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  • 適異教育

    Posted on December 9th, 2009 admin No comments

    最理想教育當然是令學生學會學習,充滿求知慾。但現實是學生學會考試,只視書本學問為邁向成功的工具。難怪香港學生雖然在某些國際測試中表現出色,但在主動學習、自學能力及創意方面,仍待改進。

    香港教育當然有成功的一面,但也有著值得我們深思的地方。就以學習差異為例,每一位老師都了解課堂中存在差異,但在香港,有一個根深柢固的概念,就是照顧差異就是照顧較弱的一羣,要麼教少一些,要麼教慢一些;但進度不能不趕,惟有補課再補課,練習再加補充練習;『統測』前先有『預測』,『統測』後可以『補測』。結果當然是悶透了課堂中較資優的一羣,嚇壞了較弱的一羣,累壞了中間的一羣。

    但照顧學生的差異,其實還有不同的取向 ─ 教「深入」一些,教「濶」一些又如何呢?資深資優教育専家Dr. Sandra N. Kaplan 認為適異課程既可以挑戰能力高的學生,也能發展一般學生的潛能。

    1. 你可以參閱香港資優教育學院的《匯賢資訊INSPIRE》創刊號中 Dr. Kaplan的文章,看看你是否認同她的見解。
    http://hkage.org.hk/en/download/Teacher/Newsletter/Inspire-1_Final.pdf

    2. Dr. Kaplan照顧學生差異的方法,有甚麼值得香港的教育文化借鏡?

    歡迎你與我們分享你的意見和看法。

    「優識室」室長啟

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  • Twice Exceptionality

    Posted on September 30th, 2009 admin No comments

    Twice Exceptionality

    Catering for gifted students is a challenge for any teacher, particularly when they are teaching a class of students with a wide range of ability. An even greater challenge is meeting the demands of twice-exceptional students, who are both gifted and have learning difficulties. Few teachers are adequately prepared either to recognize cases of twice-exceptionality when they occur, or to take them into account in terms of their teaching technique once they do.

    The article “Gifted Children with Difficulties” (Click to view)on the HKAGE website in the Teacher’s Zone, addresses the ways in which twice-exceptionalities can present themselves. Three main manifestations have been identified: The first is where the high abilities of a gifted student have been recognized, but their learning difficulties have gone unnoticed. The second category includes those whose gifted abilities have gone unrecognized, but their learning difficulties identified. The third and final group consists of those students for whom no identification has taken place for either their gifted abilities or their learning difficulties.

    We invite you to read the article and discover more about this phenomenon for yourself. If any of it strikes you as being familiar, or allows you to identify a student who falls into any of the three categories described above, please write to us or comment on this blog and share your case. If you’ve encountered cases of twice-exceptionality in the past, we’d be very interested to learn from your experience dealing with these students.

    What is your view?
    Twice exceptional students’ learning difficulties do not receive sufficient attention because the ‘happy little genius’ model is still a common misconception of ‘giftedness’, even among the majority of our teachers.

    We appreciate your views on twice-exceptionality and experiences working with such a child.

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  • 劉翔值千萬,海平價更高

    Posted on June 16th, 2009 admin 6 comments
    內地人常流傳這種說法:「身價數千萬的劉翔已成國寶,但更多人篤信海平價更高。」怎麼可能?

    孫海平曾如此回憶:
    「我時常回想起自己做跨欄運動員時的情景,那時我的訓練次數比現在的劉翔多幾十倍不止。我的一天從早上六點開始,到晚上十點鐘熄燈之前,每天訓練四次,共九小時。從週一到週六,天天如此,別人回家休息,我還要在週日上午加練。一天跑下來,能夠超過一百次。“要做,就要做最好的。
    結果呢?從七一年到七八年的七年,海平的成績始終停滯不前。他幾乎忘記了曾有的最好成績,“好像是十四秒七五,華東地區第三名。當時的水準要是放到現在,至少被劉翔慢三個欄。”他笑著說」 (抄錄自《中國網》)

    這樣平凡的海平,沒有傑出的運動成績,更非世界飛人,怎可能被吹捧說比劉翔更有價值?我相信看重海平的人並非拿他的田徑才能去量度,海平被看重的是他為人師表的心意,因為他的費心,方能造就今天的世界飛人劉翔。

    「當孫教練看中劉翔跑步的節奏感和踝關節力量先天出色,識別到這小子的資優特質時,其他人却不以為然,但孫教練相信自己的眼光亦相信劉翔的能力,為了劉翔,他當著基地領導的面簽下了一份風險責任書,拍胸脯說道:“這是棵好苗子,不練就真的可惜了,我保証他能練到全國冠軍。”結果不容置疑。

    而為劉翔設計專門的練習方案並不易,孫教練曾提到古巴小子羅伯斯的跳躍能力和法國人杜庫雷的綜合身體素質很讓他羨慕,他不止一次提到“之所以他們是最強勁的對手,是因為他們的身體素質決定了他們的上升空間還很大,一旦突破了技術瓶頸,兩人將爆發出無限潛能”。這種情況下,他設計專門的訓練方案,讓劉翔在身體素質方面盡可能追趕歐美選手,更多時候,他始終在思考如何讓黃種人發揮出自己的優勢。皇天不負有心人,終於他得出了結論,“我們的優勢在於,身體的平衡和節奏感的把握,這就是我們超越歐美人的最佳突破口。”這種突破為中國在世界徑賽上留下輝煌的一頁。」(抄錄自《新浪網》體育版)

    親愛的老師,如果你能善用你的才能去加以啟發你的資優學生,令他更上一層樓,恭喜你;但老師,如果對象是一些才能與你不符的資優生,有否想過如孫海平般,作為一個跨欄徑賽非資優生,盡心盡力去培訓出一個跨欄徑賽資優生!

    回應:

    1.你有類似想法或經驗嗎?歡迎你們對以上內容作出回應。

    2.老師大都關注資優孩子學科上的培養,忽略他們在情緒方面的需要,你的想法如何

    3.作為老師,可以如何為資優生出一分力嗎?

     

     

     

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