How to escape education's death valley | Sir Ken Robinson | TED

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非常感谢
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Thank you very much.
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I moved to America 12 years ago with my wife Terry and our two kids.
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12年前我移居到美国
协同我的妻子泰瑞和两个孩子
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Actually, truthfully, we moved to Los Angeles --
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事实上,说真的,我们只是搬到了洛杉矶
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(Laughter)
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thinking we were moving to America, but anyway --
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还以为到了美国
不过,从洛杉矶乘飞机到美国
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(Laughter)
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It's a short plane ride from Los Angeles to America.
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用不了多长时间
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(Laughter)
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12年前,我刚来到美国的时候
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I got here 12 years ago,
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and when I got here, I was told various things,
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当地人给我讲了许多东西
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like, "Americans don't get irony."
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像“美国人不懂讽刺。”
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(Laughter)
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Have you come across this idea?
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你们也有这种想法吗
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It's not true.
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这很荒谬,我踏遍了美国的山山水水
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I've traveled the whole length and breadth of this country.
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却从未找到任何证据来证明美国人不懂讽刺
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I have found no evidence that Americans don't get irony.
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It's one of those cultural myths,
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这属于一种文化迷思
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like, "The British are reserved."
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就如同说“英国人很矜持”一样
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(Laughter)
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I don't know why people think this.
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我真不知道人们为何会这样想
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We've invaded every country we've encountered.
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英国曾侵略过每一个与其不期而遇的国度啊
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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But it's not true Americans don't get irony,
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但是说美国人不懂讽刺确实与事实不符
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but I just want you to know that that's what people
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其实我只是想令大家知道
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are saying about you behind your back.
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别人在背后是怎样谈论你的
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You know, so when you leave living rooms in Europe,
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在欧洲,你离开客厅时
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people say, thankfully, nobody was ironic in your presence.
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人们会说,幸好,没人当着你的面讽刺
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(Laughter)
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在我偶然听说“不让一个孩子掉队”这条立法时
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But I knew that Americans get irony
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when I came across that legislation, "No Child Left Behind."
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我就知道了美国人是懂得讽刺的
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(Laughter)
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Because whoever thought of that title gets irony.
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想出这条立法标题的人,就很懂得讽刺
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(Laughter)
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01:42
Don't they?
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难道不是吗,因为--
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(Applause)
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(笑声)(掌声)
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Because it's leaving millions of children behind.
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因为数百万的儿童被撇在后面了
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Now I can see that's not a very attractive name for legislation:
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我从中看到的是一个并不招人待见的名号
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"Millions of Children Left Behind."
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“数百万的孩子掉队了”,显而易见
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I can see that.
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What's the plan?
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具体有什么计划呢?我们提议
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We propose to leave millions of children behind,
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把数百万儿童撇到后面
这就是它如何运作的
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and here's how it's going to work.
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而且效果不错
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And it's working beautifully.
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(Laughter)
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In some parts of the country,
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在美国的部分地区
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60 percent of kids drop out of high school.
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60%的孩子从高中退学
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In the Native American communities,
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在土著美国人社区
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it's 80 percent of kids.
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达到80%
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If we halved that number,
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有一种看法是,如果这个数字较少一半
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one estimate is it would create a net gain to the U.S. economy
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那么在未来的十年里,可以为美国的经济
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over 10 years, of nearly a trillion dollars.
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创造近万亿美元的净利润
从经济角度看
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From an economic point of view,
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this is good math, isn't it, that we should do this?
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这是一笔好买卖,对吧,但我们应该这样做吗?
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It actually costs an enormous amount
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实际上,要大量的投入
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to mop up the damage from the dropout crisis.
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才能肃清辍学危机所造成的损害
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But the dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg.
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但辍学危机仅仅是冰山一角
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What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school
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没算在内的是那些人在上学
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but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it,
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心却辍了学的孩子,他们不喜欢学习
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who don't get any real benefit from it.
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无法真正从中获益
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And the reason is not that we're not spending enough money.
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其原因
不是我们没有投入足够的钱
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America spends more money on education than most other countries.
