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	<title>The RCEF Blog 博客 &#187; Personal Impact</title>
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		<title>Sweet Potato Project</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2010/07/08/sweet-potato-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>孙 会苗</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of this school year, fourth and fifth graders at Guan Ai learned all about sweet potatoes. Past lessons in this year-long unit included explorations into the history and culture of the sweet potato and how it is eaten and used in the village: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]. Principal Sun of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Boy on the Phone</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2010/06/07/the-little-boy-on-the-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>胡 拉贤</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Integrative Rural Education Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Impact]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sara Lam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xiaochao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xiaochao Primary School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egg Selling Experience</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2010/06/07/egg-selling-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>孙 会苗</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integrated practice class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling eggs may just be an ordinary thing in the eyes of villagers but it can be an exciting learning experience for the students from Guan Ai Primary School. Five of our students, Sara Lam and I (Principal Sun) went to the marketplace as an out-of-school educational experience to sell the eggs from the chickens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Exchange with American Librarian</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2010/04/27/reflections-on-exchange-with-american-librarian/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2010/04/27/reflections-on-exchange-with-american-librarian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>胡 拉贤</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Discussions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrative Rural Education Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries and Reading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trinity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a reading conference in Hangzhou</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/12/02/reflections-on-a-reading-conference-in-hangzhou/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/12/02/reflections-on-a-reading-conference-in-hangzhou/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adult Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curriculum Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was written by Xiaochun Li, a first grade teacher at Guan Ai Primary School. She is part of a team of teachers and RCEF staff who work on the library and reading program at the school. 以下的博客是关爱小学的李晓春老师写的。她是学校图书和阅读项目的一名负责人。 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bookmaking Class Reflection</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/09/17/bookmaking-class-reflection/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/09/17/bookmaking-class-reflection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Flagg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Integrative Rural Education Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries and Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[activity class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marco flagg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developing and teaching a bookmaking class at Guan Ai School this past summer was an incredibly rewarding experience for me. I love teaching and took advantage of the summer vacation to develop a ten day activity class at the school. Though I developed the curriculum, most important to the class was my partnership with two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Camp for Children of Rural Migrant Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/09/14/nature-camp-for-children-of-rural-migrant-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/09/14/nature-camp-for-children-of-rural-migrant-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation Grants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Miyun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nongmin Zhizi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peasant's Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shanxi Agricultural University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the mountains of Miyun County outside of Beijing, there is a nature retreat which serves as the base of operations for the Peasant&#8217;s Children Cultural Development Center, a NGO that pioneers nature education in China. Every summer a group of children from the dusty, crowded migrant neighborhoods in Beijing get to go to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musical Experimentation</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/07/31/musical-experimentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adult Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curriculum Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrative Rural Education Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Frankel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Riley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Music class, like art class, is a rarity in rural China. The Guan Ai School students are lucky to have music class once a week. However, with little exception, teaching does not address any music concepts or learning beyond singing. The textbooks are basically &#8220;song books&#8221;. That&#8217;s why we welcomed the chance to have Music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guan Ai Adult English Class</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/05/28/guan-ai-adult-english-class/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/05/28/guan-ai-adult-english-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiel Harell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Discussions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dulangkou]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ESL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the school year, Sara Lam and I have been leading an adult English class every Tuesday and Thursday at Guan Ai Primary. The class was created because teachers at Guan Ai, English and otherwise, expressed interest in improving their English skills. From the beginning, seven teachers, or half of the teaching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4th Anniversary of RCEF: Dispatches from the Field</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/04/29/4th-anniversary-of-rcef-dispatches-from-the-field/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/04/29/4th-anniversary-of-rcef-dispatches-from-the-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years ago today (April 28), RCEF was incorporated as a nonprofit organization! Much has happened since then and the dedicated RCEF staff and volunteers continue to work towards improving rural education in China. Our newsletter and annual reports provide an overview of this work but to give you a more up close and personal [...]]]></description>
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