hey joyce , this sounds very interesting , why did you say it made a world
of difference ? what differences you have seens your students made ?
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Hi Leo: I once taught a face to face course in teaching and learning at
the Pennsylvania State University in the
Hi Leo,
Challenging indeed! I agree with Edward that addressing minority issues
seems key, for the Us-Them cultural/linguistic/identity interplay is
frequently core for fruitful engagement edutainment. Sensitive as it is
you could address it through games (e.g. role-playing, alternate-reality
Hey Alex , and all ,
these conversation here are very valuble !!
yes minority issue is a key , yesterday i did a class survey which came out
a very interesting results , i have surveyed about 40 teachers in my class
, they are all from minority in china , some of them would be math ,some
chinese
and also in the survey i asked them to rank the importance of 12 items
- relationships with co-wokers and your leaders in school you will teach
- students test score
- personal talent ( like singing )
- students feedback
- parents cooperation
- school management policy system
a lot of students rank relationships with their co-worker as the most
important topic , it might relate with typical chinese guanxi system ,
however , for me , it came up with another important issue for us even as
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as an educator , do you tend to think the relationships with your
Hi Leo.
I know this is not specifically about creating a curriculum for a teacher
training program but I think this blog post by Steve Wheeler is a good
place to start your thinking!
http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2011/12/content-as-curriculum.html
- Michael
On 20 December 2011 20:59,
hey all , i totally understand that most of you may come from a background
related to educational tecnology , or ICT , however for my case , that most
of teachers in china especially does not even have the internet connection
at school ,especially for remote area in china .
which is what michael
Hello Leo,
Should you be considering the training of teachers in the area of any of the
sciences, consider the kind of (non electronic) technology that makes use of
the resources often freely available in the environment or obtainable at low
cost, using the ideas you can find in the New UNESCO
Hey Ellen ,great question ! i did not explain my case very clearly my fault
,
the teachers in my classes are taking 60 hours train from their area to
travel where i am working now , and after the training , they will go back
to where they came from , where i called a remote place in china ,
I think I get it a bit better now Leo, thanks! btw: I used to be a Middle
School teacher :) Anyway, one activity I would suggest goes something
like this: each person begins writing on a topic they are fairly familiar
with, or have an opinion about (or it could even be a story). You give
May I ask which minorities these teachers will be teaching? Are any of
the teachers themselves minority, or are they all Han Chinese?
A topic of great interest to minorities is the experience of other
minorities, and of even majorities subjected to foreign oppression, as
in the British-Chinese
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