OUHK – 教師素養系列:三心兩意的數學教師

雖然宇宙sir主修音樂,但我亦很喜歡教書工作,於是大學若有任何教育法分享的講座,宇宙sir都會很有興趣去聽一聽。
聆聽香港大學數學系榮譽教授蕭文強博士,這一場數學老師的素養分享,我也受益不淺。除了一些很有意思的數學故事與例子論述外,蕭文強教授更在此提及,老師應該為教學多作研究,研究的對象不在於自己專修科目本身,而在於研究如何將專科知識,用淺白的言語、到位的例子,向學生闡釋。
大家不妨看看蕭文強教授,如何三心兩意地教授數學課程……

The Best Teacher I Never Had (by Bill Gate)

Bill Gate介紹他認為最出色的教師,究竟有甚麼特質。
 
這段影片,Bill Gate介紹了諾貝爾物理學獎得主Dr. Richard Feynman。
除了物理學知識探索的成就外,Dr. Feynman也是一位出色的教師。他的「費曼學習法」,亦啟發很多學生,更有效率地吸收消化知識。

熱血教師 The Ron Clark Story (2006年電影)

Ron Clark: The Essential 55
隆·克拉克:優秀是教出來的

Randomly put 30 students in his class, no matter what the previous grades and conduct, he can teach the whole class to be top students.

“I start to take a class every year, and I am very clear in my heart that I only have one year to change the life of every child in the class. I am determined to give my students a different life and a better life. “

In his first year of teaching, some parents couldn’t stand his strict discipline of their children and called the police to arrest him. In his fifth year of teaching, at the age of 28, he has won the “Best Teacher Award in the United States” and has been invited three times to lead students to the White House to meet the President and share the joy of education.

For him, teaching is to create surprises and to create unforgettable experiences for children. In the schools he taught, the students came from the poorest families, and the schools were not rich in resources. But with his enthusiasm, and the “Essential 55” introduced in this book, as long as the students who have been taught by him will definitely improve their grades by leaps and bounds, the students will also become polite.

隨便放三十名學生在他班上,不管從前成績、操行如何,他都能把全班每一個都教成優等生。

「我每年開始帶一班,心裡都很清楚,我只有一年的時間,去改變班上每個孩子的一生。我下定決心,要給我的學生一個不同的人生,一個更好的人生。」

在他教書的第一年,就有家長受不了他對小孩的嚴苛管教,打電話叫警察來捉他。在他教書的第五年,他二十八歲,已經榮獲「全美最佳教師獎」,三次獲邀帶領學生到白宮面見總統,分享教育的樂趣。

對他來說,教書就是製造驚喜,就是製造孩子難忘的經驗。他教過的學校,學生都來自最貧困的家庭,學校的資源也不豐富。但憑著他的熱情,與本書所介紹的「超基本五十五條」,只要被他教過的學生,成績一定會突飛猛進,氣質也會變得彬彬有禮。