This is why we bother with drama in the classroom

Nicholas Waxman

By Nicholas Waxman
Community contribution / April 17, 2018

Bother. What an interesting and perplexing word. We bother in so many ways.

We bother our students to get things done, we bother to show up, we save student’s bother and anxiety, and ...

This story appeared in the April 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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