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• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-21
  If we want our kids to be good at valuable skills like critical thinking, they need to know and understand the stuff they are critically thinking about.倘若我们想要培养孩子的批判性思维，他们首先得对所思考的对象有一定的了解。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-20
  Teachers are still everywhere in the classroom, whether during self-directed learning time or in projects,guiding, teaching, and supporting. The difference is, they focus their energy on high-impact, high-value interactions with their students. And students, for their part, don’t become solitary figures disappearing into their laptops. They take what they’ve learned and apply it to the real-world projects they’re working on alongside their team of classmates.你在教室里还是会到处看到老师的身影，无论学生是在进行自主学习还是在做项目，老师都会从旁指导，并提供支持。不一样的地方在于，老师把精力放到了更有影响、更有价值的和学生之间的互动上。另一方面，学生也不再是彼此割裂的存在，不会抱着自己的笔记本在角落里默默无闻，他们会和自己的同学一起，将所学到的东西应用到实践中。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-20
  When a person teaches someone else something, they gain greater mastery.当一个人在教导他人时，其自身的知识与技能水平也会有所提高。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-20
  The student feedback showed us kids felt respected when we gave them the choice of how to learn. We also noticed they started developing unique and personal ways to decide what to learn, when, and how. 学生经常反馈说觉得自己受到了尊重，因为我们把选择权交给了他们，他们可以按照自己喜欢的方式去学习。我们还注意到，在这一过程中，学生会慢慢摸索出最适合自己的学习方法：什么时候学什么，又该如何去学。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-20
  We quickly began to see the benefits of students directing their own learning—both in their development of habits and in their interest in the subject matter. 很快我们就发现让学生自己主导自己的学习大有裨益，不仅能够激发学生对特定科目的兴趣，还有利于培养成功的习惯。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-20
  We discovered that while the kids were responsible for building a common set of knowledge they would all need to effectively engage with the problems and questions in their projects, they went about learning it in very different ways. It turned out, the kids were as curious about how to learn as they were about areas of interest for them.我们发现，当学生为了有效解决项目中的各种问题而需要学习一定的基础知识的时候，他们的学习方式和之前是迥然不同的。事实上，学生对如何学习和对自己感兴趣的领域有同样的好奇心。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-11
  如今的生活中清晰定义好的、简单直接的任务越来越少，你很难再通过简单明了的方式取得胜利或晋级。相反，生活可能一团糟，且复杂多变，无论在任何时候，你都必须能够清楚地了解自己需要什么，你的优势在哪儿，然后付诸行动。孩子不应单纯地去背诵法案是如何变成法律的（如果他们还记得的话），而是要亲身去感知立法的过程并有效地推动他们所关切的问题的进展。他们和我们一样想为自己的人生做好准备。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-11
  当你在现实生活中需要动手保护自己时，你学的那些得分技巧根本毫无用处。换句话说，那些都是花拳绣腿。真实的世界不会容许你站在一张垫子上，面对和你同龄且实力相当的对手，更不会有人在打架时只攻击你身上几个特定的部位。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-11
  每每提及学校，人们往往有一种微妙的心理。只要是上过学的人（无疑是大多数人）对于学校应该是什么样子都抱有偏见和自己的想法。家长也经常愿意拿自己的经历举例：“我现在混得还不错嘛，所以我的孩子也没问题。”就算知道自己曾经的校园生活在某种程度上不尽如人意，家长也会认为那“有助于锻炼品格”。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-11
  为确保孩子们顺利步入成年人的社会，我们必须培养他们的决策力——做明智的选择，而这也是项目式学习的优势之一。标准化考试的初衷是为了检验学生的表现，看他们是否为今后的人生做好了准备，可是这些考试到头来却成了他们为未来做准备的障碍。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-10
  At some point, something clicks and then you see the athletes busting their butts over what is really just a couple of minutes but is suggested to be months and months. Our kids work all of the skills and habits they’ll need when they leave us.运动员们奋勇拼搏，你看到的或许只是几分钟的比赛，而在汗水的背后实际上埋藏着成年累月的训练。学生也同样需要培养自身必备的技能和良好的习惯，为了将来有一天，当他们不得不离开我们时，能够独立自强。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-10
  “There was a lot to learn,” Andrea said, “so we divided up and became experts in different areas. We would bring everything together and then make decisions.”“We all needed to learn from each other to make good decisions,” Andrea said, “so you had to have your area down,you know? So you could teach it to everyone else.”“要学的东西太多了，”安德莉亚说，“所以我们必须分工，然后成为各自领域的专家。最后我们把不同领域的意见结合起来，做出决策。”“我们都需要互相学习，这样才能做出更好的决策，”安德莉亚说，“所以你必须非常了解自己负责的领域，这样你才能把它教给其他人。”
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-10
  Since our goal at Summit is for kids to develop the skills and habits they need to be successful in life, our learning is designed to be focused on the real world every single day. Well-designed projects are the most effective learning approach to achieving this goal, so this is how we’ve organized everyday learning. Projects begin with a problem, question, or challenge that is relevant to the student and his community and life. They end with the student performing a task that directly addresses the problem, answers the question, or meets the challenge. As the student moves toward a solution, he gets timely and actionable feedback, so he improves as he goes. 鉴于萨米特的目标是培养孩子所需的技能和良好的习惯，以期在未来的人生中取得成功，因而我们日常的教学内容设计都是基于现实生活的。精心设计的课题项目是实现这一目标的最有效的途径，也是我们日常采用的教学方式。课题项目首先要提出一个问题或是一种挑战，该问题或挑战必须与学生本...
