This summertime in NCUE
This summertime, we met a group of kids. These kids, the place, and the atmosphere are all different from what we are used to. Let's join us to look back to feel once again this beautiful and unforgettable experience:
Before meeting these kids, we had held several kick-off meetings to get acquainted with our partners and other members, particularly the ones from different schools. This could build a co-operative, united team with a robust relationship with one another, hoping to make a good start for what was awaiting us. Apart from the duty assignment and syllabus design of each school team, we invited a couple of senior teachers with practical experiences to set up their own workshops to give these undergraduate teachers a boost. The purpose of the workshop was to help these young minds not only make their syllabus more diverse but to train them to have more patience with these kids. We hoped that each member in this project could together create an unforgettable memory with their students, and experience in person what it meant by teaching and learning at the same time. Not to mention that the clock was ticking, every one of us could feel the burden of this brand-new challenge than ever. Yet, we simply focus on the present - meetings with each team and their schools so as to reach a consensus on everything, as well as to have a clear goal and a mutual understanding of the background information of these students in addition to details that require our extra attention. The on-site inspection a few weeks after marked another highlight in this project because it reminded us, "the show will begin shortly, please take your seats and be ready!"
Even though we spent a long time preparing ourselves for what was coming, the feeling of anxiety never went away. We were worried about un-expectations and surprises or about students too unenthusiastic, or losing their learning motivations, to have an open conversation with us. The truth? A jaw-dropping experience. One by one, we went to school and stood in front of these kids. Interacting with them broke our untrue imagination and, in return, we got enlightened by them.
These kids showed their undergraduate teachers with respect and a warm welcome, entirely disregarding their teachers still as a college student. Even when the lecture came to the theory section, making them too sleepy to stay energetic, these kids remained in the classroom and finished the assigned worksheets along with in-class activities. After the class was another surprise. These kids were, in fact, active talkers. Sometimes they shared their daily lives or a random idea, any interesting events with their classmates, or even their future aspects, etc. This signified recognition of our hard work and trust; this represented these kids were willing to open up and close the distance between them and us as well.
On top of it, we were utterly impressed when we stayed in the Taichung Municipal Shan-Shuei Primary and Junior High School. This is an all-boys school, an intermediator for dropout youths, but fear was not a barrier to stop us but a spice to understand, care for, and assist them. Hopefully, they could feel our eagerness and, hence, believe in us.
In this all-boys school, we met a boy with a big smile on his face. He was a serious student who frequently raised his hands to interact with teachers and to ask questions in the class. Because of his active presence plus his performance in the DISC personality test and one-on-one tutoring, we had more chances to observe him. It turned out that this student had a problem of summarizing key points when it came to reading and learning, but his competence in logic, learning new theories, connecting what he had learned with his experiences was extraordinary. We later suggested this student try a method called "Speed Preview". Combining this method with his strengths would allow him to do a preview before class, highlight anything confusing, and gradually form a habit of seeking a thorough comprehension of each lecture. Over time, it had had a positive impact on his learning; this student did find his strengths and the result had elevated his confidence as well. The next step is to encourage him to step out of his comfort zone so that he can try something more interesting.
We think that the puzzlement and insecurity of these kids in remote areas are the product of insufficient resources and a subpar learning environment; their families or financial status might be other determinants. We were even worried about where their futures were. Even though we went there only for a week, a short one, we firmly believe in these kids. They can have hope and opportunities just like us because we had seen that they were willing to study hard, to act, and to share their study results and dreams with us. Even though we are older than these kids and we are their teachers, each one of us does hold our own unique dreams: a self-expectation and a chance to change ourselves.
In the end, what we want from this project is not a row of A+ or brilliant achievements in teaching these kids but help them to find the right track back thus to take the wheel of their lives. We hope that they know how to go on with their own lives, as well as how to overcome their endless challenges before them.
So do we. With today's challenge already passed, the unknown still awaits us. Hopefully, the spirit persists over time. It is also our fervent hope that we could hold these kids' hands to proceed together and march! Pass down common good and prove our worth.
