2018年6月29日 星期五
葛兆光：畢業生們的送別致辭
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復旦大學的畢業典禮上，復旦大學文史研究院創始院長葛兆光教授在為畢業生們的送別致辭中三次說“請大家原諒”。他坦率地說：“請大家原諒，我要說的是，我非常反感那些信口開河，嘩眾取寵，在課堂上灌水的老師，也為那些懶懶散散的學生感到可惜。”
在今天(29日)復旦大學的畢業典禮上，復旦大學文史研究院創始院長葛兆光教授在為畢業生們的送別致辭中三次說“請大家原諒”，因為他要有一些話，要在畢業生離校前坦誠地告訴他們。
葛兆光說，作為老師每年這個離別時刻，總有高興、不舍和感慨。但是每次他都會想為什麼大學生涯讓人如此留戀。有一年在美國普林斯頓時，恰逢大學畢業典禮，他開始逐漸理解為什麼大學生涯讓人留戀了。在那一年的畢業季，那裡來了很多校友，小鎮上到處可以看到普林斯頓的校旗。他遇到了三個100歲以上的校友，他問了這些校友，為什麼你們懷念大學生涯。他們說：“學校給了我知識，我懷念我的老師。”當然，他們的老師已然作古，但這說明正是老師，才讓學生們留戀大學生涯。這也讓他一直在思索，什麼樣的老師才算是一個好的大學老師。
此刻，葛兆光說了第一次，“請大家原諒”，因為“我要說，所有的大學，而不是某一所大學，都越來越像培訓學校了，四年的大學課程變成了照本宣科，校園越來越像職業培訓所，老師和學生像簽訂了合同的甲方和乙方，學生交完錢，上完課，老師講完課，大家一拍兩散，陳寅恪所講的自由之精神都被丟掉了，連加拿大學者所講的，大學應該教授的是常識的課程，也被丟掉了……”
葛兆光教授說，大學在傳授知識，老師必須非常用心地講，學生必須非常用心地聽。他坦率地說：“請大家原諒，我要說的是，我非常反感那些信口開河，嘩眾取寵，在課堂上灌水的老師，也為那些懶懶散散的學生感到可惜。”
他認為，對學生來說，大學是會影響他們的命運的，因為“大學時的經歷，就仿佛人生有千萬條道路，你選擇了其中一條，你就必須走下去，而老師恰恰是引領你選擇道路最初這一段的人，這也是為什麼這個階段的老師非常重要”。
他誠懇地說：“我希望我和我的同事都能成為好老師。老師不在乎回報，只在乎你們是否真正地掌握了那些該掌握的東西，老師也不需要聽你們說感恩的話，只需要聽到，你們走向社會後，是否對人類有更多的貢獻。”
此刻他第三次說：“我要請你們大家原諒，正是因此，有時候我們可能過於嚴厲，有時候我們可能過於焦急。”
他回憶起20多年前，還在清華大學教書時，他的碩士中有一個韓國女留學生，常常因為老師的嚴厲批評而哭。當然，現在她也已經是韓國的大學教授了。當時，她在畢業典禮時，問同學“老師到底愛不愛學生”。葛兆光說：“從剛剛大家評選出的最受歡迎的好老師的紀錄片片段可以看到，老師怎麼會不愛學生，但是，老師更重要的是在知識上向學生負責。唐代的韓愈說，老師是傳道授業解惑的人。我認為，除此以外，老師什麼都不是，老師就是要傳道授業解惑。”他更說：“大學不是養雞場，大學也不是歌舞廳，大學更不是股票交易所。它就是一個傳授知識和保存理想的地方，希望你們在人生道路上能夠回過頭來意識到，大學所傳授的知識和宣導的思想對你有多重要。也希望你們今後在繼續追尋知識和理想的路上，永遠記得你大學的這四年，也記得你的老師。”
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2018年6月28日 星期四
Elon Musk's Ad Astra School, Ad Astra, by Ars Technica
Inside Elon Musk's Ad Astra School Where Grades and Traditional Classes Don't Exist
Elon Musk has apparently created a new kind of school that prefers flamethrowers and robots to traditional classes.
Over the past four years, Musk has run an experimental not-for-profit school called Ad Astra at his SpaceX company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., ArsTechnica revealed this week. Musk started the school after pulling all of his sons out of Los Angeles private schools and hired one of his son’s teachers to act as its principal. And in true Musk fashion, it’s nothing like a school you went to.
