What is BOTHEREDNESS? Reclaiming Professional Imagination Hywel Roberts

"What if the most important thing we teach isn't simply knowledge, but the desire to care about it? In this practical and thought-provoking session, Hywel Roberts explores the ideas behind Botheredness and asks how stories, stance and pedagogy can help us create classrooms where learning genuinely matters. Through classroom examples, curriculum thinking and plenty of real-world anecdotes, we'll consider how to build curiosity, protect children into complexity and reclaim the professional imagination that first brought many of us into teaching. Expect practical ideas, honest reflection and an invitation to become even more... bothered."

About the speaker

Hywel is an experienced teacher in Special, Primary and Secondary settings, nationally and internationally. He is recognised as an in-demand speaker, writer, humourist, and pedagogy philosopher. Hywel specialises in using Drama approaches and storytelling in classrooms. His books include ‘Oops! Getting Children to Learn Accidentally’, ‘Uncharted Territories’ (written with Dr Debra Kidd) and ‘Botheredness’ He was recently described as ‘..a world leader in enthusiasm’. He also runs a brewery.