Developing More Curious Minds

By John Barell
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… He believes many students have become too passive in their learning, accepting information and "facts" as presented in textbooks, classes, and the media. Drawing on anecdotes from educators and his own life, Barell describes practical strategies to spur students' ability and willingness to pose and answer their own questions. Antarctica expeditions, outer space discoveries, dinosaur fossils, literature, and more help define the importance of developing an inquisitive mind, using such practices as

* Maintaining journals on field trips,
* Using questioning frames and models when reading texts,
* Engaging in critical thinking and problem-based learning, and
* Integrating inquiry into curriculum development and the classroom culture. To become habits of mind, students' daily curiosities must be nurtured and supported. Barell draws a vivid map to guide readers to "an intelligent revolution" in which schools can become places where educators and students imagine and work together to become active citizens in their society.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)



人生之體驗

唐君毅
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作者不從尋常的學理角度出發，不以邏輯的推理攻城略地般的解說人生問題，而是結合自己人生外在經歷和內在的靈魂煎熬，率性而思而訴諸亦文亦白的文字。因此，本書可謂直指人心，直逼世道，有很強的震撼力。本書亦可謂作者的精神自傳，寫得千回百轉，蛛絲馬跡，須讀者用心一一尋覓。
(摘錄自中國圖書網.台灣)

Climate Change: In Context

Edited by Brenda Wilmoth Lerner & K. Lee Lerner
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The book received a prestigious American Library Association RUSA award as one of ten outstanding reference sources for 2009.

Offers coverage of the history, politics, and ethical debates related to climate change, including the impact of climate change on daily life, trade and commerce, travel, and the future of both industrialized and impoverished nations. Provides insights on leading social issues and spurs critical thinking about the impact of environmental issues on daily life and globalization.
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大學之理念 = The Idea of a University

金耀基
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這本書是金耀基對大學的理念，性格及發展的精微論述，並涉及到人文與科學的文化觀的論爭，大學的世界精神，通識教育，以及在世紀之交大學理念與角色的轉換，現代性，全球化與華人教育等問題。
(摘錄自三聯版封面)

什麼是大學？這個問題，我真正認真思考是七十年代中作客劍橋大學時開始的。《大學之理念》在八十、九十年代的台灣曾引起不少回響與共鳴，並且在台灣的大學改革運動的過程中產生了一些影響，其中有幾篇文字還被有些大學指定為通識教育的讀物。
中國是一個高度重視教育的國家。從古以來自有一套教育制度。但清末以還，「廢科舉，設學校」，是中國教育制度至為關鍵性的「現代轉向」。北京大學是中國現代型大學之開端，而其制度與精神，實是借鏡西方大學的，所以中國的現代大學是「橫向的移植」，而非「縱向的繼承」。
在今日知識經濟的時代，大學作為發展知識主要的地方，己經成為社會中最重要的一種機體了。大學越變得重要，就越需要對大學之理念與功能作反思。何謂知識？知識是否只是一種或一型？大學又是否只是求真，而與美、善無涉？不誇大地說，大學之發展方向關乎到一個國家的文明之性格。《大學之理念》是我個人對「大學之為大學」的一些看法。當然，在書中處處透顯出我的主觀的價值傾向。
在這個新的牛津版中，我刪去了原台灣版中六篇短文，增加了四篇新的文字，我希望這新版《大學之理念》能繼續引起關心中國的大學前景的人一些思考。
(摘錄自牛津版封面內頁)

The Climate Diet : How You Can Cut Carbon, Cut Costs, and Save the Planet

Jonathan Harrington
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We live in a world of excess. We consume too much of everything—food, clothes, cars, bricks and mortar. Our bingeing is often so extreme that it threatens our own health and well being. And we are not the only ones who are getting sick.
The Earth—which provides the food, air, water and land that sustains us—is also under severe pressure. Gluttonous consumption of nature's trans-fats—carbon-based fossil fuels, deforestation and unsustainable resource use—is disrupting the global temperature-regulating machine that mother nature has carefully maintained for millions of years. Try as she may to keep from running a fever, the environmental reengineering wrought by six billion people, like a force of nature, is warming our world. At some point, something just has to give. We either take steps to put our personal lifestyles and planetary systems back into balance or we suffer the consequences.
So, what does any unhealthy overweight person do when the doctor tells him or her that they are eating themselves into an early grave? Go on a diet!
The Climate Diet offers an optimistic, easy to understand and engaging message. It has never been easier for families to cut back on their use of fossil fuels and protect the climate all while saving money. By using the familiar language of weight loss, The Climate Diet explains climate change concepts, problems and solutions in ways that anyone can easily understand. Following a five-step climate diet plan, families will be able to count their carbon calories, learn how to reduce them and aim for one of four different levels of achievement: Participant, Bronze, Silver and Gold, each of which can be tailored to fit almost any lifestyle.
This is the must-have guide to the most important diet ever. If we all participate, the greenhouse gas emissions bulge can be beaten, leaving us with a slim healthy planet now and for the future.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)

生活簡單就是享受 (Simplify Your Life)

愛琳.詹姆絲 (Elaine St. James)
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＜新簡樸運動＞宣言：
「大」不見得就好，「多」也不見得就是富有；唯有簡單自在，生活才真正是一種享受！
本書提供讓你身心都「簡單」的妙方：
*住小房子吧！否則你會疲於打掃房子。
* 衣櫥不要太大，大了就想多買衣服。
* 關掉電視機吧！因為它佔掉我們太多時間了。
* 不要電話一響，就反射式地急著接。
* 在家裡度假吧！不要出去人擠人。
* 檢討你的購物習慣，不要為買而買！
* 不要做行事曆的奴隸！
* 少工作，多讓自己享受人生吧！
* 學習如何大笑吧！
* 每個月讓自己獨處一天。
* 一次只做一件事。
* 找個時間看夕陽吧！
* 學習說「不」！
* 散步要比去健身院好。
您是否覺得房子太大了，需花費很多時間去打掃？您是否一回家就守在電視機前，並覺得時間永遠不夠用？您是否覺得衣櫃總是少那麼一件，於是不斷地在買新衣服？您是否被生活搞得頭痛、胸悉、失眠，心裡也愈來愈煩躁？請試試書中100個讓您生活簡單自在的妙法！作者旨在提醒我們：「所謂「擁有幸福的秘密」，只要減少對幸福的需求就可以！
(摘錄自book.douban.com)