According to the Ars report, the kids work together in teams and explore non-traditional topics, including robotics and how to handle artificial intelligence that could ultimately turn evil. There are no grades given to students at the school and if the children don’t like a particular class they’re taking, they can simply opt out. Ars found that there are fewer than 40 students at the school, including Musk’s own kids. The other students are children of SpaceX employees and other people from the Los Angeles area.
Not surprisingly, the school seems to focus its education on STEM. But unlike other schools, it doesn’t teach music and sports and language arts appear to be an afterthought, according to Ars. The reason? Musk thinks it’s more important for children to learn other topics when computers can take up the task of translating language in the future.
In the place of traditional education is a class that discusses the ethical and political woes of artificial intelligence—a topic that Musk is deeply concerned about. Students are also asked to make a variety of technologies, like robots and even weather balloons. And when students asked to make electromagnetic pulse technology, the school graciously accepted, Ars wrote.
For now, Ad Astra is only available to students between the ages of 7 and 14. And since two of Musk’s sons are leaving for traditional high schools next year, there’s some concern over what the future of the school looks like, according to Ars. But if anything is clear, it’s that Ad Astra is appealing to some.
According to Ars, approximately 400 families last year vied for just 12 open spots at Musk’s school.
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Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote sic iturad astra ("thus one journeys to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus) and opta ardua2018年6月27日 星期三
齊邦媛《巨流河》 中的 東海大學外文系2011；2018 孫康宜全集出版之通信
Hanching Chung 好幾年前讀過此書，現在一時找不到該書。幸虧中國有線上閱讀。我記得她利用當時的規定，教高中5年之後，有資格轉教大學：中興、東海教，兼課。以前的筆記：這可以解釋為何2月前，中研院院士孫康宜回台，她們師生還通信。http://hceducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post_15.html
Facing an era of digital education BY CHIHO KOMORIYA
Facing an era of digital education
BY CHIHO KOMORIYA
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2018/06/24/digital/facing-era-digital-education/#.WzM2CqczbIU
JUN 24, 2018
The International Tokyo Toy Show is often a good place to spot new gadgets and this year was no exception. On: Tech takes a look at a couple of toys showcased at the trade show this month, and some ideas of how technology can help educate children.
‘Pika-chu, pika-pi, pika-pika-chu’
Takara Tomy has transformed one of Japan’s most famous characters into a tiny pet robot. HelloPika is a pocket-sized toy that responds to speech with various actions that include nodding, shaking its head, lighting up at the cheeks and replying “pika-pika,” “pika-chu,” “pika-pi” and other “pika” words. Don’t expect to understand it — it won’t speak English or Japanese. But it will turn toward you when spoken to and has a “pika” answer for everything. It also laughs when tickled, snores when sleeping and can be clipped to pockets for those who don’t want to part with it.
HelloPika may not be the most useful toy, but it’s incredibly cute and at the International Tokyo Toy Show the Takara Tomy booth, visitors were quick to coo “kawaii” at a table full of them chattering away. It will be priced at ¥3,229, runs on two AAA batteries and will be released on Aug. 4, with planned launches in nine other countries, including Korea, China, Singapore and Thailand. “Pika” is, after all, a universal language — even if it doesn’t make much sense.
bit.ly/hellopika (Japanese only)
The kid-safe tablet
Sega Toys showcased its Magical Me Pad, a Disney collaboration, which will be launched on Aug. 9. Like a tablet, the Magical Me Pad has all kinds of functions — it offers games and quizzes, has face recognition, and its camera can be used to take and edit video. Perhaps more appealing to parents, though, is that it’s also a useful learning tool.
Sega Toys developed the Magical Me Pad with education goods publisher Gakken Plus, who provided the device’s Japanese to English dictionary and its vocabulary learning games, which monitor the user’s ability and adjusts difficulty levels accordingly. The Magical Me Pad also helps teach programming — a recently introduced compulsory subject at schools — by allowing the user to use Disney characters to simulate coding games.
