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1、A Liberal education by THHuxley A Liberal EducationT.H. Huxley v Background of Liberal Education v Theme and Structure v Examples of Nature Education v Sentences and Words v Extension Part I :Background of Liberal Education Chen Yuan Outline l What is education? l The meaning of edcation l The origi
2、n and development of liberal education What is education? Education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind ,character or physical ability of an individual.In its technical sense,education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumu
3、lated knowledge ,skills and values from one generation to another. The meaning of education For personal: l Education gives not only knowledge but also required social skills. l Education makes our path in our lives earsier. The meaning of education For Nation: l Science and technology constitute a
4、primary productive force.-Deng XiaoPing l Education are essential for countries to be able to achieve high levels of economic growth. prenatal education early childhood education primary education adult education service education education in our imagination The Origin and Development of Liberal Ed
5、ucation 1. The origin of liberal education 2. The development of liberal education The origin of Liberal Education The concept of liberal education is fist proposed by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. He holds the feature of a real mans life is virtue which includes the intellecture virtue a
6、nd the ethical virtue. The origin of Liberal Education T.H. Huxley(1825-1895), English biologist, educator, and advocate of agnosticism”. He holds liberal education is an artificial education which has not only prepared a man to escape the great evils of disobedience to natural laws, but has trained
7、 him to appreciate and to seize upon the rewards which nature scatters with as free a hand as her penalties. The development of liberal education The advocated period Liberal education was advocated in the 19th century by thinkers such as John Henry Newman ,F.D.Maurice and so on,they defined liberal
8、 education as being edcation for its own sake and personal enrichment,with the teaching of values. The Declined Period After Sencond World War,people put their attention to mathematics, science, and technical training so that the liberal education lost its prominent position in high education studie
9、s. The Spread Period In the early years of the 21st century,many universities and liberal art colleges reviewed their curricula to include a liberal education. Summary In a word,people on the increasing numble are concerning the importance of liberal education. Liberal education is on board during t
10、he 21st century around the world. Part II : Theme and Structure Wang Rong Structure Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part III : Examples of Liberal Education in Daily Life based on the authors definition Liberal education: How to avoid punishments from natural laws How to get rewards from natural laws Re
11、wards Rewards from nature means what we learn from nature. To make it more concrete(具体的) , I will talk about bionics(仿生学) Rewards We learn from nature We get rewads from nature We live harmony with nature Punishments Punishments I. II. III. Do you play your cellphone before sleeping. Does it always
12、drop down and hit right on your nose? Does it hurt ? Punishments Part IV :Sentences and Words Yangxiao Main Sentences and words 2.Do you not think that we should look (with a disapprobation amounting to scorn) upon the father who allowed his son, or the state which allowed its members, to grow up wi
13、thout knowing a pawn from a knight? 3.In other words, education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature, under which name I include not merely things and their forces, but men and their ways; and the fashioning of the affections and of the will into desire to move in harmony with t
14、hose laws. 4.Joys and woes, compared with which all others might seem but faint shadows, would spring from the new relations. 6.Those who wont learn at all are plucked; and then you cant come up again. Natures pluck means extermination. Main Sentences and words 8.They will get on together rarely; sh
15、e as his ever beneficent mother; he as her mouthpiece, her conscious self, her minister and interpreter. Part V :Extension Li Wenjing Satan, mainly refers to the degenerate angel in the bible, or degenerate angel Satan. He is a rebel, once one of the seraphs in front of god, and is responsible for p
16、lacing temptation among the world. He later descent into the devil, is seen as the source of evil and darkness relative to power and light. Emperor built a garden of Eden in the east, and with many kinds of living creatures inside. In the middle of the garden there was two trees: the tree of life an
17、d wisdom tree. God made Adam, sent him to the garden, and said to him, except the fruit of the tree of life and wisdom, he can eat other fruit. God sends all the animals to Adam and Adam named all the animals. God let Adam sleep andtook one of his ribs, with this bone made eve, in this way, Adam wil
18、l not be lonely. Adam and eve naked, lived very happy in the garden of Eden, in harmony with god. Its growing dark, they heard the voice of god, god came to the garden. They hid. God cant see the two of them. But god called Adam, asked him, where and why to hide up. Adam said, he heard the voice of
19、god, but he was afraid. And god said, if you are afraid, it must be that you ate the fruit I forbid you to eat. Immediately Adam pointed to eve and said: this is the woman who let me eat the fruit. Yes,“ Eve replied, but this is the snake cheating me. So, god drive Adam and Eve out of the garden of
20、Eden, and told them: since you already knew the kind and evil, you must leave the garden of Eden. If you stay, you may go to eat the fruit of the tree of life, then you will live forever. Such a thing is what I cannot allow. He put them into the world, god cursed them, and said Adam must be too tired to profuse sweating to survive, Eve will be suffering from the effects of the delivery. In the east of the garden of Eden, god sent an angel standing there, with sword in hand, guarding the entrance of the garden of Eden, defending the tree of life.
