Bill Gates is an outstanding man of the hour. He gave many speeches at TED. The following is an article I compiled by YJBYS. Teachers need real teaching feedback? I want to share my speech with you. I hope you like it.

TED talk by Bill Gates

Teachers need real feedback.

Teachers need real teaching feedback.

Everyone needs a coach.

Whether you are a basketball player, tennis player, gymnast or bridge player.

(Laughter)

Everyone needs a coach.

Whether you are a basketball player, tennis player, gymnast or bridge player.

(Laughter)

Sharon Osberg, my bridge coach, said that she has more photos of the back of her head than anyone else in the world.

I'm sorry, Sharon.

Here you are.

Sharon Osberg, my bridge coach, said that there are more photos of her head than anyone else in the world.

Sorry, Sharon.

This should do.

We all need people who can give us feedback.

This is how we improve.

Unfortunately, there is a group of people who get little systematic feedback to help them finish their work better, and their work is one of the most important jobs in the world.

I'm talking about the teacher.

Melinda and I were shocked when we learned that most teachers got so little useful feedback.

Until recently, more than 98% of teachers received only one word feedback: satisfaction.

If my bridge coach only tells me "satisfactory", I have no hope of becoming better.

How do I know who is the best? How do I know what I did differently? Nowadays, school districts are improving the way they evaluate teachers, but we still give them almost no feedback, which actually helps them improve their practice.

Our teachers deserve better treatment.

Our system today is unfair to them.

This is unfair to students and puts America's global leadership in jeopardy.

So today I want to talk about how we can help all teachers get the improvement tools they want and deserve.

We all need people who can give us feedback.

This is the way we constantly develop ourselves.

Unfortunately, there is a group of people who can hardly get systematic feedback to improve their work efficiency, and this group of people is engaged in one of the most important occupations in the world.

I mean the teacher.

Melinda and I were shocked when we learned that most teachers received so little useful feedback.

Until recently, more than 98% of teachers received only one word: satisfaction.

What if my bridge coach only tells me my performance? Are you satisfied? I will never be better.

How do I know who is the best? How do I know what I do is different from others? Now every campus is improving the way of evaluating teachers, but we still seldom give them feedback that can improve their work level.

Our teachers deserve better treatment.

The system we use today is unfair to them.

This system is also unfair to students, and it puts America's global leadership in trouble.

So today I want to talk about how we can help all teachers get what they want, and it is also worth upgrading their tools.

Ask who is doing well first.

Unfortunately, there is no international ranking table with teacher feedback system.

So I observed those countries where students have done well academically and what they have done to help teachers improve their level.

Consider the ranking of reading ability.

America is not the first.

We're not even in the front 10.

We are tied with Iceland and Poland 15.

Now, of all the places that do better than the United States,

In reading, how many of them have a formal system to help teachers improve? 1 1 in 14.

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We tied for 15 in reading, but we ranked 23rd in science and 3rd in mathematics1st.

So there is only one area where we are close to the top, and that is not providing our teachers with the help they need to develop their skills.

Ask who did it better first.

Unfortunately, there is no international standard for evaluating teachers.

So I observed countries where students have excellent academic performance, and then I saw what they were doing to help their teachers improve their teaching level.

Let's look at the ranking of reading level.

America is not the first.

We didn't even make the top ten.

We are tied with Iceland and Poland 15.

Where reading is better than in the United States, how many formal processes can help teachers improve themselves? 1 1.

In reading, the United States tied for 15, but in science and mathematics, we ranked 23rd and 3 1 respectively.

So we only rank high in one aspect, that is, we can't provide teachers with the help they need to develop themselves.

Let's look at the best academic performance: China.

Now, they rank first in reading, mathematics and science. One of the keys to Shanghai's incredible success is the way they help teachers make continuous progress.

They ensure that young teachers have the opportunity to observe the work of master teachers.

They have weekly study groups where teachers get together to discuss what is working.

They even asked each teacher to observe and give feedback to their colleagues.

Let's take a look at the area with the best academic performance: China and Shanghai.

They rank first in reading, mathematics and science, and one of the keys to Shanghai's amazing success lies in the way they help teachers develop themselves.

They ensure that young teachers have the opportunity to see senior teachers teach.

