V isit to Ele mentar y Sc hools i n An keny Dist ric t, Presented Wen-Chien Chang Io wa byStPeter ate, USA 台北縣 清水國小
張文乾 老師
Canada
USA
Mexico
Iowa State
Iowa: 56271 sq miles Population: 3 million (2007 est.)
Taiwan: 13892 sq miles Population: 23 million
My host family-Kevin’s house
Kevin’s neighbors
Superintendent
Board of education
Executive director
Architect
Aids from Local Bank
Mr. Principal
Welcome Party
Listen to the Chorus and School Band
Crocker Kids with Character
Read out
The signs
Let’s Get Along
Character Counts
Char ater C ounts Pledge
I pledge to be a kid for character. I will be worthy of trust. I will be respectful and responsible. Doing what I must do. I will always act with fairness. I will show that I care. I will be a good citizen. And always do my share.
Thinking Room
Library
The Library in Southeast Elementary School
Computer Classroom
Word Wall in Classroom
Reading Starts at Preschool
Reading Everywhere
Read by Themselves
ESL Class
A Teacher with Two Students
Read and Taste in ESL class
Encourage Students to Read Aloud
Reading Is a Lifelong Adventure
Classification of Reading Books
Good Choices Is up to Me!
“Mystery”
Three Minute Power Think
Introduction to Journalism by a Specialist
National flag
Showing Realia
The Elements of a News Story: 5Ws
The Sorts of News Events
Exchange of Culture
Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan
Welcome to Taiwan
National flag
Character Counts
Math Teaching
Counting with Coins
Role Playing
How to Write a Correct Sentence?
Special Education
The globe
Learning with Free Style
Independent Learning
A Walk in the Desert
Draw and Color
Student’s Works
Art class
Learning by Doing
Where is the elephant from?
Teacher’s Collections
Take a Guess?
“Where Am I from ?”
Is This a Museum?
Character Comes from Following the Rules
Famous People Fair
Famous People Fair
猜猜看 , 他扮演的 是誰 ?
Character Reminding Everywhere
Law-abiding People Hello, I’m Kevin.
Music Class of 5th Grade
Music Class
Music
class of
4th Grade
The Music Classroom
The Music Classroom
Welcome Songs
Angels from Heaven
Listen and Enjoy !
Songs with joy
The Practicing Teacher
AEA 有豐富的 教學 資源可供教 師借 用
包括教 材教 具 各種多 媒體
DVD 和
故事書 、 圖畫書和繪 本等
Iowa Public Television
配合 地 球日 錄製環 保節 目
我們的使命
鱷魚餐 廳
與竹圍 國小王淑 玲老師攝於 University
Drake
Campus of Drake University
A Taste of Spring
National Turn TV Off Week
The average viewing time per-day, per-home is 6 hrs, 47 mins
99% of home in the US have at least 1 TV set
Children spend an average of 4 hrs daily watching TV
Capital Building, Des Moines
Meeting room in Dep. of Education, Iowa
Look at the Pictures on the Wall
Iowa’s Education Tradition Collaboration Department of Education AEAs SAI: School Administrators of Iowa IASB: Iowa Association of School Board ISEA: Iowa State Education Association Higher Education Other Professional Organizations
The stati sti cs are gri m … I’ve heard a variety of statistics from multiple sources about teacher retention…just hearing these latest numbers at an educational summit at ISU last Friday: 11% leave after their 1st year of teaching! 20% leave after their 2nd year! 27% leave after their 3rd year! 36% leave after their 4th year! 46% leave after their 5th year!
So wh y are t hey le avin g?
At a policy makers meeting in Philadelphia in July, the following reasons were shared based from the American Educational Research. 1. The lack of administrative support! 2. The lack of faculty influence…
On e in terpretatio n … Teachers want/need to feel empowered! Remember…teacher working conditions are student learning conditions! The research would also indicate that teachers and administrators view this environment differently! ( Jan Keese 2007)
2008 年 IMD 世界 競爭 力排名 情形 1--------- 美國 2--------- 新加坡 3--------- 香港 15-------- 中國 18-------- 台灣
2006 年世界 各主 要國 家 國際競 爭力 與投 資環境 排 名 瑞士洛 桑國際管理 學院 ( IMD ) 世界經 濟論壇 ( WEF ) 瑞士商 業環境風險 評估公司 ( BERI) 英國經 濟學人資訊 中心 ( EIU )
我國在「 IMD 2008 年世 界競爭力 年報 」近 5 年之 排名 一、經 濟表現 二、政 府效能 三、企 業效能 四、基 礎建設
台灣中 小學生 的國 際 觀
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