2016年8月30日 星期二

University of Chicago triggers a fresh debate about free speech. on campus. Free Speech Is the Basis of a True Education

It is unclear why a heads-up on a syllabus is an occasion to set a dean's bow tie a-spinning

The University of Chicago
ICYMI: In The Wall Street Journal op-ed, President Robert J. Zimmer on the importance of freedom of expression and ‘the unfettered exchange of ideas’

University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer writes that a university should not be a sanctuary for comfort but rather a crucible for confronting ideas.
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2016年8月27日 星期六

Johns Hopkins University 的新生 (Class of 2020)活動不俗

Members of the Class of 2020 took part in pre-orientation excursions in Ohiopyle State Park, PA, and Harper's Ferry, WV, this past week, before the start of the fall semester. Some great action shots here! Tag yourself, tag your friends. #GoHop!

2016年8月25日 星期四

老師有魅力,學生學習好點;德州某位二年級老師解釋"無家庭作業"政策

The Wall Street Journal
A new study finds that college students taught by good-looking lecturers did better on a quiz.
More surprising: The researchers don’t think that sexual interest explains…
WSJ.COM|由 DANIEL AKST 上傳


NPR Morning Edition
A second-grade teacher in Texas is instituting a 'no homework' policy this year, instead asking parents to do things that are "proven to correlate with student success." Read the story here:http://n.pr/2bYkI1D

2016年8月22日 星期一

國防大學退學生都應該討論:阿立與愛滋的隱喻;德行未達標準?


蘋論:阿立與愛滋的隱喻

2016年08月23日

阿立,一個4年前因感染愛滋被國防大學退學的年輕人,在總統與行政院長的關心下,國防部終於有了正面的回應。表面上看來這是一起個人事件,其實是社會整體人權關照的指標,以及社會對愛滋知識缺陷的問題。

校方假關懷真羞辱

《聯合晚報》專訪阿立直指此案的本質是「歧視」。阿立說,歧視「讓我只能趴在原地」;事件曝光後,愛滋的道德隱喻和周圍的氣氛讓他感到莫大壓力,從4月開始打強心針,現在「一次要打三倍以上的強心針」,報導越多壓力越大,心裡的痛會一直往裡鑽。
他譴責學校長官的關懷都是假的,長官輪番約談就是要他退學;而最大的屈辱就是肩章被拔掉的時刻;他還說,政戰主任對他的人格侮辱到達極點,因此他要求歸還薪資,還要精神賠償,也呼籲衛福部一定要開罰國防大學,否則歧視會重演。
軍中對傳染病非常敏感,歷史上很多決定性戰役的敗方,是被傳染病打敗的。拿破崙部隊在北美的慘敗就是敗在黃熱病。國防大學對愛滋會如此反應無可厚非,只是校方應該先就教於醫生(不是有國防醫學院嗎?)再決定對阿立的態度,才是科學又正確的處置方式。
新的醫學知識明白顯示,愛滋只會經由交換血液、體液傳染,傳染力很弱,一起吃飯、泡澡、游泳、共用餐盤、馬桶墊、毛巾等都不會傳染。即使被感染到,現代醫療方式也可有效遏制,甚至治癒。湖人前球星魔術強森感染愛滋已經25年,經過治療,不但健康如昔,還活躍於籃球界。 

疾病竟成道德審判

最讓病人內心創痛的不是疾病本身,而是疾病的隱喻。譬如數千年來西方人把痲瘋病患看成被魔鬼入侵並遭上帝拋棄的隱喻。愛滋剛出現時,也被人看作是淫邪的報應與懲罰的隱喻。就如蘇姍.桑塔格(已逝的美國女作家)所揭示的,疾病一步步被隱喻化,從「僅僅是身體的一種病」,轉碼成一種道德批判或政治態度。
疾病隱喻曖昧地表達我們的道德情感和態度,並做出道德評價,顯示出個體與社會之間深刻的失調,它和人性的異化(歧視)以及苦難的悲愴聯繫在一起,都指向社會壓抑與焦慮的偏執。疾病本身也不再是單純的疾病,而是一種道德、政治乃至於其他的審判。這才是阿立受創最深的部分。