Priced at ¥16,200, the Magical Me Pad is aimed at children aged 6 and above and runs on four AA batteries. Kids may be more attracted to the use of voice-recognition for its dictionary, which translates spoken words through the voices of Disney characters, or its video functions that will allow them to make YouTuber-like videos. The Magical Me Pad, however, is not internet enabled, so your kid’s data is kept safe unless you choose to export it via microSD. This makes it a good introduction to tablets, without the fear of accidentally coming across inappropriate online content.
www.segatoys.co.jp/disney/magicalmepad (Japanese only)
Learning on the go and for free
While mobile study apps have become popular in Japan, educational services company EduLab, Inc. noticed that many of them are not only specifically aimed at older students studying for university entrance exams, but they also charge for their services.
Seeing a need to help younger learners, EduLab has released Study Gear, a free app offering compact lessons for primary and younger junior high school students. Subjects covered are Japanese, mathematics, society, science and English, all of which can be learned via short animations.
The one to 2½ minute videos are made by the One Media video production company, while publishing house Obunsha provide the topics and educational information. As a bonus to using the app, children can also rack up NTT Docomo loyalty points for their parents each time they complete lessons.
There are currently 500 video lessons available on both iOS and Android versions of Study Gear, and EduLab, Inc. aims to increase this to 3,000 within the next year.
2018年6月25日 星期一
黃武雄 ：仔細閲讀黃以敬專訪前教育部長吳茂昆
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今早仔細閲讀黃以敬專訪前教育部長吳茂昆這篇文章，我認為吳是個就事論事的人。
今早仔細閲讀黃以敬專訪前教育部長吳茂昆這篇文章，我認為吳是個就事論事的人。
就事論事，是台灣社會最需要的素養，尤其討論公共議題時。
當然，我注意台大校長的遴選爭議已有一段時日，月前還在臉書上寫了両天評論。
我做了「吳是個就事論事之人」的評論，不會只因讀了這篇報導。
我注意過他在高溫超導突破性的學術成就，注意過他謙譲不爭名利的行事風格(傳聞來自他的同行)。還有他在太陽花學運初起時，表現出來的道德勇氣。
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這篇報導中，吳對大學內部結構正常化的看法，我完全賛同。
這篇報導中，吳對大學內部結構正常化的看法，我完全賛同。
台灣的大學，距離校園民主，還有一段很長的路要走。主要癥結在於幾十年延襲下來的大學「校長制」，要及早改為「專業委員會制」。
與世界各主要大學一樣，內部決策開放參與，分由各學術專業的教授組成委員會決定。各委員會的召集人由委員內部選出，而非由校長或行政人員擔任。
校長及行政人員，只在整合與執行，必要時進行協調，不像今天掌控資源的分配。
二十年來，大學校長的遴選，會演變成今日斯文掃地的「競選奇觀」，關鍵便是大學校長仍掌控資源的分配，引起衆相覬覦。可笑的是，候選人還要親自來做政見發表。
前教長吳茂昆是少數看到這種結構問題的學術界人士。他自己在哥倫比亞大學任教的經驗，或有助於大學內部結構性的改革。
可惜因管案背後的政治風波，使他才剛到仼，便決意辭去教育部長的職位，樹立學術界高標準自我要求的典範。
無論如何，幾件對他個人曲意誤解的抨擊，他的回應坦誠明白，是有高度的說服力。
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在黃以敬這篇報導中，吳茂昆談他在東華校長仼內帶學生分析清明草的故事。一個在象牙塔中科學家，如何進入草根，做出創新的成果，這是科學界罕有的一段經驗。
在黃以敬這篇報導中，吳茂昆談他在東華校長仼內帶學生分析清明草的故事。一個在象牙塔中科學家，如何進入草根，做出創新的成果，這是科學界罕有的一段經驗。
這些日子，我從側面了解，發現他可能是台灣數一數二最好的教育部長人選。
我離群索居，僻居山中，一個多月前「吳茂昆」三個字，對我還是一個陌生的名字，雖然我早知道有個類似此名的物理學家與朱經武做超導，對物理研究是重大的貢獻。
台灣社會有個奇怪的、令人遺憾的現象：因曲意誤解、誇大不實的政治炒作，而消費掉少有的秀異人才。這對台灣社會，是重大損失。
吳茂昆的下台，譲我想起此前的李遠哲。
什麼時候，台灣社會能夠成熟一點？能夠就事論事？人民能夠多一點獨立思考的能力？
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我希望臉友們能像我一樣，仔細閲讀這篇專訪，也用心想想我寫的幾個論點。尤其在留言評論之前。
