泛读教程第三册第二单元

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10. But the crux of the conflict has been over money. 11. The third step will be the hardest: a true overhaul of the school year. Once, school was carefully calibrated to arrange children‘s schedules around the edges of family needs.
School and Education
Unit Two
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The most valuable knowledge of mine is not learned in schools but by myself.
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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
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Part of teaching is helping students learn to tolerate ambiguity, consider possibilities, and ask questions that are unanswerable

Bill Moyers
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7. Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all out social problems. Can they be asked now to synchronize with our work and family life? 8. It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. 9. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
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7. Education, to have any meaning beyond the purpose of creating wellinformed dunces, must elicit from the pupil what is latent in every human being – the rules of reason, the inner knowledge of what is proper for men to be and do. 8. Pupils are more like oysters than sausages…There are pearls in each of us, if only we knew how to cultivate them with ardor and persistence.

The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things.
John Ruskin
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1.When people think of the word education, they think of a pupil as a sort of animate sausage casing. 2. But genuine education…is not inserting the stuffings of information into a person, but rather eliciting knowledge from him; it is the drawing out of what is in the mind. 3. Look into your own selves, and find the sparks of truth that God has put into every heart, and that only you can kindle to flame.
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4. …because the principles and axioms of geometry are already in his mind, waiting to be called out. 5. So many of the discussions and controversies about the contents of education are futile and inconclusive… 6. He was being so stuffed with miscellaneous facts, with such an indigestible mass of material, that he had no time (and was given no encouragement) to draw on his own resources, to use his own mind for analyzing and synthesizing and evaluating this material
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Fra Baidu bibliotek


1. What is true education according to the author? 2. What does the author mean by the comparison of students to sausages and oysters? 3. Can an ordinary person without any schooling deal with a geometrical problem? 4. Why does the author think that many discussions about the content of education are useless? 5. Why does the college student mentioned by the author in the article not happy with his study?

Elbert Hubbard
Quotations

Teaching is more about guidance than assurance. The teacher is supposed to guide the students onto a course that leads to the end. ——叶圣陶
Teaching Practice in the US



Most professors see their role as helping students to acquire learning skills rather than instructing students. They believe that every individual has the capability to discover knowledge for himself or herself and that this mode of learning is superior to rote memorization of facts. They respect the knowledge and experiences students bring to the class. Students are expected to speak up and not just have mental discussions in their own head.
Grading System in the US
Boyer‘s suggestions

Part III: 10-11


Part IV: 12

The conclusion and calling on action
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1. The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of once-and-future students on my way to work these mornings. 2. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. 3. Like others who fall through the cracks of their parents‘ makeshift plans – a week with relatives, a day at the playground – they hang out.
Reading Four U.S. Kids Need More School Time
Structure

Part I: 01-04

The history of school calendar and why there is a mismatch.

Part II: 05-09

The reasons for changing school calendar and possible opposition
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4. For much of our history, after all, Americans framed the school year around the needs of work and family. 5. The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something sacrosanct. 6. Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. ―School, whether we like it or not, is custodial and educational.‖
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Group Discussion


1. Define what true education is in your own terms. 2. How, according to your own experience, do most teachers in China teach? 3. Do you have time for reading and doing what you are really interested in as a university student? 4. Have your teachers treated you like a sausage or like an oyster? Do you have a different comparison to describe your personal experience?