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在教育领域,美国比大多数国家
投入了更多的资金
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Class sizes are smaller than in many countries.
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班级人数也更少
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And there are hundreds of initiatives every year
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每年都有上千条立法提案
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to try and improve education.
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尝试改善教育制度
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The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction.
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问题是,我们走错了方向
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There are three principles on which human life flourishes,
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有三条法则
可以让我们的生活更加繁荣
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and they are contradicted by the culture of education
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而现行的教育文化却与之相抵触
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under which most teachers have to labor
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多数教师教得辛苦
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and most students have to endure.
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学生学的痛苦
第一条法则是,人类
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The first is this, that human beings are naturally different and diverse.
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天生彼此千差万别
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Can I ask you, how many of you have got children of your own?
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请问一下,在座各位
多少人有孩子
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Okay. Or grandchildren.
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孙儿辈也算
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How about two children or more? Right.
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两个或两个以上的呢
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And the rest of you have seen such children.
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剩下的即使没有孩子也见过别人的孩子
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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Small people wandering about.
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到处都有小孩子
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(Laughter)
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I will make you a bet,
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我要跟你们打个赌
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and I am confident that I will win the bet.
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我肯定能赌赢
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If you've got two children or more,
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如果你有两个以上的孩子
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I bet you they are completely different from each other.
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我打赌,他们一定是完全不同的个体
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Aren't they?
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不是吗?难道不是吗?(鼓掌)
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(Applause)
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You would never confuse them, would you?
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你绝对不会错认,对不对
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Like, "Which one are you? Remind me."
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你可不会说“你是哪一个,提醒我一下
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(Laughter)
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我和你妈妈要采用些手段
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"Your mother and I need some color-coding system
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像彩色编码系统,这样我们就不会搞错了。”
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so we don't get confused."
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“不让一个孩子掉队”所提出的教育政策
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Education under "No Child Left Behind"
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is based on not diversity but conformity.
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是基于一致性而非多样性
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What schools are encouraged to do is to find out
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这种政策是在鼓励校方以成绩的高低
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what kids can do across a very narrow spectrum of achievement.
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这种狭隘的方式来为儿童的能力定位
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One of the effects of "No Child Left Behind"
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“不让一个孩子掉队”这条立法的一个影响便是
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has been to narrow the focus onto the so-called STEM disciplines.
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将公众的视线限制在被称作STEM学科的焦点上
[STEM:科学、技术、工程、数学]它们很重要。
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They're very important.
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I'm not here to argue against science and math.
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我不是驳斥科学和数学的重要性
正相反,它们是必需的,但不是全部
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On the contrary, they're necessary but they're not sufficient.
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A real education has to give equal weight
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真正的教育应当给予艺术、人文和体育
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to the arts, the humanities, to physical education.
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与STEM同等重要的地位
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An awful lot of kids, sorry, thank you --
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有太多的学生,对不起,谢谢-(鼓掌声)-
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(Applause)
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One estimate in America currently is that something like 10 percent of kids,
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据估计,如今的美国
有大约10%的儿童
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getting on that way,
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被诊断出患有
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are being diagnosed with various conditions
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under the broad title of attention deficit disorder.
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注意力缺乏症的一些症状
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ADHD.
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即注意缺陷多动障碍。我不否定有这样的病症存在
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I'm not saying there's no such thing.
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I just don't believe it's an epidemic like this.
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只是我不认为这种病会如此盛行
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If you sit kids down, hour after hour,
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如果你叫孩子坐上几个小时
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doing low-grade clerical work,
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做低级的文书工作
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don't be surprised if they start to fidget, you know?
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他们会不安分,这并不奇怪
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)(掌声)
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(Applause)
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大多数的孩子
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Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition.
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并没有心理问题
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They're suffering from childhood.
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他们只是在忍受童年的煎熬而已
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(Laughter)
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And I know this because I spent my early life as a child.
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之所以这样讲,是因为我也有过早期的童年生涯
并经历了整个历程
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I went through the whole thing.
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Kids prosper best with a broad curriculum that celebrates their various talents,
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广泛的课程可以使孩子们取得最出色的成就
可以展示出他们多方面的天分
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not just a small range of them.
