The writer is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat, an American nonprofit educational institution. Elizabeth Green is the winner of Spencer Education Scholarship of Columbia University School of Journalism. 20 14 finish this book. The translator is Jerry Lee, an English lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University, an expert at the National Research and Training Center for Basic Foreign Language Education, a lecturer in English teaching ability certificate training at Cambridge University, and a certified oral examiner at Cambridge. Engaged in first-line English teaching and research for more than ten years. 20 19 printing for the first time.
Thanks to Mr. Jerry Lee's autograph and words: Teaching is the highest form of cognition. Teacher Jerry Lee loves education.
Before reading, we may question whether there are many theories. What is the use of teaching theory? I'm still at a loss when I meet difficult students. Besides, it was written by a non-frontline educator in the United States four years ago. Different classes have different learning conditions and teaching methods, not to mention different countries.
However, theory can guide practice, and this book is not about teaching theory. On the contrary, there are many experiments, teaching cases and educators' explorations. There are not only American teaching cases, but also Japanese teaching cases, and China also mentioned them. A grand perspective broadens readers' horizons and is conducive to seeking common ground while reserving differences.
After reading this book, I summed up some unsystematic cognition.
A good teacher is not born, nor a simple knowledge carrier. Without teaching practice and actual teaching observation, the doctor of education may not be able to teach well. It is simple for students to remember the formula, but it is another matter for students to understand it. It is more difficult for students to sum up the rules themselves.
A good teacher not only knows the correct answer, but also knows how students get the wrong answer. Training thinking is more important than imparting knowledge. The premise of training thinking is to grasp students' thinking. This kind of invisible thing needs teachers to dig and discover from students' words, from students' homework and from students' display.
In order to have a good class, the order, time arrangement of each teaching step and the possible reaction of students must be preset and planned in advance. It is important to have teaching and research groups to discuss with each other and sum up experience to make the next class more effective. There is no fixed method for teaching, but it is irresponsible to teach whatever you want.
In the postscript, the author summed up five points to distinguish a good teacher.
First, be as curious about the wrong answer as the correct answer, and encourage students to make mistakes.
Second, overthrow stereotypes. Great teaching needs the courage to overthrow social etiquette and norms, which Qiong Qi, most adults, has mastered all his life.
Third, encourage students to reason and demonstrate by asking questions instead of repeating old knowledge. Encourage students to think independently by asking questions.
Fourth, visualize ideas. "Guide students to understand every thinking step", instead of simply ordering "read it once" and "write it well". How to read and write it well must be clear.
Fifth, it is backed by a strong educational infrastructure. Including induction training, teacher education and career development, information and technical support, work arrangement and environment.
Finally, select book excerpts.
A good teacher is decisive, extroverted and introverted, humorous and serious, flexible and rigid.
Teachers should not only think, but also think about what others think.
There are many reasons for poverty, but the poverty of knowledge is the fundamental reason.
We can see quite a lot of visual feedback in observation teaching. You must learn from it, or you will fall behind.
The best measure of a teacher's quality is his classroom effect.
Their students are ten times friendlier than ours, because Rafe is ten times friendlier than our teacher.
In your heart, you must think that I love these children and want to give them the best education.
Good discipline requires teachers to get along with students with love.
That girl seems to want to throw me out of the window, but when I look back at her, I think she is alone, someone I care about.