During the summer vacation of 20 14, a group of teachers from Taiwan Province Province, under the sponsorship of Sincere Education Foundation, enthusiastically participated in the annual American Flip Classroom Annual Meeting after a flight of more than 24 hours. Before leaving, they were full of expectations for this trip, hoping to bring back the first-hand experience of the United States and give some * * * to the education circle in Taiwan Province.
Zhong Changhong, a teacher from Taichung Glory Middle School, also became the first Chinese world teacher to speak at the annual meeting, pushing the flip education experience of Taiwan Province Province to the world stage completely and richly.
However, three days later, they found that the harvest of this research was not what they had imagined in advance. ......
"Life is a constant battle." In Pittsburgh, which has a time difference of 12 hours with Taiwan Province Province, teachers should use caffeine to boost their spirits during the day, and even talk to the schools in Taiwan Province Province with heavy eyelids at night to deal with students' problems. But the fatigue and jet lag of the journey can't dampen the enthusiasm of the teachers. These "gifted" teachers, who have been teaching in various fields, are willing to learn again and tell the story of Taiwan on the international stage in English that they are not familiar with.
On the classroom and learning platform in Taiwan Province Province, Zhong Changhong, who is always invincible, admits that the language barrier has put him under great psychological pressure. "I am a middle school teacher ..." On the American podium, he showed perseverance and wrote down his speech word for word.
Begemann, the founder of the American flip classroom concept, went to the scene to listen to the voice from Taiwan Province province. Zhong Changhong's seriousness and enthusiasm won applause from the audience, and all the teachers in Taiwan were infected by his courage. "I think he is really the light of Taiwan. Speaking English in front of so many foreigners, he simply came to kick the pavilion, "said Shi Xinyuan, a teacher at Longpu Primary School in New Taipei City with envy.