Those Who Can, Teach: What It Takes To Make the Next Generation

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Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.’–Frank Herbet Anyone intending to pass along skills and knowledge in a discipline effectively will need some understanding of the teaching discipline. Teaching comes with its own set of challenges removed from the subject at hand. In the modern world, becoming a teacher generally requires certification, which often involves a specialised degree.

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First, and perhaps obviously, is the general under-appreciation for teachers in the Western world. This stems from societal ills, funding cuts to public education, and the change in direction education took in response to the industrial revolution. Education is largely about producing workers, and not thinkers. This has led to underpaid and overworked teachers, where many who aren’t truly passionate about teaching alongside their discipline may instead choose to ‘do’ rather accept substandard pay and conditions to instruct others. A great teacher can teach Calculus with a paper clip and literature in an empty field. Technology is just another tool, not a destination.’–Unknown It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the heart…(people) respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won (their) heart, (they) will follow you anywhere.’–Vince LombardiThe greatest sign of success for a teacheris to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’–Maria Montessori The market for graduates is intense and there are lots of options for graduates and so the recruitment drive must be more aggressive," Mr Tabberer stressed. But we also need to look to the future. Delivering and sustaining improvements in standards will require a steady a flow of high quality teachers. That's why this campaign is so important."

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As Kate Clanchy’s celebrated memoir Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me does so well, Those Who Can, Teach relies on case studies of students to illustrate, for instance, the impact of social media, of poverty, of mental health or learning difficulties on young people today. Both books demonstrate how leading lessons is but a small portion of what it means to be a teacher in 21st-century Britain. At times, perhaps, Zafirakou’s narrative tends to remain on the surface, rushing over the various hardships faced by her students; her book would have benefited from the depth Clanchy achieves – the bringing alive of both pupils and the lessons she taught them through evocative descriptions and a distinctive, discursive style.

Teachers are leaving the profession in their droves," said the shadow education secretary, Theresa May.