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 wikieducator
as an educator , do you tend to think the relationships with your co-worker at school ( remember they are at middle or primary school ) is the most important thing you have to spend more time ? or you will tend to think the ability to teach and design a curriculum is more important , what would you say ? leo 2011/12/24 Wong Leo <leolao...@gmail.com> > 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.* > > -- 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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