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根据以下材料,回答题Ihavepersonallycometounderstandthat“empowerment”isnotalessonthatcanbethoughtbywayoftextbooksor lectures, projects or field trips, and not even by wayof principlesandinspirationalteaching.Itmustbetaughtby personal examples.
Whenweaskourstudentswhocomefromdisadvantaged backgrounds, or those, who face a personal lifestylethat is in direct conflict to the principles that we teach,we havetobewillingtoshowthemhowtoovercomer,howtomake the transition from one state of being into the next,how tobeempowered.Wemustmakethelessonofempowermentcome tolife,inareal,up-doseandpersonalway.Andtheonly way this can be done is when we allow ourselves tobecome living examples of what we teach.
PreparatoryschoolforGlobalLeadership(PSCL)isa schoolthatIstartedbecauseIbelievedthatIhadmethod, awayofteachingandlearningthatwouldempowertheurban disadvantaged child. But as I sit back and think aboutit now,PSGLwasaschoolthatIstartedsothatIwouldshowcase empowerment to a group of students (and stuff) whoneeded a real life, example of how to grow beyond one’scurrent circumstance.
When I reflect on my journey of starting the school,I realizethateverystepalongthewaywaspersonallyteaching about empowerment. It is one thing to teach it, but itis another to live it. Unless we experience empowerment ona personallevel,wecannothelpstudentslearnit,circumventobstaclesastheyariseanddevelopandemploythenewskills needed to function to be empowered.
How can we get in the face of a student and push him to a place that is foreign and scary, asking him to become greaterthanhisenvironment?Wecan’t,why?Becausewedo not know what it lacks like, we do not know what itfeels like. Our role as a teacher becomes technical, causingus tomissoutonthespiritoftrulygoodteaching,whereone teaches with relevancy, authenticity and experience.
When I look at the faces of these students, I knowthat myprocessofstartingtheschoolwasforthem.WhenIbecame whatItaught,whenIempoweredmyselfinspaceswherethere was no one there to empower me, when I chose to succeed without excuses, I became a living lesson.
These students saw me and our staff as extensions of the lessons we were trying to teach. Our lives, not by our perfection,butbyoureffort,showedstudentshowtoapply what we taught.
Whichofthefollowingcanberegardedasanecessary condition for teachers to empower their students? A.Having been successful in empowering students.
A.Having been successful in empowering students.
B.Possessing the expertise in the subject they teach.
B.Possessing the expertise in the subject they teach.
C.Having received adequate training on empowerment.
C.Having received adequate training on empowerment.
D.Beingabletointegratepersonalexperiencesintotheir teaching.
D.Beingabletointegratepersonalexperiencesintotheir teaching.
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