Recognising and respecting the profession of teaching in a time of national crisis

Ovenden-Hope, Tanya (2020) Recognising and respecting the profession of teaching in a time of national crisis. Impact - Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching, 9 (1-4). ISSN 2514-6955 (print) / 2514-6963 (online)

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Abstract

This is, perhaps, not a typical Impact editorial – but we are not in typical times. School leaders, teachers and school support staff across the country have demonstrated exceptional courage during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, courage which, as Winston Churchill observed, has assured all of the professional qualities inherent in school culture (Churchill, 2005, p. 169): “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, … it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Ms Raisa Burton
Date Deposited: 29 May 2020 11:22
Last Modified: 29 May 2020 11:22
URI: https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17556
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