有鄭捷的案例,所以標題是我的建議。


國防大學 逼退愛滋生罰百萬

禁上游泳課 衣服分開洗 罰金創新高
2016年08月16日

【蔡明樺、王烱華╱台北報導】原就讀國防大學的阿立(化名),二○一二年確診染愛滋後在校備受歧視,隔年遭退學,衛福部疾管署經專家會議討論,擬對歧視愛滋病患的國防大學開罰一百萬元,可能是國內首宗因歧視愛滋病患就學開罰案件,罰金將創史上新高。國防大學昨堅稱從未歧視愛滋病患,阿立遭退學是因年度德行成績未達標準。
國防大學開除愛滋病學生可能挨罰一百萬元。圖非當事人。資料照片

依《人類免疫缺乏病毒傳染防治及感染者權益保障條例》規定,愛滋病患人權應予尊重保障,不得有歧視和拒絕就學、就醫、就業等情況,違者處三十萬到一百五十萬元罰鍰。疾管署統計近三年共五案因歧視愛滋病患挨罰,包含歧視就業三件、歧視就醫兩件,共罰一百二十三萬元。


罰就學歧視首例

疾管署副署長周志浩昨指,阿立在校期間被要求餐具、衣服與其他學生分開洗,不准上游泳課等,國防大學雖堅稱阿立遭退學是品德問題,但經愛滋病防治及感染者權益保障會討論,專家認定阿立遭退學是歧視愛滋行為,建議依法開罰一百萬元,可能是首宗因歧視愛滋病患就學開罰案件。
周志浩強調,國防大學行政處分書已簽報至衛福部,待部長林奏延簽准即可開罰,但疾管署不放棄溝通機會,希望能為校方、當事人創造雙贏,如讓阿立復學是選項之一,目標是防愛滋歧視而非開罰。

求職不順盼復學

阿立退學後由愛滋感染者權益促進會社工張正學輔導,他昨轉述阿立求職不順,最大心願是返校復學,畢業後能否分發擔任軍官則不敢期待,肯定疾管署做法,也希望自己是最後一名遭歧視退學的愛滋學生。
衛福部受理阿立退學申訴案後,前年要求國防大學三個月內讓阿立復學,該校不服提行政訴訟,台北高等行政法院以衛福部非教育主管機關,無權撤銷退學處分為由,判衛福部敗訴,疾管署不服判決上訴,現仍在二審審理中。

辯德行未達標準

國防大學回應,阿立遭退學是因德行成績未達標準,校方從未歧視愛滋病患,程序皆合法。愛滋感染者權益促進會秘書長林宜慧認為,該校迄今仍不承認歧視,籲法院勿再當歧視愛滋幫兇,點名疾管署早該依法開罰。
疾管署長郭旭崧預定下月退休,被問及會否在卸任前開罰國防大學,他強調防愛滋歧視是該署一貫立場,與個人去留無關。疾管署發言人楊玉玟補充,行政機關須在案發三年內完成裁罰,換言之若十月十日前未裁處國防大學,將來就不能再以同條例開罰該校。

2016年8月21日 星期日

每分每秒老師與你們相隨.......How WeChat is pervading China’s school systems

Weekend Reads: It began as a harmless way for teachers to foster better student-parent-teacher relationships. Now it has spiraled out of control.
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Some of the largest technological ambitions—and challenges—are coming out of China. Clean nuclear energy, fleets of robot workers, and deep-learning search engines are some of the Chinese innovations we look at this weekend.
New homework assignments at 7 p.m., corrections due by midnight: how teachers, parents, and students in some schools in China are using WeChat…
TECHNOLOGYREVIEW.COM|由 YITING SUN 上傳

