This semester, Mr. Wathke and his five social studies classes have been talking about politics — delicately — since August. He is teaching his seventh graders about the three branches of government, how democracies work and the differences between Republicans and Democrats.
这个学期,自8月份以来,沃思科和五个班的社会研究课学生小心翼翼地讨论政治。他教学生们什么是政府的三权分立,民主如何运作,以及共和党和民主党的区别。
Since he feels that free-form debate is risky, he prepared his class to discuss the campaign using “Socratic circles,” separating students into small groups. The students were armed with work sheets, filled out before class, answering questions he had posed. What are the most important issues facing the country? Where do the candidates stand? Which candidate would be a better president?
他认为自由形式的辩论有风险,所以改用“苏克拉底圆圈式教学法”引导学生讨论大选。他把学生们分成一个个小组。学生们上课前先在作业纸上回答他的提问:这个国家目前面临哪些重要议题?候选人的立场是什么?哪个候选人会是一个更好的总统?
At the beginning of one discussion, he laid out a warning. “We’re going to be talking about some topics today that can get a little tricky today and a little heated,” he said. “But we want to make sure we’re being respectful of one another and we’re not hurting feelings. Remember when we watched some of that debate? And there was one thing that was the most annoying thing? The interruptions. We don’t want interruptions today.”
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