教學多年的一些心得

我的中文一向不大好。中学時寫作文必然包尾及不合格.

中文板是”very rough".
(I wrote this about 5 years ago.)

(I) “Respect is earned, not demanded." You may demand respect from your students, and might even get it grudgingly but superficially by being an extremely stern teacher, but you will never win their hearts and minds that way. Don't think just because they are young and inexperience you can pull the wool over their eyes. Students are much more perceptive than you think. They can usually size you up within the first 10 minutes they first meet you.
(i) “ 受尊敬是被赢得来的, 不是被强迫要求便可得的。" 你也要求你的学生尊敬你,你或会得到他们勉强地但只是表面化的服从。但你不会赢取他们由衷的尊敬和诚恳的感情。别认为因为他们是年轻人你便可以瞞天过海,骗骗他们。其实学生的眼睛是雪亮的，你不要低估他们的洞察力。他们能通常在第一次遇见了你，十分钟内必准确的估量你了。
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(II) You can be as strict as you want provided you are fair. "Strict but fair" is something students can appreciate. Although most students want an ''easy" teacher, but deep down in their hearts they know that's not good for them. However, if you are overly hard, just for the sake of being regarded as a "hard teacher", a dubious honour many teachers enjoy, then you may be fear but despised.
(ii) 你若是公平/公正的话，怎么严他们都可以接受。"严但公平" 是学生能了解，接受及赞赏的。虽然他们都是想有个容易的老师, 但在他们内心深处，他们知道太容易的老师并不一定是好事。然而, 如果你为严而严：象有些教师当此为光荣的事，他们对你恐惧但藐视。
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(III) It is NOT a shame to say " I do not know." This may be a problem in countries like China, Japan, Korea and places like HK and Taiwan where "face" is the all-important factor. Don't ever try to "talk" your way out of something you have no answer for. Students are NOT dumb, they see through your charade right away. Tell them honestly " I do not have the answer right away but I will look it up and get back to you as soon as possible." Make sure you keep your word. Get back to them the next day, if possible. They will appreciate it and will respect you for being up front with them.
(iii) 说" 我不知道这个答案" 并不是掉脸的事。这"面子" 问题在国家象中国, 日本, 韩国和地區象香港和台湾是一个重要的因素。如你答不出，请不要推三推四,吱吱误误,觀左右而言他,设法找落场方法。学生不是蠢豬 , 他们都看透你的假装掩饰。你应诚实地告诉他们" 我现在没有这个答案，但是我将回去找它，尽快回答你。" 你一定要守你的铬言。如果有可能，次日回他们的问题 ,他们将因为你对他们坦诚而赞赏和尊敬你。
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(IV) Never set exam question to proof how smart you are. The purpose of a test is to find out what students know and not to show them how clever you are in setting convoluted questions. I once had a professor who was so conceited that he practically answered all the questions he himself threw at me during a Ph.D. oral exam. He was too keen in showing off how much he knew about the subject.
永不要用试题来表现你的才能。试题是来測验学生的能力，不是用来给你大大表现一番你出令人费解难题的大好机会。我曾经有是如此好逞能的一位教授，在我考口试时，他问他自己最有心得的深进难题。但我还在思考时他已自问自答说个不停。其实就是向其他在座的教授表现一下。

(V) When an exam is too difficult, it wipes out the good as well as the bad. The purpose of mass education, like it or not, is not to promote only the geniuses but to give the average student a solid basis from which to grow.
(v) 当试题是太困难的時候, 好学生水货一同受害。教育的目的, 不是只用来培养天才，而是但给大众的学生一个坚实的地基，从此地基生花结果。
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(vi) Encourage discourse and expressing opposite points of view, but stress on the fact that all view points must be supported by facts and/or valid arguments.
(vi) 鼓励發言和题出相反的观点, 但要学生明白不能空口说大话，所有观点必须有事实支持由(并且/或者)有合法的论据.