There Are No Shortcuts

ISBN: 9781400030835

出版社: Anchor

出版年: 2004-5

页数: 224

定价: USD 15.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Year after year, Rafe Esquith’s fifth-grade students excel. They read passionately, far above their grade level; tackle algebra; and stage Shakespeare so professionally that they often wow the great Shakespearen actor himself, Sir Ian McKellen. Yet Esquith teaches at an L.A. innercity school known as the Jungle, where few of his students speak English at home, and many are from poor or troubled families. What’s his winning recipe? A diet of intensive learning mixed with a lot of kindness and fun. His kids attend class from 6:30 A.M. until well after 4:00 P.M., right through most of their vacations. They take field trips to Europe and Yosemite. They play rock and roll. Mediocrity has no place in their classroom. And the results follow them for life, as they go on to colleges such as Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford.

Possessed by a fierce idealism, Esquith works even harder than his students. As an outspoken maverick of public education (his heroes include Huck Finn and Atticus Finch), he admits to significant mistakes and heated fights with administrators and colleagues. We all—teachers, parents, citizens—have much to learn from his candor and uncompromising vision.

作者简介

雷夫·艾思奎斯，美国霍巴特丛林小学教师，毕业于加州大学落杉矶分校，自1981年开始任教。丛林小学位于落杉矶市区，是美国第二大公立学校，有2000多名学生，他们大多来自美国中部的贫穷家庭和一些亚非移民家庭，英语是他们母语以外的第二语言。 雷夫和他的孩子们生活在第56号教室，在这块小天地里，他们创造了令人惊叹的奇迹！

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