Keywords: 1: equality and encouragement
When Clark came to the first interview school, he found a boy standing in the trash can in the corridor. He didn't take it for granted or turn a blind eye like other teachers, but took the initiative to greet and shake hands with the children, which showed me the equal relationship between teachers and students, which seems to be rare in China. When Clark learned why the child was punished (the teacher said: you can't learn, just stay with the trash can. ), began to introduce myself and lied that he was forgetful. After a long speech, he asked the child "What's my name". After the child answered, Clark immediately encouraged "now you have learned a new knowledge", which made the child full of expectations for such a teacher. Expectation is the driving force for success.
Keyword 2: Challenge
As teachers, most of them hope that the overall level of the classes they take over is higher, so that they can get started easily, teach grades easily and feel relaxed. But there are some people who want to challenge this question, and Clark is one of them. When the headmaster of Harlem Central Primary School introduced the overall situation of the school, Clark's goal in mind was to teach the worst class in new york school district, because he believed that every child could be changed.
Keyword 3: Home Visit
If you want to change a person, you must first understand this person. Clark understood this truth, so he took over the class and the first thing he did was to visit his family. During the home visit, Clark may encounter some problems that we will encounter: single-parent families, young "little nannies", violent families and so on. In the second half of the film, we can see that Clark sends help and warmth to these children according to different situations, so that children can feel that the teacher really loves them, and actions are easier for children to accept than preaching.
Keyword 4: class rules
Without rules, there would be no Fiona Fang. In Clark's eyes, the education of children should not only focus on grades, but also on cultivating children's good habits and upbringing. Therefore, in the first class, Clark put forward three "family-oriented" class rules: 1, we are a family. We should respect each other. We must queue out of the classroom and enter the dining room. These three points may be easy for other classes to achieve their goals, but they are more difficult for this class. Therefore, after the establishment of the class rules, we can see that Clark is very good at grasping the typical figures (influential) in the class for collective education and gradually increasing the class rules. This is quite practical for us.
Keyword 5: Method
"Schools live by scores. If you can get the score, you can stay, otherwise you will leave. " This is the headmaster's advice to Clark. For the children's grades, he can be described as painstaking: in order to make the children listen carefully in class, he bet with the children that if the whole class listened carefully 15 seconds, he would drink a box of chocolate milk; He asked the children to teach him to learn double jump (although the principal said it was outrageous, he still happily persisted until he succeeded). ), if successful, then the child should learn something from him; In order to let the children remember the boring historical knowledge, he compiled the knowledge into rap songs, which attracted everyone's attention ... In his bit by bit efforts, the children slowly changed and created a miracle in the national unified examination.
I haven't tasted this film carefully. Maybe there are more keywords that can be applied to Clark. In the process of watching, I also read some comments from the audience. What I write most is that I hope to have such a teacher around me, which also puts forward requirements for us!
After watching this movie, I admire Calaque: admire his courage to challenge difficult problems; Admire his resourcefulness; I admire his professionalism (recording 4 hours a day to give lessons to children when he is sick) and admire him for always putting children first. Perhaps it is because he is ron clarke, a legendary teacher who created miracles that he deserves to be worshipped by so many people and received by the Clintons three times. If we read "Excellence is taught" carefully, maybe we will gain more.