Museums at the crossroad: Contributing to dialogue, curiosity and wonder in natural history museums

The first natural history collections opened to the public were inspired by a sense of curiosity and wonder about the products of nature. They were ‘cabinets of curiosities’ that offered a first-hand interaction between owner and visitors. Nowadays, these two facets of the museum experience—dialogue and wonder—have been lost, in part, due to the information overload coming via the media and the impersonal nature of the museum visit. This paper offers some reflections on the evolution of the museum visit, suggests some ways to rediscover this ‘sense of wonder’ and provides ideas on how to promote two-way communication with museum visitors. Two examples of exhibitions are offered as illustrations of the points discussed.     

温情表达的叙事传统:《奇迹男孩》的聚焦叙事与呈现

影片《奇迹男孩》是一部颇具艺术探索性的作品,本文基于西方结构主义叙事学视角,就作品中的叙事主体、话语行为和聚焦形式三方面进行分析。研究发现:该作品在叙事主体上,用画内和画外的"我"者叙述人呈现故事;在话语行为中,运用多样态的细节处理;在聚焦形式上,采用多元聚焦方式投射在不同的叙事客体上,透过隐喻意象和温情表达,谱写了一首身体缺陷儿童顽强成长的生命赞歌。     

兴趣与化学实验——非智力因素与化学实验系列之二

兴趣是形成学习动机的重要因素之一，学生对化学实验产生兴趣主要由好奇心引发，其次，动力作用、求知欲及认识也是其中的主要因素。     

《幻中游》考论

《幻中游》国内不见藏本,现存最早的乾隆本不是《幻中游》的初本。《幻中游》写作的年代略迟于蒲松龄《聊斋志异·小谢秋容》的年代。小说有很强的现实批判性。作品紧紧地扣住魏忠贤专权这一社会背景来写人物命运的沉浮及其悲欢离合,深刻地揭示了晚明政治窳败、宦官专政的黑暗政治现实。在构思上,小说从“奇”、“幻”入手,以“奇奇幻幻,出人意表”的笔墨来加强批判现实的力度。     

W(h)ither the sense of wonder of pre-service primary teachers’ when teaching science?: A preliminary study of their personal experiences

This preliminary study seeks to explore whether wonder-based reflections are sources of inspiration for our future teachers of science. What experiences have brought them personally a sense of wonder and when, if at all, do they employ scientific explanations of those events? In all 140 pre-service primary teachers, when questioned, described 240 separate events or occasions in which they had participated or observed that evoked a heightened sense of wonder. Three different types of wonder described all the events cited: physical, personal and metaphysical wonder. Analysis of extended interviews with 15 of the pre-service primary teachers illustrated that such events can transform heuristic responses.     

“怪不得”与“难怪”

"怪不得"和"难怪"在现代汉语共时层面存在用法的相似性,两者都具有动词和副词两种词性,但二者并不能实现完全的替换,通过对比,分析"怪不得"和"难怪"在语义和句法上的区别。     

黄灿然诗歌写作的“三个阶段”

黄灿然是＂朦胧诗＂以后有影响的诗人。简洁、朴素、智性,获得读者和批评家的关注。二十余年来,黄灿然的写作质量平稳,诗艺日益精进。其对诗歌艺术的探索,可以分为三个阶段：自80年代中期至1997年为第一阶段,1998年至2005年为第二阶段,2006年之后为第三阶段。论文试图通过对诗人创作的三个阶段的勾勒与分析,揭示出其诗歌的优异性以及诗人在当代华语诗坛的独特性     

奇迹蕴涵的审美期待——《哈利·波特》成功探究

充满魔幻色彩的《哈利·波特》系列无疑是当代文坛的一大奇迹,其影响远远超越了儿童文学的范畴,形成旷日持久的“哈利波特热”和令人瞩目的“哈利波特现象”。是什么成就了这一文坛神话？它蕴涵着现代人怎样的阅读期待和娱乐心态？通过梳理和故事的解读,从情节的离奇曲折、英雄的现代阐释、隐含悲剧意识的凸显等方面入手,对此作理性评析和深度探索。