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1、WhatMakesAGoodTeacher?-----ImpressionsofBeingthebestteacherIhavebeenteachingfor12years.Duringthattime,IhaveworkedinLuochengNo1MiddleSchool.MyyoungeststudentsarethestudentsinGrade1ofthisschool,myoldeststudentsare15yearsoldandtheywillgraduatefromourschool,Iliketoteachthemtolearnhowtoread.I'veta
2、ughthonorsstudentsinClass8,andsomehappyoneinClass11.Theexperienceofmylifehasenrichedmyteachinglife,butleftmewithoutaluxurysomeofmyenjoy-thesense,asIwalkintoanewclass,foranewterm,thatIknowwhatmystudentswillneed,andhowbesttoshareitwiththem.ThisisnottosaythatI'vebeentossedblindintotheclassroom.I
3、nmostcases,I'vehadenoughpreptimetogatherwhatseemlikeappropriatematerials,andfindoutsomethingaboutthestudentsI'llbeworkingwith.WhatIhavenothadisthecriticalmassofsamenessthataccruestotheteacherwhostaysinthesamesetting,atthesamelevel,formanyyearsinarow.Icannotassumethatwhatworkedlastsemesterwill
4、workthistime.Asaresultofmyever-changingcontext,I'vespentalotoftimethinkingaboutthecraftandpracticeofteaching,asseparatefromcoursecontent,ageofstudents,sizeofclass,orinstitutionalsetting.EverywhereIgo,Imeetexemplaryteachers,andI'vebeeninterestedinfiguringoutwhatmakesthemsogood.WhatI'vediscover
5、edistheinherentsamenessofgoodteachers,regardlessofthesubstantialdifferencesbetweenthemintermsofstyle,personality,goals,andpatternofinteractionwithstudents.Iwouldgosofarastosaythatgoodteachers,inallsettingsandatalllevels,havemoreincommonwitheachotherthananyofthemmayhavewiththeirclassmatesincom
6、parablepositions.Iknowweareallworkinghard,inordertounderstandtheboldstatementabove,trythefollowingexercise.Sitback,closeyoureyes,andbringtomindthethreebestteachersyoueverhad.Trytorememberwhattheywerelike-howtheylooked,talkedandacted,whattheirclassroomswerelike,howtheymadeyoufeelastheirstudent
7、.Whenyou'resatisfiedthatyou'vegottenagoodpictureofwhothesepeoplewere,openyoureyes,andconsiderthewordsofeducatorandphilosopherParkerPalmer:Ithinkthatgoodteachingisn'tabouttechnique.I'veaskedstudentsaroundtheclasstodescribetheirgoodteacherstome