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1、.EssenceofEducation教育的本质RoberyW.Tracinki1.Theessenceofeducationistheteachingoffactsandreasoningskillstoourchildren,sothattheylearntothink.教育的本质是向我们的孩子们教授事实和推理的技能，让他们学会思考。2.Yetalmostacentury,ourschoolshavebeenunderassaultbyanapproachtoeducationthatelevatesfeelingsoverfact

2、s.UndertheinfluenceofProgressiveEducation--Itisnowmoreimportantthangettinghimintouchwiththefactsofhistory,mathematicsorgeography.然而几乎一个世纪以来，我们的学校都在受到一种将感受凌驾于事实之上的教育方法的攻击。在进步教育的影响下——让学生了解历史事实、数学或地理都不如感觉重要。Note:elevatev.tomakemoreimportantortoimprovee.g.Theywanttoelevateth

3、estatusofteachers.3."Creativespelling"--inwhichstudentsareencouragedtospellwordsinwhateverwaytheyfeeliscorrect-ismoreimportantthantherulesoflanguage.Urgingchildrento"feelgood"aboutthemselvesismoreimportantthanensuringthattheyacquiretheknowledgenecessaryforlivingsuccessfu

4、lly.“创造性的拼写”——..鼓励学生以任何他们感觉正确的方式拼写单词—这比语言规则更加重要。鼓励孩子们对自己“感觉良好”比确保他们获得顺利生活所必需的知识更为重要。4.Thisemotion-centered,anti-reasonassaultoneducationhasfoundanewally:thosewhobelievetheliteralwordsoftheBible.TheKansasBoardofEducationhasjustexcisedthetheoryofevolutionfromthestate'soffi

5、cialsciencestandards.Severalotherstateshaveenactedsimilaranti-evolutionpolicies,therebyelevatingthefeelingofreligiousfundamentalistsovertheaccumulatedevidenceoftheentirescienceofbiology.这种以情绪为中心、反对理性的对教育的攻击已经找到了新的同盟军：那些相信圣经上文学词汇的人。堪萨斯州教育理事会刚刚推翻了该州官方科学标准中的进化论。几个其他的州已经颁布了相

6、似的反对进化政策，从而将宗教原教旨的感受凌驾于整个生物科学所累积的证据之上。Note:Allyn.apersonororganizationthatcooperateswithorhelpsanotherinaparticularactivity.Excisev.toremoveasifbycuttinge.g.Theofficialcensorshaveexcisedthecontroversialsectionsofthereport.5.Thesepoliciesdonotactuallybantheteachingofevolu

7、tion,nordotheymandatetheteachingof“Creationism”----biblicalclaim..thattheEarthandalllifeonitwerecreatedinsixdays.Theysimplydropevolutionfromtherequiredcurriculum.Thegoalofthereligiousactivitiesistokeepstudentsignorantofthetheoryofevolution,ortoencouragetheteachingofevolu

8、tionandCreationismside-by-side,astwo"competing"theories.这些政策实际上并不禁止教授进化论，他们也不命令教授特创论——圣经上说地球及其上的所有生命是在六