Trapped in Education: From leadership to running out of the classroom, a teacher's true tale from burnout to recovery

Allison Millward

doi:10.64583/vdz09w73

Authors

Allison Millward Rowan College at Burlington County Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64583/vdz09w73

Keywords:

narrative inquiry, lived experiences, teacher education

Abstract

This article reviews the book, Trapped in Education: From Leadership to Running Out of the Classroom, a Teacher's True Tale from Burnout to Recovery. It contextualizes the book in the larger field of narrative inquiry, especially in exploring lived experiences in memoirs. It further explores the way this work can emphasize larger cross-cultural issues in teacher retention. Finally, the review juxtaposes it with other books that explore both teacher burnout and their lived experiences working in the post-COVID era. Lastly, it emphasizes the importance of using such books to teach in both educator and administrator programs.

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Author Biography

Allison Millward, Rowan College at Burlington County

Allison Millward is Assistant Professor of History at Rowan College at Burlington County in New Jersey. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Southern Queensland where she is researching the lived-experiences of Allied nurses on the Western Front. She previously earned her M.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and her B.A. in government and international politics from George Mason University. With an academic background in war and society, her research interests include women’s experiences in war, life-writings of participants in conflict, wartime art and media, and women’s work.

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Smith-Batish, Sheetal. Trapped in Education: From Leadership to Running Out of the Classroom, a Teacher's True Tale from Burnout to Recovery. Victoria, BC, n.p.

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