師說｜How to be a good teacher?

　　“嚴謹篤學，與時俱進，活到老，學到老”是力邁教師應(yīng)有的終身學習觀。新學期開始，力邁九華高中全體教師團隊就“What is a good teacher”進行了演講比賽，老師們積極參加，抒發(fā)己見。各學科組經(jīng)過首輪展示及演講，有七位老師脫穎而出。9月4日下午，老師們進行了第二輪演講評比。在此過程中每位臺下的老師也從不同方面和角度進行了學習，并對如何成為更好的老師有了深刻的認識。

　　會后每個現(xiàn)場老師都進行了投票，經(jīng)過激烈的角逐，最終理科組的Sharon Zhou老師榮獲演講冠軍。

　　Sharon Zhou老師

　　力邁高中九華校區(qū)雙語數(shù)學老師

　　《How to be a good teacher?》

　　當代教育家蔡元培先生曾說過：“要有良好的社會，必先有良好的個人;要有良好的個人，必先有良好的教育?！? 那么我想，要想有良好的教育，必先有優(yōu)秀的教師。(Cai Yuanpei, a revolutionary reformer of modern education, who was also the principle of Beijing University for over a decade, once said, To have a good society, you must first have good individuals, and to have a good individual, you must first have a good education. And I think, to have a good education, we must first have some good educators.以前我們常說，“要給學生一杯水，老師得有一桶水”(a teacher needs to have a buckets of water in order to give students a glass of water)但那是以前的說法了，現(xiàn)在我們怎么說呢?老師得是水龍頭, 才能給學生一杯水。“要給學生一杯水，教師要有長流水”作為一名新時代的教師，要有終身學習的意識。一個成功的老師，必然是厚積而薄發(fā);一個成功的教育者，一定是一個善于更新知識的學習者。As a teacher in the new era, we should all have the sense of lifelong learning. 要給學生一杯水，首先你自己的水必須是新鮮的。只有深入才能淺出，只有居高才能臨下，不斷的學習，使自己成為源頭活水，才能滿足學生的發(fā)展需要。In order to give our students a glass of fresh water, we must try to become the source of living water. Only through continuous leaning, that we can offer fresh water to our students, to meet their development needs.

　　陶行知先生曾說，“為師之道，端品為先，學高為師，身正為范”短短16個字道出了師范的真諦。韓愈在《師說》中有言，師者 所以傳道授業(yè)解惑也(propagate the doctrine，impart professional knowledge，and resolve doubts)傳道授業(yè)解惑只是最基本的要求，一名好老師對人生的影響是深遠而持久的。 (A good teacher could have a profound and lasting influence on someone’s life. A good teacher is not just about teaching good lessons, but to give quality education in a real world senses.你或許記不得高中時背誦過的古詩詞了，但你一定記得語文課上琢磨字詞拼音時的搖頭晃腦和語文老師講課的語音語調(diào)，你或許也不記得英語語法和句型了，但是英語老師為你介紹的國外風土人情，卻在你的心里扎下了根，想著有朝一日也要去看看外面的世界，數(shù)學老師給你講的三角函數(shù)公式和推導過程呢?你肯定也記不全了，但你在逛商場的時候看到20%的牌子是卻能準確的算出省了多少錢，甚至超能媽媽們已經(jīng)把省下的錢換算成了孩子的奶粉、繪本、課外補習班。(You may not remember the articles and poems you read in high school, but you probably remember your teachers’ accents, the intonation and the body language when he or she read the text. You may not remember the words and phrases you learned in your second language class, but your probably still remember the foreign cultures and customs your teachers told you, and that perhaps had plant a seed in your heart, and made you want to go aboard and see the world. And Math? Trigonometric function formula and their derivation? You can't remember them all, but when you go to the mall and see 20% of the brands, you can accurately calculate how much money you have saved. 當我們作為成年人在回首學生時代的事情時，你往往記不得具體的知識點和上課的每一個細節(jié)了，但其實你所有的經(jīng)歷都融在了你的血液和靈魂中，化為了你的骨和肉。People will forget what you’ve said, what you’ve done, but people will never forget how you made them feel. When we look back to our student life, we probably can’t remember many details, but everything we’ve been thru has become an integral part of us.

