Education related reading

lady_nF

anyone have any good book regarding education especially science related?

currently my favorite is totto chan : the little girl in the window
and einstein The World As I See it
and Frank McCourt's collection
(imho every researcher should keep this book)

satu lagi favorite author is Richard Felder...tapi dia tulis artikel je...tak tulis buku

hamizao

Hohoho....my hubby is into Frank McCourt's. Recently, after reading one he went to search for all his books.

lady_nF

hehehe
susah tau nak jadi cikgu macam frank tuh
tapi itulaaa....if i can turn one soul into a better person
kan best

redsinner

bleh pesan high-5 kat hubby u x?  
i pun ada sume buku Frank McCourt.
writing style dia i admire because dia sabar la nak describe satu2 event yg dia alami esp in the first 2 books dia tulis (Angela's Ashes & 'Tis)
i think all educators should admire his way of teaching and giving without asking anything in return  

hamizao

Bley.....no problem bila dia return from EM lusa. He was so taken by the first book that he read that he kept on reminding our son of the hardship Frank had to survive Ireland ....family was so poor....he had to wear the same pair of socks over and over....went to the US and joined the army .............no diploma blah, blah....Inspite of it all he became a successful teacher and writer.

thamrong

I fininshed reading 'Tis less then a week. Poverty is not McCourt's affliction but  his strength. Thanks God I didn't grow up as an Irishman with rotten teeth and sore eyes in New York. Thanks to British National Heath Service.

hamizao

Eh, tak tido lagi.

I like it when someone is able to turn something negative into something positive......measure of a man I might say.

mantan

baru je baca interview paper ngan mccourt ni, dia citer camne dia cuba dptkan upah lebih masa menghantar telegram

redsinner

someone is able to turn something negative into something positive

i like this quote of yours because frank mccourt definitely turned his disadvantage into an opportunity.
perhaps itu yg buat dia cepat naik.
yelah, maybe the prospects of those times jadi tentera, he took it and when he arrived in new york with equipped soul he searched for more....

hamizao

Yeah...must ask me hubby to write  more about McCourt.

Now is a time of plenty..............how do we educate our children? Only the other day my young nephew remarked that he prefers to live in the present rather than the past!!!

redsinner

org zaman sekrang tak sanggup nak bersusah demi mencapai cita2.
susah nak dpt anak muda yg sanggup work from dirt upto higher level

hamizao

It's the changing times, red. If you could have it on a silver platter, why bother to slog ?? That is why. Slogging is only for those who don't have the platter to start with. So whose fault is it??

[ Last edited by  hamizao at 13-1-2008 10:30 PM ]

lady_nF

oh i just found out
rerupanya adik frank mccourt, malachy pon ada tulis buku gak

turn out, malachy nih lebih macam bapak dia
jadi pemabuk and all
tapi in the end berubah lah kot

dah try carik buku malachy nih dekat MPH
cam takde jek
teringin plak baca malachy punya point of view
sbb baca dalam angela ashes, malachy macam comel je kan
sampai ada orang nak beli dia dari mak dia

lady_nF

betul gak kan...
sbb dari kecik dah senang lenang
so jangan harap bila dah besar sanggup kerja hantar telegram ke hapa
better dok umah abiskan beras mak bapak

kalau baca kisah pemimpin2 malaysia pon
suma ala2 mak bapak petani gitu
that's why diorang tuh ada colorful memories masa nak berjaya

hamizao

Yalah, many of us have made a better life or living standard for our family. So how do you explain to your child that he should slog for his daily keep?

redsinner

setuju...
zaman sekarang kita dah disogokkan dgn kemewahan dunia.
sampai boleh pk 2 kali utk masuk lumpur + dirty urself.
i ngaku gak kalo nak baliik kampung pun siap bawak laptop, buku cerita sampai 2-3 bijik. hihihi

anyways, 2 mlm lepas baca balik word by word Frank McCourt's Teacher Man. skrg dah 3/4. hihi...
dulu selak2 jer.
  tragic how he experienced teaching youths of NY in 1960s-1980s. racists, social class discrimination +respect + live values...

and his method of teaching should be adapted by teachers nowadays. bukan senang nak handle youths but in his case he did creative teaching so murid2 dia jadi more attentive in class.

hamizao

In reality there are still those who need to slog............However, for many may find by not giving their all to their children until they really earn it would be a better way to instill the sense of value. "Easy come, easy go" they say. So if they had really struggled or earned it, they would look after it better.

pojisan

baca buku tajuk pendidikan seratus tahun....memang best

lady_nF

oh buku the last lecture pon best jugak

by prof from CMU

benkiut

frank mccourt... hmmm
sounds so interesting
which of his books you suggest me to read first?
i'd like to know more abt this author, if you hv time, pls update this thread,
thanks!