哈佛美育类通识课堂个案评析:《音响风景·舞蹈穿越文化边界》——哈佛通识教育(美育类)实地考察报告之四

Soundscapes:A Case Study of Harvard GEN ED Classroom Instruction

《音响风景》作为哈佛美育类通识课程之一,从课程设计到课程描述直至课堂效果,都贯彻了新的通识课程改革理念,体现了使学生理解自己和他人"既是伟大传统创造者,又是伟大传统的创造物"的教育宗旨,从而由艺术教育升华到审美教育,提供了一条全新、有效的审美教育路径。本文围绕《音响风景》课程中的《舞蹈穿越文化边界》这一堂课,对哈佛美育类"两个课堂"的流程和关系作了"点"的描述,展示了主讲教授在挖掘人类舞蹈语言表现力的同时,努力提升学生"审美与阐释能力"和"文化与信仰"自觉的全过程。

Soundscapes is one of the students＇ favorites among the Harvard GEN ED courses and its success lies in the incorporation of the principal idea of the new GEN ED through its curriculum design,description and classroom instruction and its aim to teach＂students to understand themselves as products of—and participants in—traditions of art,ideas,and values.＂ More importantly,its transition from artistic education to aesthetic education can provide Chinese educators some enlightening guidance.Taking one lecture titled＂Crossing Cultural Boundaries through Dance＂as an example,this paper tries to show how the lecturer gradually leads the audience to perceive the expressive force of dance,Nihon Buyo and Bhangra so as to promote their aesthetic and interpretive understanding and cultural awareness.