This is a short documentary about teachers made by Education International. It shows the lives of teachers in Africa, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, and other place around the world. In some nations, classes are large, in others they are small. In some, students must pay to learn; in others, schooling is tuition-free.
Whatever the nation, whatever the policies, teachers face challenges. And beyond the differences, the role of the teacher is remarkably similar. They have a passion, a dedication, that looks the same whatever the circumstances.
Take this trip around the world. Teachers everywhere see themselves in their counterparts elsewhere.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Reblogged this on David R. Taylor-Thoughts on Texas Education.
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Beautiful. Thank you for this.
I needed this today. The elections have me on pins and needles. And more and more I realize what a true garden path education reform is. And that we need locally run schools, and teachers who love people more than numbers, and community more than control.
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Thanks for highlighting this, but the country is Togo, Africa is not a country. It is a huge continent with vast differences between its 54 sovereign states. Lack of understanding of this is fueling some of the hysteria around ebola, currently confined to three small countries in west Africa.
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Well put! As a geography teacher, I fight the idea that Africa is a country every day…
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When I returned from Peru someone asked if Peru was in Africa. Ay, ay ay! Generally speaking Americans are quite ignorant when it comes to geography.
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