SUIS喜报| 约翰·洛克论文竞赛获奖 Awards in the John Locke Essay Competition

“首先我要再次恭喜Annie和Kallie，她们在学业上的付出和努力，值得赞扬。这确实也是一个巨大的成就！

Annie和Kallie在Igcse阶段就选修了3门人文学科，并在alevel阶段深入学习。

本次比赛中，他们的选题分别是“Does God reward those who believe in him? If so, why”和“What is the optimal global population”，而探讨这些话题，需要学生有全面的学科知识作为基础，也得益于协和学校丰富的学科设置。

在三林校区，我们开设历史、地理、经济供学生选择。在人文课堂中，当学习新知识时，学生需要提前进行独立研究，在课堂中积极讨论，将所学内容与学生的生活和全球时事联系起来，通过课堂展示、海报、小论文等形式，完成作业。也会利用户外教学，让学生走出课堂，结合所学的知识，再次巩固。

选择人文学科的学生，一定对世界充满好奇。具有全球视野、良好的写作能力和理解多元视角的意愿，这有助于他们培养出色的沟通技巧和对他人的同理心，帮助他们理解并探索、学习和认识这个世界。

对所有学生，我建议沉浸在你喜欢的学科中，并提升你的英语能力，以便能够理解、阅读和写出复杂的论点。养成定期阅读新闻、英文书籍的习惯，参与讨论、加入辩论俱乐部、模拟联合国或人文竞赛等，都是不错的方法。”

'Congratulations to Annie & Kallie for their hard work and dedication to their studies. It is truly a massive achievement. They both took all 3 Humanities classes at iGCSE and continue to pursue humanities at A-level.

Annie chose to write her essay on Theology answering the question ‘Does God reward those who believe in him? If so, why?’ and Kallie wrote her essay answering the Economics question ‘What is the optimal global population?’. These topics show the diversity of interests that exist at SUIS Pudong Sanlin Campus.

When introducing new topics in humanities classes, we always engage in classroom discussions and independent research to try and relate the content to the students’ lives and current events around the world. Complete assignments through presentations, posters, short essays, and other forms. Field trip is also utilized to take students out of the classroom and reinforce the knowledge they have learned.

Students who choose Humanities subjects are curious about the world around them, they have a global mindset, good writing skills and like to understand multiple perspectives. This helps develop good communication skills, and empathy for others and helps students make sense of the world they wish to go out to explore, study and travel.

For all students, I would suggest immersing yourself in the subjects you enjoy and developing your English language skills to be proficient enough to understand, read and write complex arguments so you can excel in a humanities subject. Simple habits like reading the news regularly, reading English language non-fiction books, engaging in discussions, joining debate clubs, model UN or Humanities competitions allow you to explore and discuss complex ideas.'