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认识新高一教师（系列三）| Ms. Jodi Crandlemire：寓教于乐激励成长

深圳南山中加学校SCCSC

2022-05-24

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Jodi Crandlemire

寓教于乐激励成长

加方戏剧艺术课程教师，社团指导教师，毕业于加拿大New Brunswick大学，主修教育专业，已在深圳（南山）中加学校任教9年。

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你如何将学科教学与学生学习的美好体验联系在一起的？

在戏剧艺术这门课程中，我设计了很多课堂游戏活动，以此来培养学生的团队合作能力。学生们在合作中学会互相信任和支持，并在这样安全的环境中培养自信。比如学生们需要在同学面前扮演各种角色，在这个过程中，他们不仅互相娱乐，同时也享受着学习的乐趣。

在中加，你在学生身上感受到最与众不同特质的是什么？

我享受在深圳中加工作的原因之一是这里的学生懂得尊重他人，有学习英语语言的动力，而且愿意尝试新事物。

在你的课堂上，你通常采用什么方式激励学生学习？

中加学校的学生以进入海外高等院校为高中阶段的学习目标，作为教师，我相信我们不仅要积极关注自我提升，也要需要鼓励学生培养对学习的热忱，并激发他们对终身学习的渴望。在我的课堂上，我鼓励学生通过一系列游戏活动来学习，培养他们的自发性、创造力和团队合作精神，鼓励他们使用各种语言包括肢体语言来帮助他们塑造角色；同时，积极培养学生在SEL领域通过体验式学习来提升自我领导力。

对于所任教的学科，你有哪些好的学习建议分享给学生？

对于想要在戏剧艺术课程中取得好成绩的学生，我想给他们的最好建议就是要自信，要相信自己。如果我们能接受真实的自己，我们就能征服世界。

Jodi是一位非常有亲和力的老师，今年是她教师生涯的第25年，她很享受这个职业带来乐趣，尤其是在南山中加任教的这9年，极大地提升了作为教师的职业素养。最近，她在牛津大学赛德商学院学习了一门有关商业领导力的短期课程，以进一步提升职业能力，这门课程强化了她的信念：在这个世界上，每个人都有属于自己的位置，在工作中个人带来的多样性才能创造出最好的团队！

I’ve been teaching for 25 years and feel like I’m the luckiest person in the world to have the privilege to teach grade 12 Theatre Arts at SCCSC. I studied education at the University of New Brunswick with a major in teaching French as a Foreign Language. At UNB, I learned how to use drama in a foreign language classroom and continued further studies in Italy and Shanghai.

Having been at SCCSC for nine years, I have had the tremendous opportunity for personal growth, and I’ve been able to guide students in developing their own leadership skills through experiential learning in the field of SEL (Social Emotional Learning). I recently furthered my education by studying a short course about business leadership at the University of Oxford Said Business School, which reinforced my belief that everyone has a place in this world and that diversity in the workplace creates the best teams. We are all different, and learning skills of cooperation and acceptance of others and who we are starts now, whether we are working as a CEO in a high-performing business or a high school student at SCCSC.

My personal motto is “Inspiring others”. Students at SCCSC plan to study abroad. I believe in developing a passion for our life journey and a desire for lifelong learning. With the right skills, our students will go out into the world and lead strong teams who create their own goals and develop personally and professionally. We all have the responsibility to educate ourselves and inspire others to do the same.

In theatre arts, we play a lot of games for developing teamwork. Students learn to trust and support each other and therefore develop confidence in a safe environment. Through performing in front of their classmates, students get to play the role of a variety of characters. The important part is they get to entertain each other and take joy in learning.

One of the things I love about SCCSC is that our students are respectful, have a desire to learn English and are willing to try new things. It takes confidence for students to perform in front of classmates, and especially to do it in English. It is inspiring to see them grow.

I motivate students to learn by playing games to develop spontaneity, creativity and teamwork, as well as confidence in their ability to use a powerful voice and body language to help them portray a character.

The best advice I would give for students to be successful in Theatre Arts is for them to be confident and believe in themselves. If we can accept ourselves for who we are, we can conquer the world.