Hashtag Watch – #WorldTeachersDay
Some of the tweets that caught our eye among this year's celebration of teachers the world over…
- by Teachwire
Today has seen people throughout the world giving heartfelt thanks to their teachers past and present – and many tweeting an endless series of education-themed inspirational quotes and memes.
We’ve had our eye on the Teachwire feeds since the start of this year’s World Teachers’ Day – an annual awareness-raising event that UNESCO has observed on October 5th each year since 1994. So how others seen fit to mark the occasion?…
Call to action
To start things off on a somewhat sober note, there was this observation by UNESCO themselves…NEW DATA: 73 countries won’t have enough #teachers for universal secondary #education https://t.co/sQeEajMjEk @DFID_UK @USAID #WTD2016 pic.twitter.com/3CIGDXmVUi
— UNESCO Statistics (@UNESCOstat) October 5, 2016
Valued qualities
Pearson has been busy canvassing the opinions of people in 23 countries to find out what qualities in teachers are valued most throughout the world. Apparently the full top 5 is as follows…In honour of #WorldTeachersDay @pearson surveyed 23 countries to identify traits of great teachers: https://t.co/5uwwVEl7hc @MichaelBarber9 pic.twitter.com/0KmNfy6bFP
— Laurie Forcier (@laurie_forcier) October 5, 2016
1. The ability to develop trusting, compassionate relationships with students 2. A patient, caring and kind personality 3. Professionalism 4. Subject knowledge 5. Knowledge of learners
‘Don’t take education for granted’
In among the inspirational visuals have been some more hard-hitting pictures, including this one posted by @beingbrilliant…A school in Afghanistan. Message to all; please don't take education for granted #WorldTeachersDay pic.twitter.com/jd6QSU5Peo
— Andy Cope (@beingbrilliant) October 5, 2016
Beyond the call of duty
If you’re in the mood for some sardonic funnies, The Metro has compiled an entertaining list of those additional ‘jobs’ that teachers end up doing but rarely get recognition for. Among them, technician, cashier, child minder and (metaphorical) firefighter…
20 extra jobs all teachers do but rarely get thanks for https://t.co/yAFGvsrOoq #WorldTeachersDay
— Metro (@MetroUK) October 5, 2016
Things did indeed get better
The Royal Society has posted a series of tweets featuring various luminaries talking about their experience of learning STEM subjects at school. Among the highlights is this sweet story from Professor Brian Cox, about the physics teacher who helped him and a friend build a device for their electronic music progress. Who knows, maybe it’s Mr Galloway we ultimately have to thank for this…?.@ProfBrianCox on how his favourite physics teacher helped his 12-year-old band play electronic music #WorldTeachersDay #MySTEMTeacher pic.twitter.com/A8mDzpeks8
— The Royal Society (@royalsociety) October 5, 2016
Never stop learning
#WorldTeachersDay saw action movie star Jet Li in reflective mode…Thanks for all the teachers that appeared in my life. #JetLi #Jetliquote #worldteachersday #teachersday pic.twitter.com/gWVcruZl4K
— Jet Li (@jetli_official) October 5, 2016
Lest we forget
Thanks for the reminder of our post-school afternoons in the late 80s, Auntie Beeb…Mrs McCluskey #GrangeHill #WorldTeachersDay pic.twitter.com/r2yZ80ySSw
— BBC (@AboutTheBBC) October 5, 2016
Go forwards
Now there’s some sensible advice, if ever we heard it…"The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to go forwards." – Miss Honey, #Matilda #WorldTeachersDay pic.twitter.com/7kkQ3md8AV
— Roald Dahl HQ (@roald_dahl) October 5, 2016
But really, to all teachers everywhere – thanks.
