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 - teacher further education training self-learning - school curriculum - textbook - teaching pedagogy /methods - using of internet or other ict tools - students moral education i would like to share this with all of you , i think my next spring curriculum would be based on those 12 topics , i am wondering in your country , is there any cross-culutural difference for these 12 topics ? if yes , how would you rank them , even for you personally ? thank you !! 2011/12/24 Wong Leo <leolao...@gmail.com> > 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.* > > -- 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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