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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Toshihide Maskawa Lecture: “Education that Gives Inspiration and Romance”
Nobel prize-winning physicist Toshihide Maskawa gave a lecture on “Education and Freedom” at the Education Assembly in Tokyo on April 25th (see photo). Maskawa impressed the audience with the following remark:“Education is not about memorizing the name of laws or discoverers. Education is about highlighting the background to these events. Tests consisting of choosing multiple choice answers degrade the ability to think scientifically. While I believe that exams are necessary, the purpose of education should not be to pass exams. The exam system should be simplified and reduced to a bare minimum. Science would be interesting - even inspiring and romantic - if you ask the question of why something was discovered. The current education system strips all life from science by simply pursuing the results. Left in this way, students feel alienated from education. We need education that can give inspiration and romance.” Reported by Johnny H.
「憧れ・ロマンが生じるような教育を」~益川敏英さんが4・25集会で講演
4月25日の教育集会(東京・九段会館)で、ノーベル物理学賞の益川敏英さん(写真)が「教育と自由」と題して講演した。「教育は、法則の名前、発見者の名前を記憶させることではない。その背景にあることを教えなければならない。テストで( )にイ、ロなどと入れることではない。それは“科学疎外”をよりひどくする。試験は必要悪だと思うが、試験は目的ではない。試験制度を簡単にし、最小限に軽減しなければならない。どうして発見したか?などを知れば科学は面白い。<憧れ><ロマン>も生じる。それをそぎ落として結果だけを求める。これでは“教育疎外”が起きる。<憧れ><ロマン>が生じるような教育をしなければならない」と語り、観客を惹きつけた。 報告(ジョニーH)
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