3.有用的教育和有趣的教育的对立在一开始,我应该说明有趣的教育(diverting education)或“好玩”的教育(“fun”education)是什么意思。对我印象深刻的是在初级教育阶段,在我曾经提到过的Open Court大纲中杰出的动脑筋的故事(thinking stories)。这些故事里所介绍的情景,几乎都是虚拟的。尽管如此,这些情景能引起孩子们的兴趣,并且吸引他们去思考故事里所提出的问题。在教育的较高阶段里,人们可以参照Lewis Carroll或Caliban提出的,以及英国星期日报纸里常见到的一类问题。但是我希望进一步扩大有趣的教育的概念。我考虑到的,不仅仅是采用数 3. Contrast between useful education and fun education At the beginning, I should explain what is meant by diverting education or “fun” education. What impressed me was the outstanding thinking stories in the Open Court outline that I mentioned in the elementary education stage. The scenarios described in these stories are almost all virtual. Nevertheless, these scenarios can arouse children’s interest and attract them to think about the issues raised in the story. In the higher stages of education, one can refer to questions raised by Lewis Carroll or Caliban, as well as the ones commonly seen in the Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom. However, I hope to further expand the concept of an interesting education. I have taken into account not only the adoption of numbers