfair to our children and destroying their teachers. In a powerful memoir inspired by her original essay, Gabrielle tells the full story: how she came to teaching, what great teaching is, how a teacher works and what it was that finally broke her.
9781760295905
Stroud, Gabbie--Teachings.
Stroud, G. J. 1977- --Teachings.
Stroud, G. J. 1977-
Education--Australia.
Teachers--Australia--Biography.
Educational tests and measurements.
Primary school teachers.
Teaching.
Education--Australia--21st century.
Teaching.
Teachers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Teaching--Australia.
Educational tests and measurements--Australia.
Primary school teachers--Australia--Biography.
Australia.
Australian
Autobiographies.
Biography.
371.102
Teacher : one woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching / Gabbie Stroud. - Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2018. - xii, 339 pages ; 24 cm.
"Watching children learn is a beautiful and extraordinary experience. Their bodies transform, reflecting inner changes. Teeth fall out. Knees scab. Freckles multiply. Throughout the year they grow in endless ways and I can almost see their self-esteem rising, their confidence soaring, their small bodies now empowered. Given wings. They fall in love with learning. It is a kind of magic, a kind of loving, a kind of art. It is teaching. Just teaching. Just what I do. What I did. Past tense." In 2014, Gabrielle Stroud was a thirty-something dedicated teacher with over a decade of experience. Months later, she resigned in frustration and despair when she realised that NAPLAN education model was stopping her from doing the very thing she was best at: teaching individual children according to their needs and talents. When she wrote the essay 'Teaching Australia' for the January 2016 Griffith Review, she lifted the lid on a scandal that is yet to properly break - that our education system is unfair to our children and destroying their teachers. In a powerful memoir inspired by her original essay, Gabrielle tells the full story: how she came to teaching, what great teaching is, how a teacher works and what it was that finally broke her.
9781760295905
Stroud, Gabbie--Teachings.
Stroud, G. J. 1977- --Teachings.
Stroud, G. J. 1977-
Education--Australia.
Teachers--Australia--Biography.
Educational tests and measurements.
Primary school teachers.
Teaching.
Education--Australia--21st century.
Teaching.
Teachers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Teaching--Australia.
Educational tests and measurements--Australia.
Primary school teachers--Australia--Biography.
Australia.
Australian
Autobiographies.
Biography.
371.102
