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丹霞地貌是由红色陆相碎屑岩组成的，具有陡峻坡面的多种地面形态。常形成奇、险、秀、美的风景，凡具有一定规模的丹霞地貌区，往往成为风景名胜区。在甘肃，天水麦积山——仙人崖*、甘谷大象山、武山水帘洞、平凉崆峒山*、泾川回中山王母宫石窟、永靖炳灵寺*、肃南马蹄寺等均为已开发的风景名胜区，其中一些（带*者）已被批准为国家级风景区。兰州安宁区大沙沟的宫殿式丹霞地貌由于在新第三系中新统咸水河组红色砂砾岩上有一层坚硬的砾岩，上覆有透镜状橘红色疏松钙质砂岩及黄土，与典型的由裸露红层构成的丹霞地貌有别，被黄可光先生命名为宫殿式类丹霞地貌。被评为新兰州十景之一后，未得到开发，从总体上看是缺少“青山”、“碧水”及人文景观的配合，更为关键的是没有得到领导及旅游部门的重视，因而仅有猎奇或者是为科研、教学之需前往观光考察。（董晓峰 2001兰州“天斧沙宫”丹霞地貌景观与旅游开发  经济地理 21 313-315）

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Pro. Vin

生于二战，劳作一生，退休之后仍奔波于世界两端，为世界的教育革新不断努力，他就是本期的访谈嘉宾戴云逊（Vin Davis）教授，岩石学家和教育家，译文稿（原文链接），翻译有不当之处，请留言指正，谢谢。

石木：请您为大家简单自我介绍下吧？

戴云逊：嗨，我生于英国北部的工业城镇，其适逢二战。在伦敦当过教师，在博物馆教过地质，做过教育咨询服务等。我在英国一个大学里也做了几年的教师，并曾在澳大利亚联邦学校委员会任职三年。我后来任职于HMI，在那里我负责研究与外事，包括与中国的资深教育家商谈相关问题，在HMI我的学术身份是一个地质学家。八年前我从英国公务员退休，然后我就去了澳门的圣约瑟夫大学。

石木：据我所知，您曾是一名岩石学教师，我们很想知道您的这段经历。

戴云逊：在我的职业生涯中，我曾向不同层次的学生教授过地质，我一生对地质都很感兴趣。1970年，我被英国古生物学会的器具岩石学委员会首席岩石学家邀请，接替他的职位。我从事岩石学研究达40年，我是首席岩石学家，也做了几年岩石学委员会主席。我利用岩石学和地球化学的方法鉴定史前的石器。您可以到这个网站(http://interarch.ac.uk/journal/issue26/index.html)浏览一下我们最近在国际会议上我们所取得的成就。我与中国的重要研究人员保持联系，他们也都是这个电子期刊的贡献者。我曾拜访过北京大学考古系的Zhang Chi教授，而且如果有机会，我还想和他深入的合作。我坚信，在中国器具岩石学定会为考古的科学研究作出很大的贡献。

石木：现在您是一个教育学教授，您感觉目前的工作如何？

戴云逊：现在我担任着圣约瑟夫大学教育学的教授工作，我对这份工作非常重视。在过去的几年时间里，我帮助该大学的院系设计、教授、评估硕士生的教育学课程，为澳门当地政府部门做学校发展审查系统，审查澳门天主教区的学校。三年前开始，我和同事创办了珠三角科学学习中心网络，这个网络隶属于英国国家科学学习中心。这个项目目前依然处于初期阶段，还有很大的空间去促进中国在科学教育上的创新。我们与GeoIdea的合作，是我们这个项目在更广泛的区域推广上更进了一步。

石木：您的家乡在英国，而您现在在中国澳门和大陆工作，您是如何评价英国和澳门的教育差异？

戴云逊：虽然我生于英国，但是我非常喜欢在澳门工作，和中国大陆的一些学校合作，并引以为傲。英国、中国澳门和大陆在学校教育上的差异是非常显著的，但是在不同的文化背景下传播教育思想时，我们不应该忽视文化差异的存在。当然，三者的教育系统也具有共性，比如三个教育系统都认同学校发展改进、学校的自身评估、课程改进、教师培养、学生评价和学校审查等方面的重要性。三者相互学习，取长补短。而我非常荣幸成为澳门教育界的一部分。