2016年8月20日 星期六

【港獨爭議】中學校長會主席:壓制適得其反 老師能拿捏討論與灌輸之分 學校不容洗腦教育和思想禁制

香港中學校長會主席李雪英應香港電台節目《香港家書》之邀,以一封寫給一名老師的信件,回應近日有關校園應否及如何讓學生討論港獨的問題。她指出,港獨爭議比國教、佔中等事件對學校的衝擊更為嚴重,對老師的影響更直接。但她認為,老師絕對可以準確拿捏如何讓學生討論某一政治議題,而不是向學生灌輸某一政治思想,兩者在教育上有清晰界線。
李雪英表示,近年令他們越來越擔憂的趨勢是,不同陣營的政治力量,不斷嘗試入侵校園,企圖製造各種有形及無形的干預和影響,企圖指點老師如何進行教育工作。學校、社會以至政府均有責任,保護學校不受任何外來干預,無論是哪一種政治立場或意識型態。學校不會進行亦不能容許任何形式的偏激行為、洗腦教育、或思想禁制。

2016年8月17日 星期三

College as ‘Practice for Life’:most of the learning happens outside the classroom

"We should perhaps pay less attention to global strategies and instead focus on helping students see each course, each semester, and each year as a unique opportunity for new or renewed academic engagement."
A lot of the learning that takes place for undergraduates--perhaps most of it--happens outside the classroom.
CHRONICLE.COM

互動的效果最好;英國的大學畢業班之滿意調查 The National Student Survey 2016

錦坤兄和溫肇東學長分別談"國外的校園之經驗",讓我有所思:究竟美好的宿舍經驗,只是回憶而已? 已知,英國許多大學都有每2周換床單、清理宿舍的服務。Essex大學等,每層樓約12間,將客廳和餐廳 (餐具2整套)合一,互動的效果最好。

University of Essex

We have some great news that we'd like to share!
Our students have ranked us in the Top 10 for Student Satisfaction for the fourth year is a row in the National Student Survey (NSS)

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The National Student Survey (NSS) results show the University of Essex is in the national top 10 for overall student satisfaction for the fourth year running. In CPS we achieved 94% for overall student satisfaction. Dr Chris Nicholson, our Director for Education comments “I am delighted to see that once again the National Student Survey (NSS) results for the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies are competitively high. This is a testament to the commitment our administrative and academic staff demonstrate towards their students. We continue to take a very personal and human interest in each student, their progress, and their journey with us. Nevertheless, we intend to improve this score over the coming years and are taking a number of measures to achieve this such as developing our audio-visual resources, putting on even more extracurricular social and academic events for students and staff to enjoy together, and, as always, enhancing the research-led teaching ethos which forms the backbone to contemporary psychoanalytic studies. Thank you to all the members of CPS, whether students or staff, for helping us to achieve these excellent results.” ~ Debbie

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Marvin Minsky (1927–2016), artificial intelligence,The Society of Mind /The Emotion Machine: 

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再舉一例。美國麻省理工學院巴柏特教授(Seymour Papert.)是位很有名的電腦、數學家。他深信兒童可以從電子遊戲中學會許多高深的程式設計及數理,所以20餘年前發明兒童用程式語言Logo programming language,幫助兒童自行寫簡單指令進入資訊世界。如今,他對電腦的許多教育功能的預言,都說中了。

巴柏特是位皮亞傑研究之合作伙伴,他提倡「玩物會通」之學習觀念,值得我們重視。有趣的是,他說過自身故事,童年時喜歡玩車、玩齒輪,尤其對於各種齒輪齒合動作深感興趣,竟然自己從齒輪系統中,自行學會小學、初中的許多數學重要觀念。
國內的例子也多得很,李遠哲博士不是舉過他早年沉迷棒球所獲的體驗嗎?從棒球引領出的道理或學問,可大了呢!譬如說,球迷可以跟你談各種彈道學、力學甚至心理學.......