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-10
  For that matter, the experience and training of the teachers were similar. The big difference was the approach to learning.其实对于老师而言，他们的个人经历和所接受的培训也都大同小异，关键的区别在于他们各自的教学方式。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-10
  Real-world projects lose their impact without the skills of self-direction. The self-directed cycle—a process by which students set a goal, make a plan, implement the plan, and then show what they’ve done—isn’t complete without the ability to reflect, with the guidance of a trusted mentor. Collaboration makes each of these possible, and all of the other chapters make true collaboration possible. Used together, they are like the most up-to-date version of GPS, creating the smoothest passage for students to the ultimate destination of the prepared adult.在基于实践的项目式学习中，如果学生缺乏自主性，就达不到预想中的效果。而在自主学习的过程中——学生们自行设立目标、做规划、按照计划执行，继而将成果展现出来的整个过程——如果学生缺少反思的能力和一个可信赖的导师的指引，那就会是不完整的。而想要达成上述目标，团结协作必不可少；反过来，课题项目实践、自主学习和自我反思又为团队协作提供了机会。把这几项内容牢牢地结合起来，就相当于组装了一台最先进的GPS，为学生们顺利到达最终目的地——成为一个做好准备的成人——指明了道路。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-09
  Why was it so hard to do something that seemed undeniably good? Why would people and institutions try to block us from treating and preparing every kid in the way their parents would want them to be treated and educated? Why was it okay for Kimberly to expect her own kids would go to college, but not other people’s children? I would encounter many more people over the years who shared Kimberly’s mindset and I felt the same confusion every time.为什么想做件显而易见的好事这么难？无论是某些人还是某些机构，为什么要阻止我们公平地对待每一个孩子，给他们同等的教育机会，就像他们家长所期望的那样？金伯利只想让自己的孩子上大学，根本不关心别人的孩子，这难道是对的吗？我后来也遇见过不少有类似想法的人，每一次我都会产生同样的困惑。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-09
  I worked hard to help her understand that the best way to get her kids accepted to selective schools was to help them develop their sense of purpose and to really understand who they were as unique individuals. 我做了很多工作，试图让她理解，想让孩子被好大学录取，最有效的做法就是培养他们的目标感，让他们真正了解作为独一无二的个体的自己。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-09
  I promised all of our students would be equipped with academic skills, and with the real-life skills they would need to be successful and to contribute to society.我承诺，所有学生不光会习得学术知识，还包括实用的生活技能，这是他们未来获得成功、为社会做出贡献所必需的东西。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-09
  We so rarely get to start from a place of wondering what might be possible. As educators, as parents, as human beings, we most often stay within the confines of what is. 开始做一件事时，我们很少能去思考不同的可能性。无论是作为教育者、家长还是个人，我们通常会受限于当下的现实和既定的框架。
• Spark崛起时代

  2020-11-09
  They wanted their kids to get into college, of course, but they also wanted them to have good lives. And school didn’t seem equipped to teach them the necessary skills.当然家长都想让自己的孩子上大学，但这不是最终的目标，他们希望孩子们过上幸福的生活，而学校显然并没有教授他们所需的技能。