From Pause To Purpose "Teaching Through Apathy"

About this episode

The episode discusses educator apathy, particularly in physical education, and features a conversation with Colleen Wegimont about its causes and implications.

Send us Fan Mail A majority of teachers experience this, but what do we do about it? Apathy doesn’t start as laziness. It starts when good teachers feel drained, unheard, and stuck in systems that keep adding more while taking away the parts of school that actually feel human. I sit down with retired physical educator and lifelong P.E. advocate Colleen Wegimont to talk about what educator apathy really looks like in schools and why it’s showing up more often in physical education. We d...

People in this episode

Guest: Colleen Wegimont

Topics covered

• educator apathy
• physical education
• teacher experiences
• school systems
• teacher support

Keywords

• teacher apathy
• physical education
• educator support
• school systems
• teacher burnout

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