“Don’t be sad, teacher”
This summer when the staff came together to reflect on the year, every person discussed the feelings they had from their educational experimentation. The one thing that was most comforting was that our reading project has already begun to bear fruit. Ms. Wang Yanzhen, a first grade teacher in our program, dotes on reading and [...]
The Little Boy on the Phone
Teachers should provide students with opportunities to complete tasks independently so that they build self confidence. Students will be more active and take the initiative more frequently when they receive attention and appropriate encouragement from the teacher. Their confidence accumulates gradually. Around noon on May 20t, we observed an Integrated Practice Class at Xiaochao Primary [...]
Reflections on Exchange with American Librarian
On April 7th, RCEF was fortunate to invite 26 teachers, students, and parents from Trinity School in Menlo Park, California to the city of Yongji to visit Guan Ai School and Xiaochao School. The experience that made the deepest impression on me was my discussion with Librarian Becky Zeren. From that conversation I gathered some [...]
