{"id":6314,"date":"2018-05-06T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2018-05-06T18:09:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:09:18","slug":"an-interview-with-the-uks-first-global-teacher-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=6314","title":{"rendered":"An interview with the UK\u2019s first Global Teacher Prize Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 10 | May 7<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036]<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>* Published from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/elt\/blog\">Cambridge ELT Blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We interviewed Andria Zafirakou, the UK\u2019s first Global Teacher Prize winner, to find out more about her work, as well as her views on the teaching profession, using questions from our\u00a0<a class=\"highlight_text\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2rbX87A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Teacher Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>First of all, congratulations on winning the Global Teacher Prize \u2013 how does it feel to win?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amazing, incredible, honoured! \u00a0I think mostly honoured \u2013 I did not expect this to be the case, that I was going to win.\u00a0 And honestly, hand on heart, there are so many other better teachers out there in this world, but luckily, I\u2019ve been recognised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We understand that you work in one of the poorer communities in the UK \u2013 what are the challenges of this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It can be quite frustrating because you\u2019re dealing with situations whereby sometimes you\u2019ve got children that come in to school hungry, which means they can\u2019t concentrate.\u00a0 You are dealing with children that have very hard lives, and what they\u2019re experiencing at home is not the best situation for any child.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/elt\/blog\/2018\/05\/01\/interview-global-teacher-prize-winner\/\"><strong>Read full interview on Cambridge ELT Blog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 10 | May 7, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] * Published from Cambridge ELT Blog. 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