There are 65,438+00 courses in primary schools in Canada, namely language arts, namely Chinese, mathematics, science, social studies, French, art, music, drama and computer.
Canadian primary schools have no textbooks except mathematics, but each teacher has a set of syllabus for all subjects in grade 1-6 issued by Ontario. 16 has a very thick hard cover and eight syllabuses for eight courses, which explains in detail the teaching content of each grade and the standards that students should meet in A, B, C and D.
Mathematics, as we all know, the simplicity of foreign mathematics courses is beyond our imagination. But what impressed me most about Canadian math class was not its difficulty, but its flexibility and openness. The teaching materials are rich in content, interesting and humorous, and the topics are flexible and diverse. There are few large-scale calculation problems. Children do problems just like playing games.
How to teach Chinese without textbooks? I'll save this for later. What I can tell you is that there is no boring content such as dictation, sentence making, memorizing words, segmentation and summarizing the central meaning in Chinese.
French class, as the name implies, children learn French, that is, every homework left by the teacher is very interesting. For example, the teacher will ask the children to draw a super-large hamburger with a height of more than ten stories, and then design a beautiful menu and write slogans to let the children remember many words and sentences related to food and eating. Another time, the teacher asked the children to design a kitchen, draw all kinds of utensils, cabinets, stoves and so on in the kitchen, and write their names. As soon as my son comes home, he will study French hard.
Science and social studies, I think it is more difficult, and the scope of the two courses is relatively wide. Generally speaking, Chinese, science and social studies are the three courses that spend the most time and teachers leave the most homework.
In the course of science and social studies, teachers give students different topics. According to the difficulty of the topic, the duration of a topic can be one week, two weeks, one month or even longer. For example, social studies, what is the content of the previous paragraph? Aboriginal people? Learning the original knowledge of the Canadian nation, this topic probably lasted 1 month. At first, the teacher explained the relevant knowledge to the students in class and watched videos. Then the teacher gave each child a reference book and listed the books that can be consulted in the library. After that, the teacher gave the students questions and homework. The topic covers indigenous species, living areas, living conditions, costumes, hunting, artistic achievements and other aspects, like a small encyclopedia knowledge base. After learning knowledge, the next step is practice and experience. The teacher divided the children into several groups, and each group chose a topic of interest to show you, such as clothes, masks, dancing and so on. My son chose dance, so several boys in this group first inquired about dance movements, music, clothes and so on. On the internet, take time to practice together. They also made big feather fans and hats for dancing, and everything was ready to perform on stage. It's not over yet. Finally, the teacher led the children to visit an indigenous reserve. At this point, the topic is completely completed, and then move on to the next new topic. This is a big topic, and the purpose of the small project is like making one at the beginning of school? World Child Labour Survey? The teacher explained the international laws and regulations on child labor to the students, looked at the pictures and listed the current situation, and then asked the children to write a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Harper to express their recent concern about child labor and the improvement measures. Finally, the teacher solemnly gave each child an envelope and a stamp, wrote the address and sent it to the school office.
Drama class, there are not many courses. Every once in a while, the teacher will send a small script to the children, divide the children into several groups to rehearse, each child plays a role, and then go on stage to perform for everyone. For example, touching stones into gold, Pandora's box, Aladdin's magic lamp and so on.
Drawing class is more interesting, including hand-made, very open. Most of the courses are for children to use their imagination and create their own. For example, what is the title of a course? Crazy hair? The teacher only gave one sentence, the crazier the hair, the better. As for how crazy, create your own imagination.
In the course of his son's study, most of the courses need to be made, consulted, summarized and displayed by the children themselves. Talk about your family members from small topics, genealogy, to big topics, such as American black history and federal system, ranging from deep to shallow. Every time, my son showed great patience and interest, learned to use the network and library to collect information, learned to make documents and PPT, enriched his knowledge and vocabulary, and improved his writing level.