我希望臉友們能像我一樣，仔細閲讀這篇專訪，也用心想想我寫的幾個論點。尤其在留言評論之前。
有時候，我注意到一些激越留言者，只為了表達他既定的立場，就重話批評。批評之前，什麼都沒讀進去。
我了解這是一些人的習性，只說不讀。但我更希望台灣社會能進一步學習就事論事的態度。
就事論事，是一種素養。一個社會只有它的成員願意就事論事，這個社會才會有希望。
近月我這樣的感慨尤深，也因此今早又撥空寫了這篇臉書。
黃武雄 2018-6-13
2018年6月24日 星期日
施翠峰 臺中一中教育 感想 1939~1945.2
Hanching Chung 這些照片是"懷舊"。日治時期的中一中有日本學生，約10%，所以有神社等。施先生離開學校後六十多年沒回校，所發的感嘆，可能沒考慮學校的規模和師生素質等都不很一樣了。
《施翠峰回憶錄》2010，
頁57，頁60
2018年6月23日 星期六
全求各大學Robot學論文數排行、所謂 " 大学の「研究力」 (論文的質與量)" 2002~06 vs 2012~16
「日本は実用化を目指す短期志向の研究に行きがち」。ロボット研究の学術論文数で、東大はこの10年で世界トップから8位に急落。日本の大学や企業の国際地位低下が目立ちます。（会員向け記事です。登録無料）
NIKKEI.COM
日本のお家芸・ロボット研究、東大がトップ陥落
日本のお家芸とされ、ハイテク技術の象徴ともいえる「ロボット」研究で、日本の国際地位が低下している。日本経済新聞と学術出版世界大手のエルゼビア（オランダ・アムステルダム）の共同分析で分かった。科学技術
參考、一笑。我不太相信這種量化比較：所謂 " 大学の「研究力」 (論文的質與量)" 2002~06 vs 2012~16
東大も京大も地盤沈下 データで見る大学の研究力
ニッポンの革新力
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- 日本経済新聞 電子版
■塗り替わる世界の大学の勢力図
東京大学や京都大学など日本の大学は世界の中で相対的な地位が低下している。学術論文数と研究の質の関係を見ると、2002～06年の論文数では東大は米ハーバード大学に次ぐ２位、京大も８位につけていた。研究の質でも欧米の有力大学のグループに次ぐ位置につけ、研究活動は世界でも有数だった。ところが12～16年になるとその構図は崩れる。学術論文数、研究の質で欧米の有力大学はその地…
日経ビジュアルデータ
国内外の大学の「研究力」をグラフで見ると、アジア勢がこの10年で急浮上している様子がわかります。東大や京大はどのあたりに位置しているのでしょうか。
#日経ビジュアルデータ
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO31087040Z20C18A5000000/
#日経ビジュアルデータ
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO31087040Z20C18A5000000/
2018年6月21日 星期四
Princeton University's buildings as they appeared ca. 1896.
Throwback Thursday from PUL's University Archives: Which Princeton University buildings do you recognize?
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Throwback Thursday: Princeton University's buildings as they appeared ca. 1896. You may not recognize all of them! #TBT #ThrowbackThursday
Scrapbook card, ca. 1896, Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series (AC111), Box AD08, Image No. 9131
值得思考的"雙語之路"及實際；白宮的"命令"內有錯字typo. Charter schools
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現在各國報紙等，用高解析度相機拍Trump亮出的文件，如美朝的開會意見，總統簽的行政命令等.......
今天，美國報紙說，白宮的"命令"內有錯字typo。
今天，美國報紙說，白宮的"命令"內有錯字typo。
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美國的Charter schools (特約公立學校？)的規定及教師的資格要求等，各州稍不同，其教師資格也須"鑑定"。 charter schools?
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Charter schools are public schools that operate under a performance contract, or a “charter” which frees them from many regulations created for traditional public schools while holding them accountable for academic and financial results. The charter contract between the charter school governing board and the sponsor details the school’s mission, program, goals, students served, methods of assessment and ways to measure success. The length of time for which charters are granted varies but most are granted for five years.
Charter Schools - Do teachers in a charter school have to be certified?
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Charter school teachers must be certified unless a waiver of the certification ... qualifications: a bachelor's degree, 5 years experience in the area of degree, ...
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