They have a study meeting every week, and teachers get together to discuss which teaching method is more useful.

They even ask each teacher to observe his colleagues and give them feedback.

You may ask, why is such a system so important? This is because there are too many changes in the teaching profession.

Some teachers are more efficient than others.

In fact, teachers all over the country are helping their students achieve extraordinary achievements.

If today's ordinary teachers can become as excellent as those teachers, our students will impress the rest of the world.

So we need a system to help all our teachers become the best teachers.

Maybe you will ask, why is such a system so important? This is because there are too many differences in the profession of teachers.

Some teachers are much more efficient than others.

In fact, there are some teachers all over the country who are helping their students make unimaginable progress.

If ordinary teachers today can be as good as those teachers, our students can dominate the world.

Therefore, we need a system that can make every teacher as good as the best teacher.

What will this system look like? In order to find the answer, our foundation has cooperated with 3000 teachers all over the country on a project called "Effective Teaching Measures".

We let observers watch teachers' videos in the classroom and evaluate their performance in a series of exercises.

For example, did they ask the students challenging questions? Have they found many ways to explain an idea? We also ask students to fill out questionnaires. The question is, "Does your teacher know when the students understand a lesson?" "Have you learned to correct your mistakes?"

What would such a system look like? In order to find out this matter, our foundation cooperated with more than 3000 teachers in various campuses across the country to carry out a project called? Effective educational methods? (MET) project.

We send observers to watch the videos of teachers in teaching and evaluate a series of things they have done.

For example, did they ask the students challenging questions? Have they found many ways to explain a concept? We also ask students to do some things, including? Your teacher knows that the whole class has understood a lesson. Have you learned to correct it? Questionnaires and other issues.

Our discovery is very exciting.

First of all, teachers who do well in these observations have better students' grades.

So it tells us that we are asking the right questions.

Secondly, the teachers in the project told us that these videos and students' surveys are very useful diagnostic tools, because they pointed out the specific areas where they can improve.

I want to show you what this video component of MET actually looks like.

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The result surprised us very much.

First of all, teachers who perform well in these evaluations teach students better.

This shows that the question we asked is correct.

Secondly, the teachers who participated in this project told us that these videos and questionnaires sent to students are very useful diagnostic tools, because they pointed out the specific links that teachers can improve.

I want you to see what the video part in MET looks like.

(Video) Sarah Brown Westling: Good morning, everyone.

Let's talk about what happened today.

First, we're going to have a peer review day, okay? Today is peer review day, and our goal is to let you know whether there are any actions that need to be proved in your papers before the end of this class.

(Video) Sarah Brown Westling: Good morning, everyone.

Let's talk about what to do today.

First of all, today will be a? Peer review day? .

This? Peer review day? The purpose is to let everyone judge whether their composition can stand scrutiny before class.

My name is Sarah Brown Westling.

I am an English teacher at Johnston High School in Johnston, Iowa.

I am an English teacher at Johnston High School in Johnston, Iowa.

Turn to the person next to you.

Tell them what you think I mean by proof.

I've already talked about-

Ask people around you for help.

Tell them what you think I said. Stand up to scrutiny? I mean when?

I once said-

In my opinion, for teachers, there is a difference between how we view the abstract concept of our practice and the concrete reality of our practice.

I think for teachers, our abstract views on our performance are different from the actual situation.

Ok, so I hope you can take out your documents.

Ok, please take out your test papers.

I think the video provides us with a certain degree of truth.

You can't really question what you see in the video. You can learn a lot from the video. When we really see this, we can grow as a career in many ways.

I only have a flip camera and a small tripod and invest in this small wide-angle lens.

I put it at the back of the classroom when the class started.

This is not a perfect shot.

It doesn't capture every little thing that is happening.

But I can hear voices.

I can see a lot.

I can learn a lot from it.

So in my thinking, it is really a simple and powerful tool.

I think the video shows us some degree of reality.

You can't help but agree with what you saw in the video. You can learn a lot from it. When we saw it, we saw that there are many ways to improve our professional level by going up a flight of stairs.

I only have this light camera and this small tripod, and I also spent a little money on this miniature wide-angle lens.

