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Great Educational Experience 师说特辑 | 印象深刻的教学经历

ISA Tianhe 爱莎天河

2022-07-29

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Brett Richard John

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Brett is a very experienced teacher who has been an educator for more than thirty years and a teacher at ISA Tianhe International School since 2018. In his career, he has taught in many countries including long periods in Singapore, Japan and Saudi Arabia. His qualifications include a BA in English, a PGCE in Primary Education (Ages 4-11) and a Masters degree in Educational Leadership.

Brett先生于2018年加入爱莎天河学校。Brett从事教育30余年，是一位拥有丰富教学经验的老师。在加入爱莎大家庭前，他曾在世界各地的国际学校任职，包括日本、新加坡和沙特阿拉伯等国家。Brett在本科阶段获得了英语文学学士学位和英国教师教育证书，专攻4-11岁阶段的教学，并在研究生阶段取得了教育管理硕士学位。

Brett's teaching interests focus on language development and his teaching strategies include the frequent use of poetry, songs, stories and drama. Brett's classroom could certainly be described as a 'language-centred' classroom and he is creative and imaginative in developing an environment in which children can flourish as readers, writers, speakers and listeners.

Brett的课堂专注于发展学生的语言技能，他擅长于运用诗歌、歌曲、故事和戏剧等让课堂更加充实有趣。他还将他的创造性和想象力融入日常的课程中，为学生打造一个 “以语言为导向” 的学习环境，让孩子们能够体验读者、作家、演讲者和听众等不同角色并从中获得成长。

As a teacher, Brett is able to develop an excellent rapport with his students and a classroom atmosphere which supports the students both socially and academically. His teaching approach values effort and he encourages all students to work hard and achieve their full potential.

作为一名教师，Brett能够与学生建立融洽友好的关系，并营造一种能让学生在社会知识和学术知识上获得成长的课堂氛围。他十分重视学生为学习所付出的努力，并鼓励学生努力学习，充分发挥他们的潜力。

For Mr Brett who has over 30 years’ teaching experience, what is the most memorable experience in his education career?

对于拥有多年丰富教学经历的Brett老师来说，令他印象深刻的一次教学经历是什么呢？

The following is described in the first person.

以下以第一人称叙述

Last year, students in year one took on the challenge of rehearsing and performing the musical: 'Jonah Man Jazz'. The subject matter of the musical is the story of a man called Jonah and his efforts to save the people who lived in the city of Nineveh, a very long time ago.

在我的教学生涯中，最让我感动且印象深刻的经历应该是去年，我带领着学校一年级的孩子们第一次排练音乐剧---《Jonah Man Jazz》。这部音乐剧讲述了Jonah的英雄事迹，他竭尽全力克服困难拯救了住在Nineveh市的人民。

CANTATA

The 'Jonah Man Jazz' is a 'Cantata' or musical performance that features recitative spoken songs for a chorus of voices. Although part of the genre that is known as 'Musical Theater', the cantata has no staging, sets or action. Originally developed in Italy during the Baroque period (1600-1750), the cantata tells a story and is a continuous narrative set to music and song.

《Jonah Man Jazz》是一种“康塔塔”清唱剧，以朗诵式的歌曲表演或合唱为特色。尽管康塔塔是“音乐剧”的一部分，但有别于音乐剧的是康塔塔缺乏舞台布景和动作设计。康塔塔这种音乐的艺术形式起源于巴洛克时期（1600-1750）的意大利，是一种以音乐和歌曲为背景的故事叙述形式。

Our performance began with the song: 'Nineveh City' and moved on to tell the entire 'Jonah' story with choral presentations of: 'Listen to me Jonah', 'I need a boat', 'The waves grew high', 'When Jonah sank into the sea' and 'We had a wonderful party'. All of the lyrics were wonderfully 'catchy' and the songs had great melodies. The pace and rhythm of each song in the performance was directed and enhanced by the stylish, jazz piano accompaniment of Mr. Julian, the musical director.

我们的表演以歌曲《Nineveh City》拉开了序幕，接着我们又分别以《Listen to Me Jonah》、《I Need a Boat》、《The Waves Grew High》、《When Jonah Sank into the Sea》和《We Had a Wonderful Party》这六首歌曲的合唱来讲述了关于Jonah完整的故事。所有的歌词都非常朗朗上口且旋律优美。在音乐老师Julian先生的爵士钢琴伴奏下，演出中每首歌曲更是牵动人心。

The choral structure of our 'Jonah Man Jazz' production, allowed all children to be involved from start to finish. It is a great testament to the enthusiasm and focus of our year one students (and their parents) that they were able to learn the words of the six songs by heart and perform each song in such a passionate and expressive way.

《Jonah Man Jazz》音乐剧的合唱形式让所有的孩子从头到尾都能参与其中。他们能够背诵六首歌曲的歌词，并以如此热情和富有表现力的方式表演了每首歌曲，这也充分证明了我们一年级学生对于这种音乐形式的热情和专注以及家长们对于孩子们的学习的关注与帮助。

Jonah Man Jazz

In assessing the benefits of including musical theatre in the school curriculum, I have always believed that great educational experiences must be both memorable and enjoyable for all participants, students and teachers. Moreover, musical theater is a fantastic tool for language development and provides students with a rich supply of vocabulary, ideas and generative contexts that can be utilised in the classroom.

我始终认为，对于所有参与者、学生和教师来说，伟大的教育应是令人难忘且令人愉快的，我想这也是学校将音乐剧融入为学校课程的原因所在。此外，音乐剧更是语言学习的绝佳工具，它可以为学生课堂提供丰富的词汇、思想和语境。

I enjoyed every moment of the 'Jonah Man Jazz' and in the words of the final song: 'Everybody had a whale of a time'!

我喜欢与孩子们的每一个时刻，用表演中最后一首歌的歌词来说：“我们每个人都度过了一段很愉快的时光！”