As most of you know, I’m about a month away from going to China. My general goal is to bring some of beneficial aspects of TJ’s environment to high schools in Beijing. More specifically, I’d like to expand the use of interactive teaching in that part of the world, simultaneously reducing the lecture-and-memorization style of teaching. In addition, I expect to work with high schools that are interested in moving more toward a hands-on, experimental approach to science education.
This is my blog about these upcoming adventures, and I hope to provide text and/or videos periodically (probably once a week, though initially the excitement may compel me to communicate a little more often). As I have for 17 years at TJ, I welcome all non-vitriolic feedback, particularly if it is thoughtful and constructive. Note that I neither read nor respond to anonymous communications; always have the courage to tell me who you are.
I expect the majority of this blog’s readers (assuming there will be any at all) to be former students, and thus I will write it with that context in mind. (Most people my age don’t know how to use a remote control, much less a computer. 🙂 ) That doesn’t mean, of course, that I will write in the style of my former students; that would be going too far.
I will miss TJ very much, but I am very fortunate to have this exciting opportunity in China. I hope this blog will be a vehicle for future communications between us. I think of my former students far more often than you could imagine.
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