4.4 Comparing the teachers

What is evident from the teachers you have listened to so far, is that teaching goes far beyond being an imparter of subject knowledge and despite your geographical location, there is something that those who want to be teachers have in common. Something about the values they share and the job satisfaction they enjoy from being a teacher and working with children. Maybe you noticed similarities in the way that Birgit spoke about teaching compared to Lucy and Pham Thi Vi, or maybe you noticed some key differences.

Activity 10

Listen again to the three teachers talking about their practice, or read the transcripts (or refer back to any notes you have made) and make a small comparative study by completing the table below. It has been started for you.

	Lucy Conde, Peru	Pham Thi Vi, Vietnam	Birgit Giedicke, Germany
Number of children in class	Between 34 and 35 students	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)
Favourite subject taught	Communication and maths	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)
Route into teaching	Graduated from the Superior Institute of Education in Chincha.	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)
Purpose of primary education	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)	To establish basic knowledge for secondary school. To nurture moral qualities and develop skills.	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)
Parents and the community	Few parents are involved because they work and live a distance away.	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)
Other things you noticed	The impact of the earthquake on schooling.	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)	(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)

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