他缔造了哈佛——查尔斯·W.艾略特传(二)

• 作 者: 亨利·詹姆斯 朱建迅 赵倩 任晓伟 秦楠
• 出 处: 传记文学
• 发表日期: 2017年11期
• 关键词: 哈佛 《大西洋月刊》 新教育 监事会 拉丁语 选课制 学校定位 求知若渴 英语文学 表决权

首次撰文公开探讨教育问题自从艾略特开始任教于哈佛以来,他一直在思考教育问题,这也是他出国期间考察的重点。在题为《新教育:它的组织》的文章中,他系统阐述了自己的观点。文章分为两部分,先后发表在1869年2月和3月号的《大西洋月刊》上。这是他首次公开撰文探讨教育问题,这篇文章充分显示了他的卓越才能。文章头几句,通过虚构的一位美国父亲,以提问的形式将问题直接摆到读者面前:

First Writer Discusses Educational Issues Publicly Since Eliot began teaching at Harvard, he has been thinking about education, which is the focus of his study abroad. In his essay entitled “New Education: Its Organization,” he systematically elaborated his own point of view. The article is divided into two parts, published in the February and March issue of 1869, the Atlantic Monthly. This is the first time that he has published an article on education, this article has fully demonstrated his outstanding talent. The first few sentences of the article, through a fictitious American father, pose questions directly to readers in the form of questions: