1.teaching is a “calling” and “an act offaith.”
“teachers should never be students’ closefriends or companions” much less “their intimates.”
教育是一种内心的召唤、一种信仰
teachers must possess great reserves ofempathy. They “must recall their own earlier vulnerabilities to influence,their own difficulties in learning, and their own anxieties about acceptanceand popularity.” They must “put themselves in their students’ places, . . . andthen . . . help those students imagine themselves in other times, locations,and circumstances not immediately present to their senses.”
教师应该有同理心，站在学生的角度去回忆自己的学习体验、自己曾经对于接受和受欢迎的焦虑。
2.Teaching is an art
teaching is an art. Trained in the sciencesand techniques of education, professional teachers are conscientious in applyingthe psychology and methods that they have learned. They may not call what theyare trying to do “teaching” and may prefer instead such terms as explanation,instruction, demonstration, guidance, or simply setting a good example. Onlyafter much repetition, some nervous invention, occasional losses of temper, andgeneral frustration, do their own processes of learning lurch forward.
教育是门艺术，不管教师专业水平如何好，他们都要面临一个最难得问题：即兴创作。没有谁的成功是一蹴而就的，都需要经过反复练习、一些让人尴尬的创作，偶尔地沮丧、发脾气才能取得点滴进步。
3.introduction of some important teachingelements
What ground, medium, color, form, andimplements are to the visual arts, so certain constituents— learning,authority, ethics, order, imagination, compassion, patience, tenacity,character, and pleasure—are to teaching.
十个重要元素对教学的重要性
心得：鼓起勇气翻开英文版的教育专著，读起来每个字都看得懂，但是背后的要义感觉没有领悟到。大概是悟性不够吧，读专著太少了。开头介绍部分，读了三遍，印象最深刻的是“教育是一种召唤和艺术”，背后的具体寓意还要不断研读才能完全领会。
