40: Former Teacher Gabbie Stroud Speaks Out On Improving Education

Gabbie Stroud loved her job as a primary school teacher. Eventually, what she calls the changing nature of teaching led to burn out, and her decision to leave the profession. In an essay she wrote for the Griffith review, she talks of her frustrations, but also of a future for education filled with hope and guided by a few dangerous ideas. Whilst not in the classroom, her passion for education remains strong, and she calls for things like profound commitment to teachers, trust, and renewed thinking on things like creativity, imagination and ingenuity. And she does this for the sake of a student she calls Australia. In her essay she asks, "Who would teach her? How would she learn?" In this episode, I continue this discussion with Gabbie as we search for the answers to some big questions.

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