【LearningjustasmuchoutsidetheClassroomEveryThursdayafternoon，myarthistoryclassmeetsnotinourusuallecturehallhutintheYaleUniversityArtGallery(美术馆)．Wespendourone-hourclassdiscussingtwoorthreeof】

　　LearningjustasmuchoutsidetheClassroom

　　EveryThursdayafternoon，myarthistoryclassmeetsnotinourusuallecturehallhutintheYaleUniversityArtGallery(美术馆)．

　　Wespendourone-hourclassdiscussingtwoorthreeofthepaintings，manyofwhicharebyartiststhatwehavealreadystudiedinclass.

　　Theprofessorbeginsbyselectingoneworkofart.Aftergivingusaquickbackgroundon

　　theartist，he'llopenupforclassdiscussion.Everyoneisstronglyencouragedtogiveopinions

　　tothework．Noteverypiecewestudyisnecessarilyfamousorstrikinginappearanceand

　　subjectmatter，yetwealwaysmanagetomakesomeinterestingobservations.

　　InAmerica，professorsalwaystakeeveryopportunitytopushtextbooksasideandexpose

　　studentstorealworldexperiences．

　　Withsomecreativity，almostanysubjectcanbeappliedtosuchbeyondtheclassroomlearning．

　　Myarthistoryclasstripstothegalleryarebutoneexample．

　　Manyotherdisciplines(学科)alsoofferopportunitiestolearnoutsidetheclassroom，forinstance，business，psychology，art，journalismandbiology．

　　AfriendofminefromYaletakinganadvancedpsychologycoursespendseverySaturday

　　workingwithmentallydisabledchildren．

　　Hermorningsarespentplayingwiththekidsandstudyingtheirsometimesuncontrolledbehavior.Thenintheafternoonshewritesareportonherobservations．

　　Studentsgenerallyappreciatetheseuniquelearningopportunities．They'realmostalwaysfunandinteresting，andprofessorslikethembecausestudentslearnsomuchinjustafewshortmonths．

　　Noonedenies(否认)thevalueofclassroomlearning．Butitcanonlytakestudentssofar．

　　Slidesandtextbooksmaydoagoodjobofcarryingfactsanddates，butcreativityandoriginality(创造性)ofthoughtcannotbetaught．Theycanonlybegotthroughfirst-handexperience．

　　1．Thewriterstudiesarthistory ．

　　A．inalecturehall B．inanartgallery

　　C．inasimpleway D．inapracticalway

　　2．Tostudyartists，weshouldfirst

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