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不局限于小范围
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And by the way, the arts aren't just important
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顺便提一下,艺术之所以重要
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because they improve math scores.
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不只是因为它能够提高数学成绩
艺术之所以重要,是因为它表述着
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They're important because they speak to parts of children's being
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孩子们的天性与本质
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which are otherwise untouched.
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The second, thank you --
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第二条法则,谢谢-(掌声)
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(Applause)
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The second principle that drives human life flourishing
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要想生活的朝气蓬勃,第二条法则是
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is curiosity.
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拥有好奇心
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If you can light the spark of curiosity in a child,
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如果你能燃起孩子心性的好奇之火
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they will learn without any further assistance, very often.
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绝大多数,都可以主动学习,无需外援
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Children are natural learners.
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孩子们天生就会学习
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It's a real achievement to put that particular ability out,
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是激发或是扼杀这种天赋
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or to stifle it.
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对孩子会产生巨大的影响
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Curiosity is the engine of achievement.
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好奇心是取得成就的能动力
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Now the reason I say this
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我这么说是因为
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is because one of the effects of the current culture here,
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如果可以这么说的话,当前的教育文化
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if I can say so,
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影响了教师的专业化程度
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has been to de-professionalize teachers.
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There is no system in the world or any school in the country
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无论是世界范围的教育体系
还是国家内部的教育机构
都不如优秀的教学团队
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that is better than its teachers.
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Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.
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教师是学校能否取得成功的命脉
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But teaching is a creative profession.
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教学是需要创造力的职业
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Teaching, properly conceived, is not a delivery system.
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教学,要有适当的创作,因为它不是单纯的输出
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You know, you're not there just to pass on received information.
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教师的工作不仅仅去传递所接收到的信息
优秀的教师的确要这样做
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Great teachers do that,
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but what great teachers also do is mentor,
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但同时他们还会指导学生的学习
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stimulate, provoke, engage.
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激发学生的兴趣,挑起学生的热情,赢得学生的关注
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You see, in the end, education is about learning.
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看吧,总而言之,教育讲的就是学习
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If there's no learning going on, there's no education going on.
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如果没有学习
就谈不上教育
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And people can spend an awful lot of time
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人们花了大量时间去谈教育问题
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discussing education without ever discussing learning.
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却从来不讲学习
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The whole point of education is to get people to learn.
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教育的主旨就是引导人们去学习
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An old friend of mine -- actually very old, he's dead.
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我的一个朋友,是老朋友了--他本身也很老了
已经去世了(笑声)
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(Laughter)
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That's as old as it gets, I'm afraid.
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恐怕最老也不过如此了
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(Laughter)
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But a wonderful guy he was, wonderful philosopher.
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他是个很了不起的人,是位出色的哲学家
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He used to talk about the difference
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他过去常谈到做事与从中获得成就感
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between the task and achievement senses of verbs.
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两者之间的不同
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You can be engaged in the activity of something,
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有些事你会去做
但不一定有所成就
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but not really be achieving it, like dieting.
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就好比节食,这是个非常典型的例子
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(Laughter)
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It's a very good example.
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There he is. He's dieting.
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你看他,他最近在节食。他有瘦一些吗?没有啊
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Is he losing any weight? Not really.
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08:17
(Laughter)
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Teaching is a word like that.
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教学和节食很像
你可以说“那就是黛博拉,她在34号教室授课。”
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You can say, "There's Deborah, she's in room 34, she's teaching."
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But if nobody's learning anything,
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但如果学生没从她那学到任何知识
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she may be engaged in the task of teaching but not actually fulfilling it.
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她就可能只是从事教学这项工作
但并没有真正的完成它
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The role of a teacher is to facilitate learning.
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教师的职责是令学生学习得更容易,就是这样
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That's it.
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And part of the problem is, I think,
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我想,部分原因是
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that the dominant culture of education has come to focus
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因为当下的教育文化主要关注的
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on not teaching and learning, but testing.
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是考试,而非教学
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Now, testing is important.
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如今,考试很重要,标准化考试很有影响力
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Standardized tests have a place.
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But they should not be the dominant culture of education.