世間有許多技藝、學問,它們進入湛深的過程和體會,都是一種流暢舒適的高峰經驗Wikipedia article "Peak experience"。其中,真的條條道路通羅馬。
我們應鼓舞學生迷戀他心愛的嗜好,要他們盡情發揮。也許,這學習過程的專注及耐力,就是最高的學習品質之特性。(鍾漢清--1995.12.15.—台灣立報 
· Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas, 1980, ISBN 0-465-04674-6
· Perceptrons, (with Marvin Minsky), MIT Press, 1969 (Enlarged edition, 1988), ISBN 0-262-63111-3
· The Children's Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer, 1992, ISBN 0-465-01063-6 
· The Connected Family: Bridging the Digital Generation Gap, 1996, ISBN 1-56352-335-3 這本書台灣有翻譯本:「WWW.新家庭

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2016年8月16日 星期二

Leonard Bernstein:Interdisciplinary education can do wonders


"Interdisciplinary education can do wonders. Understanding and flexibility can do wonders. Yes, even money can do wonders. But the energy, the energy to put all these wonders into action – where does it come from? It will come from where it has always come from: it will come from the love of music, the sheer aesthetic delight in this most mysterious and rewarding of all the arts; from the sporting sense, the instinct for continuity, and the joyful and total dedication of ourselves to the art we have sworn to serve."
Leonard Bernstein, The Future of the Symphony Orchestra (1980)
Mayan Bonampak mural, 8th Century


Britain’s poshest school is reinventing itself for the new global elite. Eton launches online lessons for China

2008年英國保守黨競選首相時,有篇論文說,為何
 Eton 學校無法造就領導人才 (當時首相和前倫敦市長是該校校友。)

Eton is a British brand to rival Marmite and King Arthur. The Economist’s 1843 magazine finds out why increasing numbers of international parents are paying £34,000 ($50,000) a year to send their sons there

You don't have to be rich to get in, but it helps
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Eton launches online lessons for China
By Sean CoughlanEducation correspondent/ BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-33190029
19 June 2015
From the sectionEducation & Family
Eton says that the project will carry the school's "DNA" to China

Eton College is going to launch online lessons for schools in China.

From this autumn, the leading UK independent school is going to provide classes in leadership to Chinese students, using live online tuition.

The school has formed a partnership with a technology firm to create a company called EtonX.

The school, in Berkshire, says any income raised by the international project will be used for bursaries to cover pupils' fees.

Percy Harrison, director of information technology at Eton College, says the school would be able to reach a wider number of pupils, without setting up an overseas campus.

He said there were risks to the "brand" of independent schools setting up overseas "franchises", but the online venture would allow Eton to provide lessons for students in China without losing control of the quality.
Leadership skills

The EtonX project will see pupils in China learning from a mixture of interactive content produced at Eton, with one-to-one online teaching from tutors in the UK.

The cost, about £700 per pupil, will be paid by Chinese parents as an optional extra, like a music lesson.

Teachers from Eton have been to the schools in China to talk to their counterparts in Chinese classrooms. At the launch, the project is expected to involve "less than a dozen" schools in China.

The lessons, aimed at China's aspirational middle-class families, will teach secondary pupils a "modern leadership programme", taught in English and focusing on communication skills and how to work collaboratively.

The aim is to give Chinese students skills for a modern international workplace, which will help them think beyond a school system with a high level of rote learning.

Mr Harrison said the project would carry Eton's "DNA" in terms of the school's emphasis on developing leadership.

The project is being run with education-technology company Eighteen70 . Its founder, Simon Walsh, said he wanted to "humanise" digital education through individual online tuition.

Such online courses have been mainly associated with universities - and the EtonX brand is reminiscent of online projects by US universities, such as HarvardX and MITx.

Former pupils at the school include Prince William and Prime Minister David Cameron.






江靜玲專欄-伊頓教育 生根中國?


