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1、EducationHowtomakeagoodteacherWhatmattersinschoolsisteachers.Fortunately,teachingcanbetaughtJun11th2016
2、FromtheprinteditionFORGETsmartuniformsandsmallclasses.Thesecrettostellargradesandthrivingstudentsisteachers.OneAmericanstudyfoundthatinasingleyear’steachingthetop10%ofteachersimpartthreetimesasm
3、uchlearningtotheirpupilsastheworst10%do.Anothersuggeststhat,ifblackpupilsweretaughtbythebestquarterofteachers,thegapbetweentheirachievementandthatofwhitepupilswoulddisappear. Buteffortstoensurethateveryteachercanteacharehobbledbythetenaciousmyththatgoodteachersareborn,notmade.ClassroomheroeslikeRo
4、binWilliamsin“DeadPoetsSociety”orMichellePfeifferin“DangerousMinds”areendowedwithexceptional,innateinspirationalpowers.Governmentpolicies,whichoftenstartfromthesameassumption,seektoraiseteachingstandardsbyattractinghigh-flyinggraduatestojointheprofessionandproddingbadteacherstoleave.Teachers’union
5、s,meanwhile,insistthatifonlytheirmembersweresetfreefromcentraldiktat,excellencewouldfollow.Thepremisethatteachingabilityissomethingyoueitherhaveordon’tismistaken. Anewbreedofteacher-trainersisfoundingarigorousscienceofpedagogy.Theaimistomakeordinaryteachersgreat,justassportscoacheshelpathletesofal
6、labilitiestoimprovetheirpersonalbest(seearticle).Doneright,thiswillrevolutioniseschoolsandchangelives.Quisdocebitipsosdoctores?Educationhasahistoryoflurchingfromonemiraclesolutiontothenext.Thebestofthemevendosomegood.TeachforAmerica,andthedozensoforganisationsithasinspiredinothercountries,havebrou
7、ghtambitious,energeticnewgraduatesintotheprofession.AnddismissingteachersforbadperformancehasboostedresultsinWashington,DC,andelsewhere.Buteachapproachhasitslimits.Teachingisamassprofession:itcannotgraballthetopgraduates,yearafteryear.Whenpoorteachersarefired,newonesareneeded—andtheywillhavebeentr
8、ainedintheverysamesystemthatfailedtomakefineteachersoutoftheirpredecessors.Bycontrast,theideaofimprovingtheaverageteachercouldrevolutionisetheentireprofession.Aroundtheworld,fewteachersarewellenoughpreparedbefore
