Festival of Open Minds Podcast - Author and teacher, Gabbie Stroud

Gabbie Stroud and her powerful and moving memoir ‘Teacher’ has captured Australia’s attention and is part of the current news cycle.

In 2014, Gabbie was a very dedicated teacher with over a decade of experience. Months later, she resigned in frustration and despair.

Her ground-breaking essay ‘Teaching Australia’ in the February 2016 Griffith Review outlined her experiences and provoked a huge response from former and current teachers around the world.

In her powerful memoir ‘Teacher’, Gabbie tells the full story; how she came to teaching, what makes a great teacher, what our kids need from their teachers, and what it was that finally broke her.

Gabbie has just signed on to do her next book, called, "A Letter to the Parents of Australia"

In talking about the new book, Gabbie says, "For too long the voices of parents and students have been absent from the conversation around education."

"This book will help parents find their voice and give them the permission to use it."

Gabbie will also be part of the Q&A panel on ABC TV on Monday, October 8. Her voice will be heard amongst, YouTube sensation and maths teacher Eddie Woo, Finnish educator, author and scholar Pasi Sahlberg, and

Council of International Schools researcher Jennifer Buckingham.

At the Festival of Open Minds, Gabbie reminded us that children naturally have an 'open mind' and that as adults, we would prosper to follow their example…