Nan Bahr

Nan Bahr

Pro Vice Chancellor (Students) and Dean of Education at Southern Cross University

Professor Nan Bahr is Pro Vice Chancellor (Students) and Dean of Education at Southern Cross University, and holds adjunct Professor status at Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology. She has a background as a classroom teacher, and has led, taught, researched, published and mentored in the field of teacher education for more than 20 years. She is extensively published with national and international impact on topics related to teacher education, responsive education for adolescents, and higher education. Nan maintains close school partnerships, leading significant projects for mentoring beginning teachers, and adolescent engagement.

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The case for professional kindness in teaching
The case for professional kindness in teaching
May 19,2021

‘A teacher can be effective, efficient, inclusive, and strategic. Still, unless they are professionally kind along with these things, the learners suffer.’ In today’s reader submission, Professor Nan Bahr argues kindness is an essential general trait for all people, but it is also applied expertise for the teacher and should be a professional standard.
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