Authentic Learning at 廣州加拿大人國(guó)際學(xué)校CIS | Grade 9s ‘Me

在Zoom遠(yuǎn)程課堂上，Simons參議員從加拿大的埃德蒙頓給大家送來(lái)溫暖的問候，然后我們馬上進(jìn)入正題。

On Tuesday September 15, CIS Grade 9 students were honoured to have a very special guest speaker joining their Social Studies class: Canadian Senator Paula Simons. These lucky students were treated to a very informative Zoom session about the role of the Senate in the Canadian government and what inspired Senator Simons to join the public service.

9月15日周二早上，CIS九年級(jí)的同學(xué)們很榮幸邀請(qǐng)到一位非常特別的演講嘉賓來(lái)到社會(huì)科學(xué)課堂——加拿大參議員Paula Simons。在這次難得的Zoom遠(yuǎn)程課堂上，我們一起深入了解了加拿大政府中參議院的角色，以及是什么激勵(lì)Simons參議員投身公共服務(wù)。

How does the Senate work?

參議院是如何運(yùn)作的

The online session with Senator Simons started off with her sending warm greetings all the way from Edmonton, Canada. She then dove right into the topic. During the 30-minute conversation with the students, she explained how elections for Senators have evolved over time, how Senators represent different provinces, and how they assume sponsorship of government bills as it moves through the legislative process.

It was an enlightening session with solid, useful information. Students were truly engrossed by the wealth of Senator Simon’s knowledge and her simple description, explaining those profound theories found in textbooks.

在Zoom遠(yuǎn)程課堂上，Simons參議員從加拿大的埃德蒙頓給大家送來(lái)溫暖的問候，然后我們馬上進(jìn)入正題。在30分鐘的發(fā)言中，她解釋了加拿大參議員體制的演變，參議員如何代表不同的省份，成為政府決策的最后一道屏障。課堂內(nèi)容非常精彩，信息量豐富，用深入淺出的語(yǔ)言解釋了教科書中的理論，同學(xué)們聽得十分入神。

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Creating Authentic Learning Opportunities

創(chuàng)造原汁原味的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)

In the highly rigorous Alberta Curriculum, Grade 9 students in Social Studies examine the relationships between Canada’s political and legislative processes, and assess the impact of these processes on governance, rights, citizenship and identity.

Before this online session, Grade 9s spent time doing research about the role of the Senate in the Canadian Government, and prepared questions beforehand for the Q&A section after Senator Simon’s presentation.

在艾伯塔省課程體系中，9年級(jí)社會(huì)科學(xué)課程主要研究加拿大政治和立法程序之間的關(guān)系，以及這些程序?qū)φ卫怼⒐駲?quán)利、公民身份和身份認(rèn)同的影響。

在本次課程之前，9年級(jí)同學(xué)們已經(jīng)提前進(jìn)行資料檢索，了解參議院在加拿大政府中的作用，并且準(zhǔn)備了問題，在演講后的問答部分進(jìn)行深入交流。

At CIS, we believe in offering our students more personal, deeper and authentic learning experiences. “To have someone actually working in the Government and sharing first-hand information, offers students a chance to connect what is taught in our school to real-world concepts, applications and issues. It increases interest in the subject area and helps students realize that this is more than just concepts in books," says Ms. Morgana Larsen, the Grade 9 Social Studies teacher who arranged this special session.

In Canada, all Grade 6 students get to visit the House of Commons as a field trip. A trip to this iconic location might not be possible for our students right now but this had not stopped CIS from creating real life learning connections with guests both in Canada and around the world!

在CIS，我們致力于給同學(xué)們提供個(gè)性化，深入和原汁原味的學(xué)習(xí)體驗(yàn)。“讓真正在政府工作的人與同學(xué)們分享一手信息，同學(xué)們就能夠?qū)⑺鶎W(xué)內(nèi)容和真實(shí)世界正在發(fā)生的事情相連接，讓他們對(duì)學(xué)科更加感興趣，意識(shí)到這些不僅僅是書本上的概念?！卑才胚@次特別課程的9年級(jí)社會(huì)科學(xué)教師Morgana Larsen說(shuō)道。

在加拿大，所有的6年級(jí)學(xué)生都有機(jī)會(huì)參觀下議院。這樣的探訪機(jī)會(huì)我們可能暫時(shí)無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)，但CIS依然致力于運(yùn)用我們的學(xué)習(xí)資源，盡可能為同學(xué)們提供來(lái)自加拿大甚至全球的學(xué)習(xí)體驗(yàn)。

A huge thank you to Senator Simons for a wonderful session. CIS is honored to have access to exceptional resources and people, and we look forward to more learning opportunities from around the world!

再次感謝Simons議員帶來(lái)的精彩課程，我們很榮幸也很幸運(yùn)能有您來(lái)到我們的課堂上，CIS期待著更多原汁原味的全球?qū)W習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)!

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More about Senator Simons

關(guān)于Simons參議員

Senator Paula Simons was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. She has a B.A. Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Alberta, and a Master’s degree in Journalism from Stanford University. She has received several awards and earned recognition from the UNESCO Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom, and from Journalists for Human Rights. After decades working in journalism, she applied and became a Senator representing the Alberta Province.

參議員Paula Simons出生成長(zhǎng)于加拿大艾伯塔省埃德蒙頓。她擁有艾伯塔大學(xué)英國(guó)文學(xué)榮譽(yù)學(xué)士學(xué)位和斯坦福大學(xué)新聞學(xué)碩士學(xué)位。她獲得了多個(gè)新聞獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，并獲得了聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織加拿大世界新聞自由委員會(huì)和記者人權(quán)組織的表彰。在新聞界工作了幾十年后，她申請(qǐng)成為代表艾伯塔省的參議員。

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