何德赉《简明物理学——实验与应用》实验探析

Research on the Experimentation in Hoadley’s A Brief Course in General Physics Experimental and Applied

何德赉《简明物理学——实验与应用》是晚清癸卯学制时期引入的美国中学物理教科书。1904年谢洪赉将该书编译为《物理学》由商务印书馆出版发行,是首次形式上向我国引入实验室学生实验教学的物理教科书,在晚清新学制早期有代表性。本文对《简明物理学——实验与应用》的出版背景及作者情况进行梳理,着重对书中实验形式、内容、教学目标、仪器、实施规范进行考察,并结合文本静态解读和教学动态分析,全面阐述何德赉教科书中蕴含的实验教学思想。

G. A. Hoadley’s A Brief Course in General Physics Experimental and Applied, which was translated by Zia Honglai as Wuli xue(Physics) and published by the Commercial Press in 1904, was introduced to China under the Gui-Mao Educational System(1904) in the Late Qing dynasty. Zia’s Physics was the first physics textbook which introduced student laboratory work into China. Based on Hoadley’s personal details and the publishing background of his book, this paper analyzes the forms, contents, instructional aims, apparatuses and operational norms of the experiments in the book. Combining the static text analysis and the dynamic interpretation of the instructional process, this paper also expounds on the experimental education thought in the textbook.