Katja Battaglia And among the 50 best teachers in the world. This teacher of a small mountain school in San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore in the province of Pescara is was selected, the only Italian representative, for the Global Teacher Prizeamong more than 7 thousand applications from 130 countries.
Global Teacher Prize: Katja Battaglia, among the 50 best teachers in the world
He chose to be a teacher for be able to make a modest contribution to building a better world. And to achieve this she focused on the history and culture of her area, teaching students the value of their community’s heritage and helping them develop active citizenship skills. He sees his job as an opportunity and its priority is to personalize the learning journey and help students understand that no one is good at everything.
What is the Nobel Prize for teaching
It’s about the most prestigious international recognition which is awarded annually to a teacher of any subject and nationality, who has particularly distinguished himself in his work. It is organized by Varkey Foundation in partnership with Unesco and Dubai Care, it is also defined Nobel Prize for Teaching and is rewarded with a million dollars.
Katja Battaglia, teacher in a small mountain school in San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore in the province of Pescara, is among the 50 best teachers in the world (@instagram)
Katja Battaglia’s method
Battaglia in her 18 years of teaching has always focused on creating engaging lessons that captivated students and contribute to effective learning and continually improves its lesson plans and preparations. His Creative Writing Laboratory it has given rise to numerous productions and experiments, as well as some notable student works.
Among these a school newspaper and two e-books: “The fabulous world of birds”, which received an award from the Ornithological Association of Pescara. AND “Caramanico (spa village located within the Majella National Park) in search of the past” book that ranked first at the Parco della Majella Award in Abbateggio.
Above average students
AND the effects of his teaching method are evident to all: its students, in fact, rank above the national average in terms of results, and most of them continued their university studiesentering the world of work as doctors, teachers, psychologists, engineers and doctors of law.
In his school Battaglia seeks to promote democratic coexistencecarrying out educational projects for peace, the environment and sustainability aimed at highlighting selected United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She is highly appreciated by everyone, not only for her teaching method, but also for her desire and commitment to establishing a peaceful climate with students, administrators and parents.
No final for the Italian teacher
Unfortunately, the teacher Battaglia will have to settle for being the only Italian among the top 50 positions. Indeed, not having entered the final tenwill not be able to aspire to the final prize of one million dollars.
She would have liked it very much, also because with that money, she said, would create scholarships for economically disadvantaged students and financed further studies on the history of the local area. So he would build an innovative library to serve both scholars and children, as well as host book-reading events for younger people. In the end, would have built a school in Burkina Faso together with the Comprehensive Institute of his school to promote global citizenship.
Who are the ten finalists of the Global Teacher Prize
The only European professor among the ten finalists is Professor Nicolas Gaubewho teaches life and earth sciences in Béziers, France, at a middle school where many students come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The other nine finalists of the Global Teacher Prize 2023 they are: Annie Ohana from Canada, Deep Narayan Nayak from India, Shafina Vohra from United Kingdom, Sister Zeph from Pakistan, Eric Asomani Asante from Ghana, Mariette Wheeler from South Africa, Melissa Tracy from United States, Geisha Bonilla from Chile and Artur Proidakov from ‘Ukraine. The awards ceremony will be in Paris on November 8thduring the UNESCO General Conference.
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