#HonorsProgram #養成閱讀習慣 #VIS菁英班

【春節連假你讀了什麼書？】#HonorsProgram

李瑞中教授給菁英班學生出的寒假作業是：讀一本有博士學位（Ph.D., M.D. or J.D./S.J.D.）作者的專書。

同學們這週在課堂上報告自己寒假讀的書，有同學讀了哈佛特聘教授Michèle Lamont的“The Dignity of Working Men“，Lamont教授是李瑞中教授恩師的好朋友，沒想到再次聽到她的名字竟是從高中生的口中；李瑞中教授問學生是如何得知這位學者與她的書，學生說他只是很自然地到Harvard University Press（哈佛大學出版社）的網站上翻看一本本的書，直到找到這本最吸引他的書……。

 

而另一位令人驚豔的學生才9年級，竟自己選讀了“The Race between Education and Technology”，並進行了精彩的口頭報告，李教授驚喜地說，他沒有告訴過學生，但這本書其實是他在 #紐約大學 教課時為學生挑選的指定讀物，9年級的學生就對這本書有如此程度的理解與掌握，其他人必然難以置信。

 

大部分的人會認為，很多事情必須達到一定歲數才做得來，就連教育者也常會以年紀評估能力。事實上，不要小看孩子們，引發他們的興趣，為他們推開一扇門，他們會自己走進去，開展屬於他們的天地。

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以下是菁英班同學們選讀的書單，領域遍佈經濟學、社會學、心理學 與 自然科學，邀請大家一同養成閱讀的好習慣。

Bandura, A. (1979). Aggression a social learning analysis. Prentice-Hall.

Carroll, B. W. (2017). An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Chabris, C. F., & Simons, D. J. (2010). The invisible gorilla: Thinking clearly in a world of illusions. Harper Collins Publishers.

Deresiewicz, W. (2014). Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. Free Press.

Desmond, M. (2016). Evicted: Poverty and profit in the American city. Crown.

Fromm, E. (1956). The art of loving. Harper & Brothers.

Gelb, N., Hillgartner, M., & Graymalkin Media. (2017). Dunkirk: The Complete Story of the First Step in the Defeat of Hitler. Graymalkin Media.

Golahny, A., Mochizuki, M.M., & Vergara, L. (2006). In His Milieu: Essays on Netherlandish Art in Memory of John Michael Montias. Amsterdam University Press.

Goldin, C. D., & Katz, L. F. (2009). The race between education and technology. Harvard University Press.

Lamont, M. (2021). The dignity of working men. Harvard University Press.

Pinet, P. R. (2014). Invitation to Oceanography (7th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Pinker, S. (2022). Rationality: What it is, why it seems scarce, why it matters. Penguin Books.

Rogers, C. R. (1995). On becoming a person: A therapist’s view of psychotherapy. Houghton Miffiln Harcount.

Sandel, M. J. (2010). Justice: What’s the right thing to do? (1st ed.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Stephen R. Covey (1989). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Mango.

Watson, J. D. (2010). Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science (Illustrated ed.). Vintage.