{"id":1265,"date":"2010-03-19T08:57:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T00:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2010\/03\/19\/du_ju_li_20100319\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T08:57:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T00:57:32","slug":"du_ju_li_20100319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2010\/03\/19\/du_ju_li_20100319\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Read\u00ading \u201cMarie Curie\u2019s Sci\u00adence Les\u00adson\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSci\u00adence Pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adiza\u00adtion Press 2007 edi\u00adtion
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\nWhen I first came across this book, I thought it was a pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence book writ\u00adten by Marie Curie specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly for chil\u00addren (lat\u00ader read\u00aders please do not have such a mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00ading). After open\u00ading it and read\u00ading it care\u00adful\u00adly, I real\u00adized that it was actu\u00adal\u00adly a very sim\u00adple lit\u00adtle book.
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\nLet me explain briefly. In recent years, homeschooling\u2014where par\u00adents teach their chil\u00addren inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly at home\u2014has emerged among Chi\u00adna\u2019s var\u00adi\u00adous forms of basic edu\u00adca\u00adtion. Fam\u00adi\u00adlies who choose this mod\u00adel are gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly well-edu\u00adcat\u00aded and often form col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive groups, shar\u00ading edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal resources and occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly teach\u00ading oth\u00ader fam\u00adi\u00adlies\u2019 chil\u00addren. While choos\u00ading this type of edu\u00adca\u00adtion for chil\u00addren clear\u00adly car\u00adries con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable risks, it also reflects the deep dis\u00adtrust many peo\u00adple feel towards cur\u00adrent main\u00adstream edu\u00adca\u00adtion sys\u00adtems, lead\u00ading a small num\u00adber of indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals to active\u00adly exper\u00adi\u00adment with it.
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\nThis book, \u201cMarie Curie\u2019s Sci\u00adence Lessons: Marie Curie Teach\u00ades Chil\u00addren Physics,\u201d faith\u00adful\u00adly records frag\u00adments of a sim\u00adi\u00adlar edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal exper\u00adi\u00adment con\u00adduct\u00aded a cen\u00adtu\u00adry ago. Dis\u00adsat\u00adis\u00adfied with the state of edu\u00adca\u00adtion in France at the time, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly sci\u00adence edu\u00adca\u00adtion, a group of French intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adals want\u00aded to do some\u00adthing about it, start\u00ading with their own chil\u00addren. Ini\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded and active\u00adly pro\u00admot\u00aded by Marie Curie, this group of renowned nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adists and human\u00adists estab\u00adlished a two-year \u201ccol\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive class\u201d for these chil\u00addren, with Marie Curie per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly teach\u00ading the most basic physics lessons.
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\nSo, how did this two-time Nobel Prize win\u00adner, a lead\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtist, teach physics to a group of chil\u00addren? We might be filled with fan\u00adtasies, imag\u00adin\u00ading that the sci\u00aden\u00adtist\u2019s seem\u00ading\u00adly mag\u00adi\u00adcal aura would instant\u00adly illu\u00admi\u00adnate the entire class\u00adroom and bright\u00aden the hearts of all the chil\u00addren. How\u00adev\u00ader, based on the records in this lit\u00adtle book, Marie Curie\u2019s physics class\u00ades were sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly unre\u00admark\u00adable, super\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adly no dif\u00adfer\u00adent from what any out\u00adstand\u00ading physics teacher would teach today. But was this tru\u00adly the case? I guess I\u2019ll leave it to the atten\u00adtive read\u00ader to judge for them\u00adselves.
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\nOrig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly, a hun\u00addred years lat\u00ader, we would have no way of know\u00ading what Marie Curie\u2019s class\u00ades were like. Thanks to a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly atten\u00adtive girl in this \u201ccoop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive class,\u201d she took care\u00adful and detailed notes. For\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, these notes sur\u00advived for many years until they were dis\u00adcov\u00adered, pub\u00adlished, and even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly trans\u00adlat\u00aded and intro\u00adduced to China\u2014into this small book.
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\nSo I say this is real\u00adly a very sim\u00adple lit\u00adtle book, because it is just the physics class notes made by a thir\u00adteen or four\u00adteen-year-old French girl. The girl, named Isabelle Cha\u00advana, grew up to become a chem\u00adi\u00adcal engi\u00adneer, which was rare in that era.
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\nHow\u00adev\u00ader, I was still very moved when read\u00ading this sim\u00adple lit\u00adtle book. What moved me most was Madame Curie\u2019s sim\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty and her patience with chil\u00addren!
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\n\u201cA tree that can be embraced by two peo\u00adple grows from a tiny seed; a nine-sto\u00adry tow\u00ader starts from a pile of earth; a jour\u00adney of a thou\u00adsand miles begins with a sin\u00adgle step.\u201d
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\nThe A\u2011League was held in Bei\u00adjing on March 19, 2010.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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