Before meeting these kids, we had held several kick-off meetings to get acquainted with our partners and other members, particularly the ones from different schools. This could build a co-operative, united team with a robust relationship with one another, hoping to make a good start for what was awaiting us. Apart from the duty assignment and syllabus design of each school team, we invited a couple of senior teachers with practical experiences to set up their own workshops to give these undergraduate teachers a boost. The purpose of the workshop was to help these young minds not only make their syllabus more diverse but to train them to have more patience with these kids. We hoped that each member in this project could together create an unforgettable memory with their students, and experience in person what it meant by teaching and learning at the same time. Not to mention that the clock was ticking, every one of us could feel the burden of this brand-new challenge than ever. Yet, we simply focus on the present - meetings with each team and their schools so as to reach a consensus on everything, as well as to have a clear goal and a mutual understanding of the background information of these students in addition to details that require our extra attention. The on-site inspection a few weeks after marked another highlight in this project because it reminded us, "the show will begin shortly, please take your seats and be ready!"
Even though we spent a long time preparing ourselves for what was coming, the feeling of anxiety never went away. We were worried about un-expectations and surprises or about students too unenthusiastic, or losing their learning motivations, to have an open conversation with us. The truth? A jaw-dropping experience. One by one, we went to school and stood in front of these kids. Interacting with them broke our untrue imagination and, in return, we got enlightened by them.
These kids showed their undergraduate teachers with respect and a warm welcome, entirely disregarding their teachers still as a college student. Even when the lecture came to the theory section, making them too sleepy to stay energetic, these kids remained in the classroom and finished the assigned worksheets along with in-class activities. After the class was another surprise. These kids were, in fact, active talkers. Sometimes they shared their daily lives or a random idea, any interesting events with their classmates, or even their future aspects, etc. This signified recognition of our hard work and trust; this represented these kids were willing to open up and close the distance between them and us as well.
On top of it, we were utterly impressed when we stayed in the Taichung Municipal Shan-Shuei Primary and Junior High School. This is an all-boys school, an intermediator for dropout youths, but fear was not a barrier to stop us but a spice to understand, care for, and assist them. Hopefully, they could feel our eagerness and, hence, believe in us.
In this all-boys school, we met a boy with a big smile on his face. He was a serious student who frequently raised his hands to interact with teachers and to ask questions in the class. Because of his active presence plus his performance in the DISC personality test and one-on-one tutoring, we had more chances to observe him. It turned out that this student had a problem of summarizing key points when it came to reading and learning, but his competence in logic, learning new theories, connecting what he had learned with his experiences was extraordinary. We later suggested this student try a method called "Speed Preview". Combining this method with his strengths would allow him to do a preview before class, highlight anything confusing, and gradually form a habit of seeking a thorough comprehension of each lecture. Over time, it had had a positive impact on his learning; this student did find his strengths and the result had elevated his confidence as well. The next step is to encourage him to step out of his comfort zone so that he can try something more interesting.
We think that the puzzlement and insecurity of these kids in remote areas are the product of insufficient resources and a subpar learning environment; their families or financial status might be other determinants. We were even worried about where their futures were. Even though we went there only for a week, a short one, we firmly believe in these kids. They can have hope and opportunities just like us because we had seen that they were willing to study hard, to act, and to share their study results and dreams with us. Even though we are older than these kids and we are their teachers, each one of us does hold our own unique dreams: a self-expectation and a chance to change ourselves.
In the end, what we want from this project is not a row of A+ or brilliant achievements in teaching these kids but help them to find the right track back thus to take the wheel of their lives. We hope that they know how to go on with their own lives, as well as how to overcome their endless challenges before them.
So do we. With today's challenge already passed, the unknown still awaits us. Hopefully, the spirit persists over time. It is also our fervent hope that we could hold these kids' hands to proceed together and march! Pass down common good and prove our worth.
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University characteristic Startup Stage Project
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Changhua County
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National Changhua University of Education
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Event Period
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