Underplayed Gems

To be a Teacher (2016)

To be a Teacher poster
Original title
Zwischen den Stühlen
Directed by
Jakob Schmidt
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
0
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Three German trainee teachers go through their mandatory 18 month teaching internship in Berlin. The documentary follows their experiences as they balance university theory with classroom practice.

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What happens

[1]Zwischen den Stühlen est un film documentaire allemand sorti en 2016, réalisé par Jakob Schmidt. Celui-ci suit trois futurs enseignants de Berlin pendant leur stage de fin d'études. En Allemagne, il est en effet obligatoire d'accomplir 18 mois de formation pratique, le Referendar (article en allemand), à la suite des études théoriques pour devenir professeur. Le film a été présenté en première lors du festival DOK Leipzig, en 2016, lors duquel il a remporté le Prix DEFA, le Prix du Goethe-Institut et le Prix ver.di. Le film a reçu le prix du meilleur documentaire sur le thème du travail au Healthy Workplaces Film Award et a été mis en nomination pour le meilleur documentaire par la German Film Critics Association Awards en 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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