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但它不应该作为教育文化的主导方向
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They should be diagnostic. They should help.
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相反,考试应该用于诊断问题。并且,用于帮助改进
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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If I go for a medical examination, I want some standardized tests.
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如果我去做个医学检查
我当然要做些常规检查
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I do.
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I want to know what my cholesterol level is
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我想知道,同大众标准值范围相比
我的胆固醇含量在什么水平
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compared to everybody else's on a standard scale.
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I don't want to be told on some scale my doctor invented in the car.
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我不想参考那些
医生随便编出来的数值
09:14
(Laughter)
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“你的胆固醇含量在橙色水平。”
09:16
"Your cholesterol is what I call Level Orange."
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09:18
"Really?"
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“真的?是好消息?”“没法判断。”
09:19
(Laughter)
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09:21
"Is that good?" "We don't know."
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09:23
(Laughter)
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09:24
But all that should support learning.
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但这些考试应当对学习有利,不应该像常表现出的
09:27
It shouldn't obstruct it, which of course it often does.
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阻挠学习的热情
09:31
So in place of curiosity, what we have is a culture of compliance.
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当前教育的文化核心,不是激发好奇心
而是要求服从
09:35
Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms
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我们的孩子和教师都被鼓励
遵循常规算法
09:41
rather than to excite that power of imagination and curiosity.
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而不是激发想象力与好奇心
第三条法则是
09:46
And the third principle is this: that human life is inherently creative.
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人的生命具有与生俱来的创造力
这就解释了为什么我们有不同的人生履历
09:50
It's why we all have different résumés.
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09:52
We create our lives,
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我们创造不同的生活
09:54
and we can recreate them as we go through them.
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我们一边经历着一边享受着
09:56
It's the common currency of being a human being.
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这是作为人类通用的生活模式
09:59
It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.
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这就是为什么人类文化如此有趣、丰富
充满活力
10:03
I mean, other animals may well have imaginations and creativity,
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其他动物也可能拥有想象力
和创造力,但明显又没那么多
10:07
but it's not so much in evidence, is it, as ours?
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不是吗,难道跟人类一样?
10:10
I mean, you may have a dog.
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你可能养了条狗
10:12
And your dog may get depressed.
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你的狗也有可能情绪低落
10:15
You know, but it doesn't listen to Radiohead, does it?
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但它不会去听收音机头乐队的音乐,不是吗?
10:18
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
10:22
And sit staring out the window with a bottle of Jack Daniels.
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它也不会拿着酒瓶坐在窗前凝视远方
10:24
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
你问“要不要出去散散步啊?”
10:29
"Would you like to come for a walk?"
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10:30
"No, I'm fine."
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它回答“不用了,我没事。
10:32
(Laughter)
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10:33
"You go. I'll wait. But take pictures."
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你去吧,我在这等你。记得拍照。”
10:37
(Laughter)
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10:39
We all create our own lives through this restless process
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我们的生活就建立在这种无休止的经历上
10:42
of imagining alternatives and possibilities,
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设想着其他的选择,其他的可能
10:44
and one of the roles of education
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而教育的一个作用
就是唤醒并开发人们的创造力
10:47
is to awaken and develop these powers of creativity.
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10:50
Instead, what we have is a culture of standardization.
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相反,我们的教育文化是标准定型的
10:54
Now, it doesn't have to be that way.
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其实不是非得这样做,不是的
10:56
It really doesn't.
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10:58
Finland regularly comes out on top in math, science and reading.
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在芬兰,传统优势教学科目有
数学、科学以及阅读
11:03
Now, we only know that's what they do well at,
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我们只知道他们在这些方面做得很好
11:05
because that's all that's being tested.
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因为这些科目通常都是要考试的
11:07
That's one of the problems of the test.
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这就是考试引发的一个问题
11:09
They don't look for other things that matter just as much.
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人们会忽视同等重要的其他科目
11:12
The thing about work in Finland is this:
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在芬兰教育工作是这样的:
人们并不执著于这些学科
11:16
they don't obsess about those disciplines.
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11:18
They have a very broad approach to education,
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他们的教育很全面
11:20
which includes humanities, physical education, the arts.
