Hey Teacher, who do you think you are?: The Late Late Show with Paul Hazzard

Paul chats to recently retired headteacher Dr Julie Greer about Teacher Identity.

Where does identity come from, what is it to be a teacher, how identity changes over careers, who influences teacher identity.

Some stories were told and Hugo, from Mexico, joins in.

 

A link to Julie’s book is below and Chapter 3, 'People Like Me’, deals specifically with material discussed in the show.

www.criticalpublishing.com/essential-guides-for-early-career-teachers-workload

 

The poem referred to in the show is Sisyphus, by U.A. Fanthorpe, in, Selected Poems (Enitharmon Press, 2013) 

https://www.enitharmon.co.uk/product/selected-poems-u-a-fanthorpe/

 

The film, 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible, featuring Nirmal Purjah (Nimsdai), is currently on Netflix

 

Listeners can follow up on Julie’s work at the following places:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julie-Greer

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Julie-Greer/Essential-Guides-for-Early-Career-Teachers-Workload--Taki/25156319

https://www.wholeschoolsend.org.uk/resources/teacher-i-think-i-am-affects-teacher-i-can-be-i-am-teacher-everyone