　　教育的根本問題是，要培養(yǎng)出什么樣的人的問題，這決定了我們用什么去培養(yǎng)和怎樣去培養(yǎng)。(The fundamental question of education is what kind of man we want to produce, which determines the way of how we produce him) 陶行知先生曾說過這樣一句話：“你的教鞭下有瓦特，你的冷眼里有牛頓，你的譏笑中有愛迪生。” 才學，是教師的根本，德行，是教師的靈魂;而愛，才是教師的實質(zhì). Being a teacher, having a high level of Knowledge of your subject matter is fundamental, moral integrity is the soul, but love is the essence/core.)我們所面臨的學生是社會的未來，塑造學生就是在塑造社會的未來。你想讓你的后代生活在怎樣的環(huán)境中，你就應(yīng)當如何去教育你的學生。(The students we are teaching today are the future of our society. As we educate our students, we are actually shaping the future of our society. Teachers should set good examples for the students to follow, and influence them with practical actions.)

　　那么具體來說如何成為一名優(yōu)秀的教師呢?優(yōu)秀的教師應(yīng)當具備怎樣的基本素質(zhì)呢?so that are some of the qualities that good teachers share in common? So let‘s think about a great teacher in your life. And why do you think he/she is a great teacher? you can try to fill in the blank yourself.

　　1　Celebrate Mistakes

　　there will always be some students make mistakes in your class. And what should we do then? Get frustrated? Upset or angry about them? No no.. we should celebrate it. If they already know everything, there’s no need for us to be here. Recall when we were students, how nerves we were when we were asked to answer questions or give a board presentation in class, or how frustrated we were when we didn’t perform well in the exams. 再優(yōu)秀的學生也有犯錯誤的時候，當你看到上課講過的題目又錯，看似很簡單的知識點一個暑假回來全忘記了，作為老師你會感到生氣、憤怒、沮喪，甚至開始懲罰學生嗎?學生犯錯誤的時候其實是在給我們第二次講解知識點的機會，稱之為“可教育瞬間” They’re kids, it’s very natural for them to make mistakes. So next time when they make a mistake, call it “teachable moments”, and I guarantee you you’ll feel much better.

　　2　Appreciate difference

　　“因材施教”這四個字，即使放到今天也是值得我們反復琢磨的。我們每個人的個人經(jīng)歷都不同，也由此形成了每個人獨一無二的教學風格。老師尚且如此，就更不要說學生了，現(xiàn)在的學生都是十分有個性的，尊重差異，因材施教就顯得尤為重要。We often say don’t judge others cuz you haven’t been through their lives. Every single one in this room is different. We come from different backgrounds, and we have different life experiences and that would of course make us have different teaching styles. Be able to appreciate the differences is very important. Sometimes teachers are not just educators, we are also learners. We can actually learn a lot from our students. From a macroscopic perspective, children have this amazing ability that they are the true reflection of our society. How they were raised resulted in the way they behave. That tells us exactly what improvements we ought to make. And from a microscopic scale, each student has his unique way of solving the problem and viewing the world. We can’t teach them well if we don’t know them well.

　　3　Respect feedback

　　注重反饋。這也是與線上教學相比，傳統(tǒng)教學最主要的優(yōu)勢之一，雙向的溝通和交流。In my class, feedback is very important. And I think that’s one of the greatest benefits of a traditional classroom, the two-way communication. Students of mine know how much I enjoy giving encouragements. During my lecture, I would constantly ask students questions, some are simply so I can get their answer and give some time to the students who needs extra thinking time. Sometimes they’re challenging, so I could show the top students what the next level look like. By doing this, we’re promoting positive behaviors and changes in the classroom.

　　4　Exam themselves

　　As the saying goes, the unexamined life is not worth living (Socrates). (未經(jīng)審視的人生不值得過) We’re all so good at giving lectures and testing our students, but sometimes we should also stop and exam ourselves.

　　德國哲學家雅斯貝爾斯在《什么是教育》一書中說，教育的本質(zhì)是一朵云推動另一朵云，一棵樹搖動另一棵樹，一個靈魂喚醒另一個靈魂。Let me close my speech with a quote from Socrates, “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think” Thank you!