Read the article Best teacher in the world Andria Zafirakou: ‘Build trust with your kids – then everything else can happen’, published in The Guardian on 23 March 2018, and reflect on the following questions:

1. What is the main principle guiding Andria Zafirakou's teaching practice?

2. Find examples of things Andria does that show how she cares for her students.

3. Do you share Andria's belief in the power of art to change students' lives? Can you remember any particular case that you know from experience or have heard about?

4. Andria introduces immigrant pupils to the great art of their birth country (so that they can be proud of it) before showing them the white European classics. Do you agree with this curricular choice? Justify your answer.

5. The text says that the British government's support for STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) has been detrimental to arts subjects, which have suffered from budget cuts. Do you think this is also happening in Spain? How do you feel about this type of policy?

6. Would you like to be an art teacher in the future? Why / why not?