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包括人文、体育和艺术领域
其次,在芬兰没有标准化考试
11:25
Second, there is no standardized testing in Finland.
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11:30
I mean, there's a bit,
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我是说,几乎没有
11:32
but it's not what gets people up in the morning,
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即使有也不会是那种叫人要一大早起床
守在桌旁学习才能通过的考试
11:34
what keeps them at their desks.
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11:36
The third thing -- and I was at a meeting recently
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第三,最近我出席了一个会议
对方来自芬兰,是的的确确的芬兰人
11:38
with some people from Finland, actual Finnish people,
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11:41
and somebody from the American system was saying to the people in Finland,
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一些美国人
向芬兰人问道
“在芬兰,你们怎么应对辍学率?”
11:46
"What do you do about the drop-out rate in Finland?"
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11:49
And they all looked a bit bemused, and said,
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他们当下看起来很困惑,然后说
“我们那没人辍学
11:52
"Well, we don't have one.
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11:54
Why would you drop out?
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为什么要辍学呢?
11:56
If people are in trouble, we get to them quite quickly
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如果有人遇到困难,我们会很快的联系他们
帮助他们,甚至支持他们。”
11:59
and we help and support them."
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12:00
Now people always say,
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有人会说“要知道
12:02
"Well, you know, you can't compare Finland to America."
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你不能拿芬兰同美国比。”
12:05
No. I think there's a population of around five million in Finland.
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的确不能,芬兰人口
只有大约五百万
但可以拿它同美国的一个州来比较
12:09
But you can compare it to a state in America.
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12:12
Many states in America have fewer people in them than that.
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在美国许多州的人口比芬兰的要少
12:16
I mean, I've been to some states in America
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我去过美国的一些州
12:18
and I was the only person there.
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那里就我一个人(笑声)
12:20
(Laughter)
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12:22
Really. Really.
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这是真的。还有人告诉我走之前要锁门
12:24
I was asked to lock up when I left.
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12:26
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
12:30
But what all the high-performing systems in the world do
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但是世界上所有的高效体系
12:34
is currently what is not evident, sadly,
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用在美国身上,很遗憾
12:38
across the systems in America --
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通常作用都不明显--作为整体而言
12:40
I mean, as a whole.
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12:42
One is this:
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做法之一是,他们将教学个性化
12:44
they individualize teaching and learning.
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12:47
They recognize that it's students who are learning
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他们认为学生是学习的主体
12:51
and the system has to engage them,
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教育体系要做到吸引他们,引起他们的好奇心
12:53
their curiosity, their individuality, and their creativity.
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他们的个性以及创造力
12:57
That's how you get them to learn.
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这样才能让学生主动学习
12:59
The second is that they attribute a very high status
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第二种做法是,他们为教育行业
13:03
to the teaching profession.
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造就了崇高的地位
13:06
They recognize that you can't improve education
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他们意识到要改善教育水平
13:09
if you don't pick great people to teach and keep giving them
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就要选择优秀的教员
并给予他们不断的支持
13:12
constant support and professional development.
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以及专业化的发展
13:14
Investing in professional development is not a cost.
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投资教育专业的发展不是单纯的花费
13:17
It's an investment,
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它是有收益的
13:18
and every other country that's succeeding well knows that,
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所有在教育方面取得成功的国家都深知这一点
13:21
whether it's Australia, Canada,
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无论是澳大利亚、加拿大、韩国、新加坡
13:24
South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong or Shanghai.
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香港还是上海,他们知道事实就是这样
13:28
They know that to be the case.
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第三种做法是,他们帮助校方知道他们的责任所在
13:30
And the third is,
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13:31
they devolve responsibility to the school level
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并且要求校方负起他们应有的责任
13:35
for getting the job done.
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13:37
You see, there's a big difference here
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大家可以看出这与
13:39
between going into a mode of command and control in education --
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我们教育体系中的指挥和控制模式差异巨大
13:43
That's what happens in some systems.
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但这的确是某些教育体系的真实情况
中央政府
13:45
Central or state governments decide,
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或州政府认为
13:47
they know best and they're going to tell you what to do.
