{"product_id":"teacher","title":"Teacher","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful and moving memoir about how the current system is letting down children and parents, and breaking dedicated teachers. Devastating, heart-breaking, enraging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatching 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. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey fall in love with learning. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is a kind of magic, a kind of loving, a kind of art.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is teaching. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust teaching. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust what I do. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat I did. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePast tense. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2014, Gabrielle Stroud was a very dedicated teacher with over a decade of experience. Months later, she resigned in frustration and despair when she realised that the Naplan-test education model was stopping her from doing the very thing she was best at: teaching individual children according to their needs and talents. Her ground-breaking essay 'Teaching Australia' in the Feb 2016 Griffith Review outlined her experiences and provoked a huge response from former and current teachers around the world. That essay 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a powerful memoir inspired by her original essay, Gabrielle tells the full story: how she came to teaching, what makes a great teacher, what our kids need from their teachers, and what it was that finally broke her. A brilliant and heart-breaking memoir that cuts to the heart of a vital matter of national importance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53529415811345,"sku":"9781760295905","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/9781760295905.jpg?v=1778495785","url":"https:\/\/www.teachersuperstore.com.au\/products\/teacher","provider":"Teacher Superstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}