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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>Reflections on a reading conference in Hangzhou</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/12/02/reflections-on-a-reading-conference-in-hangzhou/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
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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>New School Year, New School Training</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/09/04/new-school-year-new-school-training/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/09/04/new-school-year-new-school-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Liu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Integrative Rural Education Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RCEF differs from lots of education-focused NGOs in that we primarily offer not material support such as desks, blackboards and the like, but instead provide long-term teacher training. As part of this ongoing effort just before the new semester began we conducted a training at Guan Ai Primary School for the existing and newly incoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Prepared for the Start of School</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/09/04/how-i-prepared-for-the-start-of-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xiaochun Li is a teacher at Guan Ai Primary School. She is in her early 20s and has taught for a few years. Last year she taught second grade math and this year she is teaching first grade. RCEF organized a training for teachers before school started this year. It involved teachers analyzing the curriculum [...]]]></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>
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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>Creative Tests for Creative Students: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/07/22/creative-tests-for-creative-students-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/07/22/creative-tests-for-creative-students-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Integrative Rural Education Program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was written by RCEF Monitoring and Evaluation Summer Intern Shang Xinyuan, a master&#8217;s student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Education. At the end of June before the government’s final exams, RCEF administered special tests aimed at evaluating students’ skills in critical thinking, communications, and creativity. To prepare for traditional tests, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Tests for Creative Students: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/07/19/creative-tests-for-creative-students/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/07/19/creative-tests-for-creative-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Liu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curriculum Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at Guan Ai take exams twice a semester, a mock at half-term and a real one at the end of term. While these exams do a decent job of tracking progress of students, they do have their inadequacies. Much of the content on the exams can be mastered by repeating similar questions ad nauseum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Testing: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/06/07/creative-testing-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/06/07/creative-testing-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Integrative Rural Education Program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous post, I wrote about how RCEF designed special tests in Math, Science, English, Language Arts, and Social Studies for students. Our goal was to measure their skills beyond the textbook. Below are some examples of questions from the Social Studies test. What do you think is the most important of China&#8217;s ancient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Testing: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/06/07/creative-testing-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/06/07/creative-testing-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lam</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ruralchina.org/?p=1574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Historically, education in China has been very exam oriented. In the past, the main goal of many scholars was to pass the imperial exam, which would allow them to become civil servants. Nowadays, schools and teachers have their eyes on the university entrance exams （高考）. This focus on exams starts at first grade, or even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Coach Profile: Ron Sung</title>
		<link>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/02/19/teaching-coach-profile-ron-sung/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/02/19/teaching-coach-profile-ron-sung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Geng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Sung is a full-time Teaching Coach at Guan Ai School. He is from the United States and earned a Bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduation he held a position as a middle school math teacher in Oakland before deciding to join RCEF. He now works with the Science and [...]]]></description>
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