使教学充满活力的四把钥匙

By H.G. Cadenas，姜重芬 摘译

School reform has been the main focus of discussion among educators for a number of years.

The truth is that schools, as well as society, are facing many problems which are not unique to them. Nevertheless, the fact remains that when a teacher and his/her students face each other in the classroom they must truly work with each other. They have to connect with each other. This is the only way in which they will be able to understand and use the information given in the classroom. I feel that there are four courses of action that could make the classroom a better place in which students, and many times the teacher, really learn.

The following four courses of action I call keys because they are the tools that could open certain areas which, if not addressed, may result in the institutionalization of many of the problem that plague our schools today.

Key Number One Renew and refresh your knowledg of the subject matter.

How?

Read new information to maintain currency in your field. You can gain different ideas from different areas and incorporate them in your lessons, resulting in greater understanding of the world at large. Above all, talk to your colleagues. Many students today do not understand the fact that " learning is its own reward" . It is important for the teacher to be so imbued with delight in the subject matter that students will see its value in every activity.

Our world is changing so rapidly that many times knowledge of the subject matter is new and fresh for both students and teacher.Nothing can be more exciting than the teacher truly learning together with his or her class.

Key Number Two Prepare interesting, colorful captivating lesson plans and deliver them with gusto. There is nothing more boring than a lesson plan that has nothing to connect with the material.TV exemplifies the art of captivating the audience in the first 10 seconds or less.Use that technique.Adopt that approach and your students will be more interested in looking and listening.

A lesson plan should create a vibrant classroom environment in which learning is not only possible, but also fun and exciting. Many times this key may be achieved by using something that the student does not see as a real lesson. One example is games in which the students think that they are not doing serious work, but that they are going to win something or that they are in competition. This is a pivotal key for promoting good feelings, which is one of the greatest aspects of learning.

Key Number Three In your lesson plan, make it a number one priority to ensure that your student can follow the lesson. In this area one must also remember those students whose mastery of the English language is not as complete as that in the rest of the class. Leave no stone unturned to make sure that you reach your students——all of them! Above all, teachers should always be fair and treat their students with respect both in and out of the classroom. There, at times, we let our negative feelings about students be known and, thereby, become general knowledge of the whole faculty. This can be very damaging to the student's reputation.

Key Number Four Help your students to put their learning to use immediately. In the ensuing weeks and months, show them the connection between classroom subject and life in general. When practical, encourage students to teach someone else what they themselves have learned. Show them that schools are not isolated from the world.

This can also be practiced in the classroom using the techniques of cooperative learning in which the teacher pairs students by ability, by mastery, and by understanding of the lesson delivered in the classroom.

使教学充满活力的四把钥匙

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