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他们是最好的决策者,他们会告诉你做什么
13:50
The trouble is that education doesn't go on
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问题是人们不会在立法机构的
13:54
in the committee rooms of our legislative buildings.
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会议室里进行教学
13:57
It happens in classrooms and schools,
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而是在教室和校园里
14:00
and the people who do it are the teachers and the students,
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讲授者是教师,受教者是学生
14:03
and if you remove their discretion, it stops working.
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若要夺走他们的决定权,教育体系就无法正常运行
政府必须把决定权交还给人们
14:07
You have to put it back to the people.
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14:09
(Applause)
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(掌声)
14:14
There is wonderful work happening in this country.
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美国的教育工作还是很出色的
14:17
But I have to say it's happening
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我得承认这一点
14:19
in spite of the dominant culture of education,
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尽管在这种教育文化下
14:22
not because of it.
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却不受其干扰
14:23
It's like people are sailing into a headwind all the time.
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就像有人总是逆风航行
14:27
And the reason I think is this:
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我认为原因就是
14:29
that many of the current policies
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当前的许多政策都是基于
14:31
are based on mechanistic conceptions of education.
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对教育的刻板印象
14:35
It's like education is an industrial process
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他们认为教育就像一种工业流程
14:39
that can be improved just by having better data,
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只要有了更好的数据便有更好的发展
14:42
and somewhere in the back of the mind of some policy makers
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我想决策者会有这种想法
源于这样一种观点
14:45
is this idea that if we fine-tune it well enough, if we just get it right,
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如果我们将数据调整的足够精确
14:49
it will all hum along perfectly into the future.
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整个体系在将来都会运转的很好
14:52
It won't, and it never did.
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其实不会的,永远都不会
14:55
The point is that education is not a mechanical system.
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因为教育不是机械化的系统
14:59
It's a human system.
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它是人性化的,它的主体是人
15:01
It's about people,
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15:03
people who either do want to learn or don't want to learn.
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想学习的人,不想学习的人
15:06
Every student who drops out of school has a reason for it
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每一个辍学的学生都有自己的理由
15:11
which is rooted in their own biography.
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源于每个人不同的生活经历
15:13
They may find it boring.
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或许是觉得学习很无聊,或许认为学的东西无关紧要
15:15
They may find it irrelevant.
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也或者是他们发现这些
15:17
They may find that it's at odds with the life they're living outside of school.
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与校园以外的生活相矛盾
大潮流始终存在,但每个人独特的故事,同样存在
15:22
There are trends, but the stories are always unique.
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最近我在洛杉矶参与了一个会议
15:26
I was at a meeting recently in Los Angeles of --
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15:28
they're called alternative education programs.
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被称为可选择的教育方案
15:31
These are programs designed to get kids back into education.
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策划这些方案的目的是要让孩子重新接受教育
15:34
They have certain common features.
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他们有些共同特征
15:36
They're very personalized.
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个性化程度高
15:38
They have strong support for the teachers,
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对教员支持力度大
15:41
close links with the community and a broad and diverse curriculum,
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与社区联系紧密
课程广泛多样化
15:45
and often programs which involve students outside school as well as inside school.
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这些课程方案往往将
校外和校内的学生都包含了进来
15:50
And they work.
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而且都很奏效
15:52
What's interesting to me is, these are called "alternative education."
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有趣的是
这些被称作“可选择性教育”
15:56
(Laughter)
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15:57
You know?
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想想看
15:59
And all the evidence from around the world is,
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环顾世界所有的证据都显示
16:01
if we all did that, there'd be no need for the alternative.
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如果我们都这样做,那就不存在选不选择的问题了
16:05
(Applause)
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(掌声)
16:13
(Applause ends)
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所以我想我们应该采用一种不同的说法
16:14
So I think we have to embrace a different metaphor.
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16:16
We have to recognize that it's a human system,
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我们应当认识到这是个人性化的体系
16:19
and there are conditions under which people thrive,
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在一些环境下人们可以取得成功
有些却不能
16:23
and conditions under which they don't.
