Windows 7的七个传说

软件巨头微软公司于2009年10月推出其新一代操作系统Windows 7。这一系统刚上市便惹来无数争议。有人说它好,有人说它不好,搞得消费者一头雾水。本期“特别策划”,我们为您剖析关于Windows 7的七个传说。     

Experience is Not The Whole Story: The Integral Role of the Situation in Dewey's Democracy and Education

The central objective of Dewey's Democracy and Education is to explain ‘what is needed to live a meaningful life and how can education contribute?’ While most acquainted with Dewey's educational philosophy know that ‘experience’ plays a central role, the role of ‘situations’ may be less familiar or understood. This essay explains why ‘situation’ is inseparable from ‘experience’ and deeply important to Democracy and Education’s educational methods and rationales. First, a prefatory section explores how experience is invoked and involved in pedagogical practice, especially experience insofar as it is (a) experimental, (b) direct, and (c) social‐moral in character. The second and main section on situations follows. After a brief introduction to Dewey's special philosophical use of ‘situation’, I examine how situations are implicated in (a) student interest and motivation; (b) ‘aims’ and ‘criteria’ in problem‐solving; and (c) moral education (habits, values, and judgements). What should become abundantly clear from these examinations is that there could be no such thing as meaningful education, as Dewey understood it, without educators’ conscious, intentional, and imaginative deployment of experience and situations.     

Can Autonomy Counteract Extremism in Traditional Education?

The very purpose of traditional—especially religious—education is to induct the young into a unique vision of reality. When the compelling religious vision conflicts with other visions, extremist confrontations may result. This paper explores ways to 'square the circle' of the educational conundrum of how to educate for fervent commitment to tradition without precluding autonomy and diversity, both within the tradition but especially vis-à-vis outsiders. Some liberal educators see educating for autonomy as an antidote to extremism, but such an approach is found wanting both ethically and empirically. Reinforcing the roots of toleration within religious traditions is offered as a more effective alternative.     

Introduction to Enhanced Protective Film Systems

An explosive blast mitigation alternative has increased the safety of structures by using "catcher" systems.These systems " catch" or repel the failure of the window or in-fill wall protecting life and property from ballistic shards or fragments.They can be designed to be standalone in new construction and structural retrofits or used to augment structural hardening techniques.Cables,fabrics,and thin gauge sheet steel are examples of catcher systems used in the past.A new and evolving category of catcher systems are based on polymeric materials that can be used for both wall and window upgrades.These products are a proven blast mitigation concept and K&C Protective Technologies Pte Ltd (KCPT) together with Sherwin-Williams(SW) use KCPT's blast engineering capacity and SW's material engineering principles to create engineered systems for even greater in-use performance.