Agassis hilosophy of Education 阿格思教育哲学.doc

Agassi’s Philosophy of Education 阿格思教育哲学 Democracy Not Authority 民主不极权 Agassi Teaches 阿格思教学法 “Any questions?” Dr Agassi asked 1960 年，香港大学，哲学第一课． Our first Philosophy class in 1960, “有问题吗?” 阿格思教授问． Hong Kong. “No questions,” we shook our heads. “没有问题.” 我们摇头说． “Class dismissed,” Agassi said. “下课.” 教授说． Surprise. “不是吧! 您还没讲课呢.” 我们说． “But you haven’t lectured,” we said. “回去看书吧.” 他说． “Read your books,” he said. We came back for the next class. 下一课，一开始还是: “有问题吗?” “Any questions?” he began. “没有问题.” 我们还是说． “No questions,” we said. “下课．再见.” “Class dismissed.” “He must be joking,” we thought. “不是吧. 怎么搞的?” 大家说． He was not. 第二课又完了． Class was dismissed. The third class. 第三课， We came back with tough questions. 我们准备了很凶的问题． Ｗow! 讨论精彩极了! Socrates for Democracy 苏格拉底教育的民主 公元前470?-399 BCE “But I was never anyone’s teacher … I have never withheld myself from anyone, young or old, who was anxious to hear me converse while I was making my investigation; neither do I converse for payment and refuse to converse without payment. I am ready to ask questions of rich and poor alike, and if any man wishes to answer me, and then listen to what I have to say, he may. And I cannot justly be charged with causing these men to turn out good or bad, for I never either taught or professed to teach any of them any knowledge whatever.” –Socrates. “我从未为人师 … 我探讨问题, 与人讨论, 老幼任听, 不为钱财. 我问人问题, 贫富不分, 答听任人. 人变好坏, 不能罪我, 我从没教人任何知识.” --苏格拉底. (Plato 柏拉图360 BCE 公元前: (早期著作) Apology 辩词.) Father of Modern Scientific Method--Popper Explains Socrates 现代科学方法之父朴耙解释苏格拉底 Wisdom of Socrates. “Readiness to learn in itself proves the possession of wisdom, in fact all the wisdom claimed by Socrates for himself; for he who is ready to learn knows how little he knows. The uneducated seems thus to be in need of an authority to wake him up, since he cannot be expected to be self-critical. But this one element of authoritarianism was wonderfully balanced in Socrates’ teaching by