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16:25
We are after all organic creatures,
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毕竟我们都是有机的生命体
16:28
and the culture of the school is absolutely essential.
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而校园文化绝对是我们最根本的成长要素
16:33
Culture is an organic term, isn't it?
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文化也是个有机的术语,不是吗?
16:35
Not far from where I live is a place called Death Valley.
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离我家不远处,有个地方叫死亡谷
16:39
Death Valley is the hottest, driest place in America,
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死亡谷是全美最热最干旱的地带
16:45
and nothing grows there.
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在那里没有任何生物可以存活
因为那里从不下雨
16:48
Nothing grows there because it doesn't rain.
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16:50
Hence, Death Valley.
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所以,它叫做死亡谷
16:52
In the winter of 2004, it rained in Death Valley.
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2004年冬天,死亡谷却下起了雨
17:00
Seven inches of rain fell over a very short period.
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短时间内降雨量达七英寸
2005年春天,那里出现这样一种景色
17:04
And in the spring of 2005, there was a phenomenon.
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17:09
The whole floor of Death Valley was carpeted in flowers for a while.
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整个死亡谷铺满了鲜花
持续了一段时间
17:15
What it proved is this:
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这证明了一点:死亡谷并非没有生命
17:17
that Death Valley isn't dead.
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它只是在休眠
17:21
It's dormant.
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17:23
Right beneath the surface are these seeds of possibility
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地表下潜伏着的种子
待条件成熟便伺机而发
17:27
waiting for the right conditions to come about,
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17:30
and with organic systems, if the conditions are right,
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有机系统内,只要有适当的环境
生命的出现不可避免,这是自然规律
17:34
life is inevitable.
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17:36
It happens all the time.
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17:37
You take an area, a school, a district,
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你选择一个地方,一所学校,一个市区
17:40
you change the conditions, give people a different sense of possibility,
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你改变环境,让人们对可能性有了不同的感受
17:43
a different set of expectations, a broader range of opportunities,
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对希望有了不同的期许
机遇也更广泛
17:46
you cherish and value the relationships between teachers and learners,
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你珍惜并重视师生间的情谊
你给予人们自主权来发挥创造力
17:50
you offer people the discretion to be creative
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17:52
and to innovate in what they do,
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革新他们的成果
17:54
and schools that were once bereft spring to life.
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学校里曾一度缺失这种盎然生机
17:57
Great leaders know that.
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卓越的领导者清楚这一点
17:59
The real role of leadership in education --
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在教育体系中领导者的真正作用
18:01
and I think it's true at the national level,
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无论在国家级,州级
18:03
the state level, at the school level --
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还是校级上
18:05
is not and should not be command and control.
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其真正作用不是也不应是指挥和控制
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The real role of leadership is climate control,
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领导者的真正作用是控制教育的风气
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creating a climate of possibility.
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制造一种充满可能性的倾向
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And if you do that, people will rise to it
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如果你这样做了,人们便会追随
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and achieve things that you completely did not anticipate
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实现你预料不到,也不曾期待过的
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and couldn't have expected.
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成果
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There's a wonderful quote from Benjamin Franklin.
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在此引用本杰明富兰克林的一句格言
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"There are three sorts of people in the world:
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“世界上有三种人
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Those who are immovable,
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第一种人雷打不动
得不到是因为他们不想要
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people who don't get it,
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or don't want to do anything about it;
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他们力求不变
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there are people who are movable,
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第二种人伺机而动
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people who see the need for change
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他们认识到改变的必要性
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and are prepared to listen to it;
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准备去做
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and there are people who move,
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第三种人先发制人
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people who make things happen."
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他们主动让事情发生”
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And if we can encourage more people, that will be a movement.
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如果我们可以鼓励更多的人去做
那将会成为一场运动
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And if the movement is strong enough,
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如果这场运动有足够的执行力度
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that's, in the best sense of the word, a revolution.
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从最好的角度来看,那将会是一场革命
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And that's what we need.
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而这正是我们所需要的
18:56
Thank you very much.
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谢谢大家
18:57
(Applause)
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(掌声)
谢谢(掌声)
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Thank you very much.
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(Applause)
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