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 , some science teacher , some teach computer , we will surely address minority issue in the curriculum , for me i might want to use "school-based curriculum " as a way to help them to design some of curriculum to do with their own school local commuity . so this will be one assessmement , do you think it should be in group or individual assignment ? secondly , for those educational theory , i think it is also important , like John dewey , i would like to ask my students to dig into the theory , for them to come up with a literature review on each important theories or person like john dewey . is that doable ? however i do want to include "teaching " as a practice in my curriculum , what would be the best way to be interactive with my students ( teachers) by that , i mean the actuall classroom teaching , design a lesson plan , and teach it . any other thoughts are all welcome !! leo 2011/12/24 Alex P.Real <alex.pr...@gmail.com> > 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 > games, MMPORG, etc.) and/or MUVE/ virtual world experiences (Second Life, > etc.). Sense of humour and stereotypes can act as a cohesive factor > particularly when involving foreign myths/stereotypes (e.g. some Spaniards > believe Chinese are too silent, courteous, adore working 20 hours a day & > abhorr interaction with Spaniards). This might be a starter to then slowly > focus on real-life circumstances they may face involving reflexivity. > Avatar-building can also be thought-provoking when inviting people to play > around with physical traits and invent social & personal behaviour for > those characters. If ICT not available, pics can be handy. Knowing > beforehand trainee ethnic diversity would of course help. If minority > culture is an unspeakable (apologies for this, as you know my ignorance re > China is huge) I'd suggest games involving aliens or fantastic creatures as > a way to allay initial constraints. > > If you find this line can be of use, please give me a shout to supply > further tips, ideas & maybe some lesson plans for you to tailor (?). > > Good luck with this project! > > Best, > > Alex > > > > Alex P. Real | Consultant & Researcher | T: +(34) 6937 2222 0 | > alex.pr...@gmail.com > Chat [image: Google Talk] alex.pr...@gmail.com [image: Skype]alexperezdelreal > [image: > MSN] alex.pr...@hotmail.com > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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 Opium Wars and the succeeding Unequal Treaties >> period, or all of China under Mongol and Manchu rule. This is a >> sensitive topic in China, so one would have to be careful not to let >> it turn into anything the authorities would consider revolutionary, or >> perhaps I should say counter-revolutionary. For example, on the >> positive side one could look at the Swiss experience of cooperation >> among groups speaking several languages (Italian, French, German, and >> Romansch), and among its Catholic and Protestant populations. >> >> I would assume that study of mistreatment of minorities in the US and >> the Soviet Union, and of anti-imperial revolutions, particularly >> liberation struggles against Spain, France and the UK, would be within >> the acceptable boundaries. But I would check before taking anything >> into the classroom unless it is already in the curriculum. >> >> Can you ask your teachers what minority issues they are aware of, what >> they are allowed to teach about them, and how much they listen to >> their students on these questions? >> >> I recommend the video Vis à Vis: Native Tongues on this issue. It >> presents a series of teleconference sessions between a Native American >> performance artist, James Luna, and an Australian Aborigine actress >> and playwright, Ningali Lawford, exploring their work and sharing >> issues that are at the core of their communities' experience. The >> biggest is that both communities suffered greatly from forced >> attendance at English-only boarding schools designed to destroy their >> cultures. (Canada also, with the addition of massive, systematic rape >> of students.) >> >> What issues do minorities in China share, that they should be talking >> with each other about, and what does the majority have to say about >> this? >> >> A separate issue: Although it is not time to teach teachers how to use >> technology that is not yet available to their students, it is not too >> soon for them to think about what will happen and what they will need >> to do when that technology arrives, which will be during their active >> teaching careers. I say this because >> >> 1) Computers are already less expensive than printed textbooks. >> >> 2) Several countries, from Bangladesh to South Korea, are digitizing >> all of their textbooks. >> >> 3) China, more than most other developing countries, has a plan for >> getting electricity, phone service, and Internet out to its remote >> towns and even villages as part of its more general economic >> development plan. (Compare US Rural Electrification, including the >> Tennessee Valley Authority.) >> >> Internet use in China went from less than 2% of the population to 36% >> in the last decade. Extrapolating along a logistic curve indicates >> that it should achieve well over 90% penetration in another decade or >> so. >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 05:29, Wong Leo <leolao...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Dear all , >> > >> > I will be teaching a teacher education unit for about 400 middle school >> > teachers to help them prepare for their future teaching job for minority >> > people in remote china , i am wondering if anyone who have the similar >> > teaching experience on teacher education program , the name of the >> course is >> > called curriculum and teaching . >> > >> > i am thinking about trying something in wikieducator like involving each >> > teacher to design a teaching unit , and asking them to put on >> wikieducator >> > website >> > >> > however , i need the advices from you ! >> > >> > something creative is the best ！！ >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Leo Wong >> > Teacher and teacher trainer >> > -------------------------------------- >> > http://wikieducator.org/User:Leolaoshi >> > >> > 机构博客：http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com >> > >> > 个人博客 http://blog.sina.com.cn/leolaoshi1 （在努力中） >> > >> > Skype:leolaoshi >> > >> > Malaysia number +006 010 2718251 >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly >> with >> > the real teacher and real Kids. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> > To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> > To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin >> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. >> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > -- Leo Wong Teacher and teacher trainer -------------------------------------- http://wikieducator.org/User:Leolaoshi <http://www.gem-intl.edu.cn> 机构博客：http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com 个人博客 http://blog.sina.com.cn/leolaoshi1 （在努力中） Skype:leolaoshi Malaysia number +006 010 2718251 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly with the real teacher and real Kids.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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