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GET2017教育科技大會(huì)明早即將開幕，Penni也為大家?guī)韼孜粎?huì)嘉賓最喜歡的教育名言和他們的故事。今天的來信人是紐約 Scholars' Academy（學(xué)者學(xué)院）的校長(zhǎng) Brian O'Connell。

他最喜歡的教育名言是一句中國(guó)諺語：百聞不如一見，千看不如一練。（也可以直譯為：告訴我，我會(huì)忘記；給我看，我能記得；讓我參與，我才真正明白。）

網(wǎng)傳這句話還有來自蒙特梭利女士和本杰明·富蘭克林的相似版本，不過可查到的最早的出處應(yīng)該是《荀子·修身》：“不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之。學(xué)至于行而止矣。行之，明也?！贝笠馐钦f：道的實(shí)踐是學(xué)習(xí)和認(rèn)知的必然歸宿，不聞不見之道，不是真正的仁道，它的實(shí)行終將以失敗而告終。我們應(yīng)努力去踐履正道，因?yàn)榈谰驮谖覀兩磉叄蝗ヅ?shí)踐，仍然達(dá)不到目的，再小的事情，不去做永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)成功。

總之，都是強(qiáng)調(diào)“實(shí)踐”的重要性。而 Brian O'Connell 在27年的從教生涯中，也一直在努力實(shí)踐這句話的道理。

請(qǐng)讀他的故事：

我第一次聽到這句話是在1991年。那時(shí)候，我剛剛成為小學(xué)老師，艾德菲大學(xué)的 Michael Wagner 教授告訴我這句話。Wagner教授同時(shí)也是紐約布魯克林22號(hào)街區(qū)的一名活躍的社會(huì)研究學(xué)教師。

這句話在我腦海中銘刻了很久，因?yàn)槲易约撼砷L(zhǎng)中的大部分學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷都沒有什么參與感。所以，當(dāng)我開始教學(xué)生涯后，我時(shí)不時(shí)會(huì)想到這句話，它總會(huì)提醒我要讓自己的課堂更好、更加以學(xué)生為中心、參與感更強(qiáng)，并且注重創(chuàng)造出能夠幫助學(xué)生真正理解知識(shí)、深度學(xué)習(xí)的體驗(yàn)。

那之后的27年，不論是在我之前做校長(zhǎng)的小學(xué)，還是現(xiàn)在的紐約市6-12年級(jí)公立學(xué)校和高中 Scholars' Academy，這句諺語一直在我的學(xué)校中得到實(shí)行。Scholars' Academy 一直在努力扭轉(zhuǎn)老師們的固有思維方式，希望通過適當(dāng)指導(dǎo)、運(yùn)用當(dāng)下的科技工具，增加學(xué)生的參與度、自主性、決定權(quán)和創(chuàng)造力。

如今，Scholars' Academy 的老師們必須很巧妙地計(jì)劃教學(xué)，不然諺語中所說的“學(xué)以致用”的情況就不會(huì)發(fā)生。因?yàn)槲覀內(nèi)祟惖奶煨跃褪莾A向于選擇更容易的，或者我們自己成年以前被教育去相信的事。要想通過傳播和評(píng)價(jià)來打破被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)與教學(xué)的文化循環(huán)，我們必須準(zhǔn)備好參與其中。因此，我們?cè)?nbsp;Scholars' Academy 有一個(gè)新的流行語：“教學(xué)隱藏于計(jì)劃中。”

好好計(jì)劃充滿參與感的課堂吧——要充分考慮并且指出學(xué)生們可能有的思維過程和錯(cuò)誤觀念，用能讓學(xué)生一起聰明地參與、相互聯(lián)系的知識(shí)，創(chuàng)造出讓學(xué)生成為更好的學(xué)習(xí)者和創(chuàng)造者的體驗(yàn)。

以下是他來信的原文：

Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand. -- Chinese Proverb

When I began my career as an elementary school teacher in 1991, this quote was taught to me by a Professor Michael Wagner at Adelphi University. At the time, Professor Wagner was also an active Social Studies teacher in District 22, Brooklyn, NY. The quotation stuck with me because most of my learning growing up was not engaging. As I evolved my practice as a new teacher, my mind retraced the steps back to this quote quite frequently which prompted my development and the evolution of my classroom to be student centered, engaging, and focused on creating experiences that developed conceptual understanding and deep learning. 

27 years later as a former elementary school principal, and current New York City Public School grade 6-12 middle and high school principal, this proverb still rings true as our school, the Scholars' Academy in Rockaway, NY, continues to grapple with the task of shifting the cultural mindsets of our teachers to leverage current day technology tools in order to plan for increased student engagement, autonomy, ownership, and innovation to take place during instruction. As a result, we at Scholars' Academy have learned that teachers must strategically plan for this to happen or it will not happen because our human tendency is to default to what is comfortable or how we were taught as children and young adults. To break the cultural cycle of passive learning and teaching via dissemination and evaluation, one must plan to engage. Hence, we have a new mantra at the Scholars' Academy: "In the planning is the teaching." Plan to engage, consider the thought processes and misconceptions that the students will encounter, surface them and create experiences wherein students learn how to be better learners and creators with the knowledge with which they are intelligently engaged and connected.
 
  Thank you,
  Brian O'Connell
  Principal, Scholars' Academy
  www.scholarsnyc.com    

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