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Visit to Visit to Elementary Elementary Schools Schools in Ankeny in Ankeny District, District, Iowa State, USA Iowa State, USAPresented by Peter Wen-Chien ChangPresented by Peter Wen-Chien Chang

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USA

Canada

Mexico

Iowa State

Iowa: 56271 sq milesPopulation: 3 million (2007 est.)Taiwan: 13892 sq milesPopulation: 23 million

My host family--Kevin’s house

Kevin’s neighbors

Superintendent Executive director

Board of education Architect

Aids from Local Bank

Mr. Principal

Welcome Party

Listen to the Chorus and School Band

Crocker Kids with Character

Read out The signs

Let’s Get Along

Character Counts

Charater Counts Charater Counts PledgePledge

I pledge to be a kid for character.I pledge to be a kid for character.

I will be worthy of trust.I will be worthy of trust.

I will be respectful and responsible.I will be respectful and responsible.

Doing what I must do.Doing what I must do.

I will always act with fairness.I will always act with fairness.

I will show that I care.I will show that I care.

I will be a good citizen.I will be a good citizen.

And always do my share.And always do my share.

Thinking Room

Library

The Library in Southeast Elementary School

Computer Classroom

Word Wall in ClassroomWord Wall in Classroom

Reading Starts at Preschool

Reading Everywhere

Read by Themselves

ESL Class

A Teacher with Two Students

Read and Taste in ESL class

Encourage Students to Read Aloud

Reading Is a Lifelong Adventure

Classification of Reading Books

Good Choices Is up to Me!

Three Minute Power Think

“Mystery”

Introduction to Journalism

by a Specialist

Showing Realia

National flag

The Elements of a News Story: 5Ws

The Sorts of News Events

Exchange of Culture

Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan

Welcome to Taiwan

Character Counts

National flag

Math Teaching

Counting with Coins

Role Playing

How to Write a Correct Sentence?

Special Education

Learning with Free Style

The globe

Independent Learning

A Walk in the Desert

Draw and Color

Student’s Works

Art class

Learning by Doing

Where is the elephant from?

Teacher’s Collections

Take a Guess?

“Where Am I from ?”

Is This a Museum?

Character Comes from Following the Rules

Famous People Fair

Famous People Fair

猜猜看 , 他扮演的是誰 ?

Character Reminding Everywhere

Law-abiding Law-abiding PeoplePeople

Hello, I’m Kevin.

Music Class of 5th Grade

Music Class

Music class of 4th Grade

The Music Classroom

The Music Classroom

Welcome Songs

Angels from Heaven

Listen and Enjoy !

Songs with joy

The Practicing Teacher

AEA 有豐富的教學資源可供教師借用

包括教材教具 DVD 和各種多媒體

故事書、 圖畫書和繪本等

Iowa Public Television

配合 地球日錄製環保節目

我們的使命

鱷魚餐廳

與竹圍國小王淑玲老師攝於 Drake University

Campus of Drake University

A Taste of Spring

National Turn TV Off Week

The average viewing time per-day, per-home is 6 hrs, 47 mins

99% of home in the US have at least 1 TV set

Children spend an average of 4 hrs daily watching TV

Capital Building, Des MoinesCapital Building, Des Moines

Meeting room in Dep. of Education, Iowa

Look at the Pictures on the Wall

CollaborationCollaboration Department of EducationDepartment of Education AEAsAEAs SAI: School Administrators of SAI: School Administrators of

IowaIowa IASB: Iowa Association of IASB: Iowa Association of

School BoardSchool Board ISEA: Iowa State Education ISEA: Iowa State Education

AssociationAssociation Higher EducationHigher Education Other Professional Other Professional

OrganizationsOrganizations

Iowa’s Education TraditionIowa’s Education Tradition

The statistics are The statistics are grimgrim……

II ’’ve heard a variety of statistics from multiple ve heard a variety of statistics from multiple sources about teacher retentionsources about teacher retention……just hearing just hearing these latest numbers at an educational summit these latest numbers at an educational summit at ISU last Friday:at ISU last Friday:

11% leave after their 111% leave after their 1stst year of teaching! year of teaching!20% leave after their 220% leave after their 2ndnd year! year!27% leave after their 327% leave after their 3 rdrd year! year!36% leave after their 436% leave after their 4 thth year! year!46% leave after their 546% leave after their 5 thth year! year!

So why are they So why are they leaving?leaving?

At a policy makers meeting in Philadelphia At a policy makers meeting in Philadelphia in July, the following reasons were in July, the following reasons were shared based from the American shared based from the American Educational Research.Educational Research.

1. The lack of administrative 1. The lack of administrative

support!support!

2. The lack of faculty influence2. The lack of faculty influence……

One interpretationOne interpretation……

Teachers want/need to feel empowered!Teachers want/need to feel empowered!

RememberRemember……teacher working conditions are teacher working conditions are student learning conditions! student learning conditions!

The research would also indicate that teachers The research would also indicate that teachers and administrators view this environment and administrators view this environment differently! ( Jan Keese 2007)differently! ( Jan Keese 2007)

2008 2008 年 年 IMD IMD 世界競爭力排名情形世界競爭力排名情形

1---------1--------- 美國美國 2---------2--------- 新加坡 新加坡 3---------3--------- 香港 香港 15--------15-------- 中國中國 18--------18-------- 台灣台灣

2006 2006 年世界各主要國家年世界各主要國家國際競爭力與投資環境排國際競爭力與投資環境排名名

瑞士洛桑國際管理學院 瑞士洛桑國際管理學院 ( IMD )( IMD )

世界經濟論壇 世界經濟論壇 ( WEF )( WEF )

瑞士商業環境風險評估公司 瑞士商業環境風險評估公司 ( BERI)( BERI)

英國經濟學人資訊中心 英國經濟學人資訊中心 ( EIU )( EIU )

我國在「我國在「 IMD 2008 IMD 2008 年世年世界競爭力年報」近界競爭力年報」近 55 年之年之排名排名

一、經濟表現一、經濟表現 二、政府效能二、政府效能 三、企業效能三、企業效能 四、基礎建設四、基礎建設

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