At the beginning of class, I put my camera at the back of the classroom.

The perspective is not perfect.

It can't capture everything that happens.

But I can hear voices.

I can see a lot.

I can learn a lot from it.

Therefore, it has become a simple and powerful tool for self-reflection.

Ok, let's look at the long one first, shall we?

Ok, let's look at the longer paragraph first, shall we

Once I have finished recording, I will put it in my computer, and then I will scan it and have a look.

If I don't write things down, I won't remember them.

Once it's finished, I'll put it in the computer, scan it and have a look.

If I don't write things down, I can't remember them.

So taking notes is part of my thinking process, and I find what I see when I write.

I really use it for my personal growth, my personal reflection on teaching strategies, teaching methods and classroom management, and all the different aspects of the classroom.

So taking notes is also part of my thinking process. When I take notes, I find what I am looking at.

I use it for my personal growth and personal reflection on teaching methods, teaching principles, classroom management and other aspects related to the classroom.

I am glad that we have actually finished this process before, so we can compare what is effective and what is not.

I am glad that we have done similar things before, so we can get a better result by comparison.

I think this video reveals our nature as teachers in a way that helps us learn and understand, and then helps our wider community understand what this complicated work is all about.

I think this is an example of what we can't convey in the teaching plan, what we can't convey in the standard, and even what we can't convey in the pedagogy books sometimes.

I think the video reveals many ways and means to help our teachers learn and understand fundamentally, and also helps the society understand what this complicated work is.

I think this shows something that we can't express with a lesson plan, a standard, or even an pedagogy book.

All right, everybody, have a nice weekend.

See you later.

All right, everybody, have a nice weekend.

See you next time.

[Every classroom looks like this]

[Every classroom can do that]

(Applause) (Applause)

Bill Gates: One day, we hope every classroom in America will be like this.

But we still have more work to do.

What the diagnosis teacher needs to improve is only half the battle.

We must also provide them with the tools they need to act on the diagnosis.

If you know that you need to improve the way you teach fractions, you should be able to watch a video of the best person who teaches fractions in the world.

Bill Gates: We hope that one day classrooms all over America will be like this.

But we still have a lot to do.

Finding out what teachers need to improve is only half the battle.

We also need to provide them with tools so that they can take measures according to the diagnosis results.

If you know how to improve your grades, you should be able to watch a video of the best person in the world teaching your grades.

Therefore, it is not easy to establish a complete teacher feedback and improvement system.

For example, I know that some teachers will not immediately accept the idea of having cameras in the classroom.

This is understandable, but our experience in MET shows that if teachers manage this process, if they collect videos in their own classrooms and choose the courses they want to submit, many of them will be eager to participate.

Therefore, it is not easy to establish a complete system that can give teachers feedback information and self-development means.

For example, I know some teachers don't like to put a camera in the classroom.

This is understandable, but our experience in MET shows that if teachers can tolerate this process, if they record videos in class and then choose the videos they want to submit, many teachers will actively participate.

The establishment of this system also requires considerable investment.

Our foundation estimates that it will cost as much as $5 billion.

This is a large number, but objectively speaking, it is less than 2% of our annual teacher salary.

Building such a system also requires a lot of investment.

Our foundation is estimated to cost 5 billion dollars.

This is a huge number, but if we look at it from another angle, it is less than 2% of our annual salary to teachers.

This will have a great impact on teachers.

We will eventually have a way to give them feedback and the means to take action.

The influence of such a system on teachers is immeasurable.

We will eventually have a way to give them feedback and let them take corresponding actions.

But this system has more important benefits for our country.

This will enable us to embark on a road to ensure that all our students can get a good education, find a full and beneficial career and have the opportunity to realize their dreams.

This will not only make us a more successful country.

This will also make us a fairer and more just organization.

But such a system will be more beneficial to our country.

It will lead us to a road that will ensure that our students can receive a good education, find a well-paid and satisfactory career, and give them the opportunity to realize their dreams.

This will not only make our country more successful.

This will also make our country more full of fairness and justice.

I am glad to have the opportunity to give all our teachers the support they want and deserve.

I hope you are too.

I am very happy to give teachers the support they want and deserve.

I hope everyone does, too.

Thank you.

Thank you.