Event: London Peace Talks 2018
Location: Salesforce Tower
Date: 11/12/2018
“I’m an arts and textiles teacher and for some reason I was voted the best teacher of the world this year and I am an arts and textiles teacher, which is quite astonishing, but I absolutely get it. And I get it because the arts are being squeezed out of most curriculums throughout the world. And that is a problem because I’ve seen how transformational, how incredible the arts are. They bring our children courage, they bring our children resilience, they make them better communicators. They encourage them to work in teams. And I think for me the most important thing that I’ve seen in my students is how resilient they become. How they do not fear failure.” The 2018 winner of the Global Teacher Prize, Andria Zafirakou, shares with us the power of education and arts in one of the most challenging circumstances where students share a house with multiple families and take care of their younger siblings. For Andria, the key to the success of her school is developing trust-based relationships with her students, making sure each of them feels included and have all the resources they need to thrive. London Peace Talks 2018. Recorded at the Salesforce Tower on December 11, 2018.
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