With the revision work of the IMO Model Course 6.09, the trainee-centered methodology is greatly highlighted, together with the newly merging technology for education, especially for language learning. This paper will...With the revision work of the IMO Model Course 6.09, the trainee-centered methodology is greatly highlighted, together with the newly merging technology for education, especially for language learning. This paper will consider blended learning, for instance. Blended learning is adorable for many educators in recent years, which demonstrates the principle of student-centered as well as alternates the role of the teachers from the traditional way. MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) is initiated in most schools as well, for the purpose of mutual share of the best education in the world. Within the framework of blended learning, the MOOC can also be the essential section in a whole circle. With some successful examples for the application of blended learning in elementary and middle schools, the author is suddenly inspired to make assumptions for better MET (maritime education and training): the blended learning is applicable in MET to stimulate the students' initiatives.展开更多
Contemporary China, the largest construction site in the world, is the centre of production of architectural 'vessels' that are compacted with technical and scientific knowledge. Nevertheless, traditional wisdom and...Contemporary China, the largest construction site in the world, is the centre of production of architectural 'vessels' that are compacted with technical and scientific knowledge. Nevertheless, traditional wisdom and personal cultivation is often neglected in this process of creating architecture. This paper makes a connection between the Chinese ideogram of 道 (dao = way), with the Greek term of φρovησιc (phronesis = practical wisdom), in the context of architecture. We argue that both terms bring forth the importance of ethics and practical wisdom in the making of architecture, as a process of cultivation. This argument is discussed through two case studies: a historical Chinese garden (Sima Guang's 'Garden of Solitary Enjoyment'), as a manifestation of Dao, and an educational situation from a contemporary architectural design studio in a school of architecture, as a manifestation of phronesis. Both these diverse examples offer a possibility to see architecture as the creation of 'vessels for life' where 'vessel' and 'life' are inseparable.展开更多
文摘With the revision work of the IMO Model Course 6.09, the trainee-centered methodology is greatly highlighted, together with the newly merging technology for education, especially for language learning. This paper will consider blended learning, for instance. Blended learning is adorable for many educators in recent years, which demonstrates the principle of student-centered as well as alternates the role of the teachers from the traditional way. MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) is initiated in most schools as well, for the purpose of mutual share of the best education in the world. Within the framework of blended learning, the MOOC can also be the essential section in a whole circle. With some successful examples for the application of blended learning in elementary and middle schools, the author is suddenly inspired to make assumptions for better MET (maritime education and training): the blended learning is applicable in MET to stimulate the students' initiatives.
文摘Contemporary China, the largest construction site in the world, is the centre of production of architectural 'vessels' that are compacted with technical and scientific knowledge. Nevertheless, traditional wisdom and personal cultivation is often neglected in this process of creating architecture. This paper makes a connection between the Chinese ideogram of 道 (dao = way), with the Greek term of φρovησιc (phronesis = practical wisdom), in the context of architecture. We argue that both terms bring forth the importance of ethics and practical wisdom in the making of architecture, as a process of cultivation. This argument is discussed through two case studies: a historical Chinese garden (Sima Guang's 'Garden of Solitary Enjoyment'), as a manifestation of Dao, and an educational situation from a contemporary architectural design studio in a school of architecture, as a manifestation of phronesis. Both these diverse examples offer a possibility to see architecture as the creation of 'vessels for life' where 'vessel' and 'life' are inseparable.