Unit1 A
Learning, Chinese-Style
Unit2 A A Life Full of Riches
Unit3 A
Father Knows Better
Unit4 A
A Virtual Life
Unit5 A
True Height
Unit6 A A Woman Can Learn Anything a Man Can
Unit1
Howard Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to
China
and
gives
his
thoughts
on
different
approaches
to
learning
in
China
and
the
West.
哈佛大学教育学教授霍华德·
加德纳回忆其中国之行?/p>
阐述他对中西方不
同的学习方式的看法?/p>
Learning, Chinese-Style
Howard Gardner
1
For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling
eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying
arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most
telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas
of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we
stayed in Nanjing.
中国式的学习风格
霍华德·加德纳
1987
年春?/p>
我和妻子埃伦带着我们
18
个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国?/p>
部城市南京住了一个月?/p>
同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况?/p>
然而,
?/p>
和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂,
而是来自?/p>
们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂?/p>
2
The
key
to
our
room
was
attached
to
a
large
plastic
block
with
the
room
number
on
it.
When
leaving
the
hotel,
a
guest
was
encouraged
to
turn
in
the
key,
either
by
handing
it
to
an
attendant
or
by
dropping
it
through
a
slot
into
a
box.
Because the key slot was narrow, the key had to be positioned carefully to fit into it.
我们的房门钥匙系在一块标有房间号的大塑料板上?/p>
酒店鼓励客人外出?/p>
留下钥匙,可以交给服务员,也可以从一个槽口塞入钥匙箱。由于口子狭小,?/p>
得留神将钥匙放准位置才塞得进去?/p>
3
Benjamin loved to carry the key around, shaking it vigorously. He also liked to
try to place it into the slot. Because of his tender age and incomplete understanding of
the need to position the key just so, he would usually fail. Benjamin was not bothered
in the least. He probably got as much pleasure out of the sounds the key made as he
did those few times when the key actually found its way into the slot.
本杰明爱拿着钥匙走来走去?/p>
边走边用力摇晃着?/p>
他还喜欢试着把钥匙往