中國家長重視子女教育,中國小留學生到英國求學的人數,持續快速飆漲。一則有關英國伊頓公校將在今年秋天,以網路教學方式,對中國學生開設「領袖教育」,開發中國孩子領導力的訊息,格外引人注意與遐想。
這個堅稱絕不在海外設立分校的英國精英學府,終於也把觸角伸到中國,但領導力該如何開發,領袖是可以透過教學培育出來嗎?或者,更精確的思考是,培育領袖大環境更重要,華人的教育體制下,目前有這個環境嗎?
在英國,提起伊頓公校,人們總是有著很複雜的反應。這個由英王亨利6世在15世紀時成立的私立中學,575年來,始終是英國最頂尖的名校。迄今除已培育出19名英國首相外,滑鐵盧戰役中擊退拿破崙的英國威靈頓公爵、經濟學家約翰麥南德基尼斯、作家喬治歐威爾,英國未來的國王威廉王子,新出爐的奧斯卡最佳男主角艾迪瑞曼德,也都是人們所稱的「伊頓人」。
伊頓公校出身的領袖,遍及各領域,以致當伊頓出身的韋爾比,與英國首相卡麥隆、倫敦市長強森,並列成為英國聖公會領袖坎特伯利大主教時,人們忍不住驚呼:「天呀!又是一個伊頓人。」搞工會運動起家的英國前工黨政府副首相柏斯考索性把這些人稱為「伊頓黑手黨」。
精英學府不設海外分校
有關伊頓公校的介紹,多不勝舉。但少有人真正追究為什麼這個古老的英國校園裡,那群代代相傳13歲到18歲的男孩中,總有著令人驚異的領袖脫穎而出。卡麥隆竄起,成為保守黨黨魁時,幾乎沒人知道這「小子」從哪裡冒出來,我去拜訪他的老師、現任伊頓公校副院長的蓋里時,他想了半天後說:「我真的不記得他有什麼特別的!」
同樣的,當韋爾比成為坎特伯利大主教時,他的伊頓同儕們擠破了腦子也記不得「那個傢伙」。而根據英國教育部今年1月底頒布的一項英國中學生測驗GCSE成績排名,伊頓公校更名列榜尾。可是,伊頓公校對此並不特別在意,堅持不應把排名榜上的名次與教育混為一談,「當學霸不是我們的目標」。
不當學霸,那麼,培養首相、國王和領袖是伊頓公校的目標嗎?拿這個問題詢問老伊頓人,他們會大笑回答:「你看,我也沒當國王和首相呀!但是,那裡的教育,真的讓你從年少時就深信自己可以採下天上的星星。」
這樣的氣勢、信心和氣質,永遠跟著伊頓人,這恐怕也是伊頓教育最獨特和成功的地方。我對伊頓公校的觀察是,他們給予孩子們巨大的機會、高度的期望,和擁有一顆紮實的自信心,透過這樣的訓練,他們有著長遠的目光,謀定而後動的能力與智慧。我的一個姪子去夏剛離開伊頓公校,放棄大學改當廚師,給他最大鼓勵的人是正是伊頓的老師。
觀察一個學校教育的方法有很多,伊頓公校16歲學生的課外閱讀書單是一個不錯的窗口。在翻譯文學上,包括了法、西、德、俄、義、葡萄牙、日本、阿拉伯,以及中國作家姜戎的《狼圖騰》等9個國家的文學作品在內;在哲學上的選擇則是《蘇菲的世界》;經濟上的課外閱讀之一是加爾布雷斯的《富裕的社會》等等。看到這些文史哲和政經課外閱讀書單,很難想像,一般要拚課業成績和考試壓力下的華人學子,還能擁有這樣的空間。
伊頓的學生多承繼勤奮用功的風氣,細看這裡的離家寄宿年輕男孩,清俊的臉上總有超齡的嚴肅,成熟的應對,令人驚喜也心痛。這是一個講求家族相傳淵源的英國精英貴族教育,外國學生的比例從先前的7%上升到12%,但不開設分校始終學校原則。
與中國學校建立新管道
英國紀錄片製作人尼克胡拉瑟在他的著作中,形容伊頓公校是世界上最具權勢的學校。伊頓不但在精英中培養精英,同時在貴族中訓練精英。伊頓學院特殊環境所建立的學習圈子,是絕無僅有的。如今,伊頓公校和中國學校建立起了一個21的新管道,它的效能在中國的教育體系和環境下,能發揮多大作用,將是一個值得觀察的新現象。(中國時報)