石木：您在澳门住多久了？喜欢她吗？

戴云逊：我从2003年来到澳门后，几乎每年都会在澳门呆上半年左右。我喜欢澳门，因为她和我的家乡约克很不同。约克是一个古老的城市，周围被石墙所包围，到处都是古老的建筑物和教堂，一条时而会泛滥的河穿流而过。在我看来，澳门的人是她的最大特色。我曾经因员工拓展计划，有机会参观过澳门的很多学校，与数百教师或教育家面谈，和当地或大陆结交了很多朋友。在澳门，他们让我感觉就像在自己家一样。

石木：您去过大陆那些地方？最喜欢哪个城市？为什么？

戴云逊：在过去八年时间里，我和妻子去中国许多地方旅游，如珠三角，西安-兰州-嘉峪关-敦煌-乌鲁木齐-喀什，成都-重庆-武汉（三峡），北京，上海-苏州-南京，昆明-丽江-桂林-柳州。我很难说哪个城市最好，他们都深深吸引了我，偏远而有充满神秘感的沙漠要塞—嘉峪关；十分有趣而暴露无遗的地质和矿物博物馆—乌鲁木齐；拥挤嘈杂的马市—喀什；安详寂静的山川—丽江。每一座城市都有他的特殊之处和魅力。

石木：您如何评价地球科学教育？

戴云逊：在国际上，在学校的课程中，地球科学是不被重视的。作为一个地球科学学者，这是无法接受的，我们必须寻找各种方法使后代有足够的机会终身学习地球科学。我肯定GeoIdea有能力引起中国公众对地球科学的重视。让民众知道并明白自然过程是如何影响他们日常生活是十分重要的。比如，中国公众对近期国内的地震灾难的成因明显缺乏最够的认识。我们可以通过国内学校课程教育来加强这一不足。我不认为公开出版的教材可以担此重任，因为这些教材的撰写者会身负压力平衡各种内容。显然，学习方式的革新势在必行，因为互联网为学生和公众提供了不一样的学习平台。学校必须学会如何应对这种革新。比如，他们会不会改变以往中国传统死记硬背的学习方法？而这是GeoIdea可以做到的，并且很快会有成效。如果不是这样，我们的大学就不会将托管GeoIdea网站

Pro. Vin

生于二战，劳作一生，退休之后仍奔波于世界两端，为世界的教育革新不断努力，他就是本期的访谈嘉宾Vin Davis教授，岩石学家和教育家，下面的是英文采访原文，中文稍后会发布在GeoIdea网站上，由于是Email采访，因此不太能体现采访技巧。

石木： Can you briefly introduce yourself for us?

Vin：Hi, I was born in UK during World War 2, in an industrial town in northern England.  I trained in London to be a teacher, and followed a career in Education, which involved teaching in day and residential special schools; Museum Education (where I was responsible for Geology); and educational advisory work.  I spent several years as a Principal Lecturer training teachers at a University in UK.  Once, I was seconded to the Australian Commonwealth Schools Commission for three years.  My final career post was as one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools (HMI), where I had a responsibility for research and international development – including meetings with senior educators from China.  I represented Geology in the team of Science Specialist HMI.  I retired from the British Civil Service around 8 years ago, when my visits to the University of Saint Joseph in Macau began.

石木：As I know that you once were a teacher of petrology, we’d like to know more about that.

Vin：During my career, I have taught Geology at school, adult education and university levels.  I have a life-long interest in Geology.  In 1970, I was invited by the pioneer petrologist of the  Implement Petrology Committee of the Council for British Archaeology to succeed him.  I have been active in this research field for 40 years; I have been the Chief Petrologist, and Chairman, of the Implement Petrology Group for many years. I am involved with the petrological and geochemical identification of prehistoric stone implements.  Take a look at the Proceedings of our recent International Conference to get some idea about my research interests (http://interarch.ac.uk/journal/issue26/index.html).  I have good links with the key researchers in China, most of who have contributed to the eJournal.  I have visited Professor Zhang Chi in the Department of Archaeology at Peking University, and look forward to working more closely with him, when time allows.  I strongly believe that Implement Petrology can make a very valuable and important contribution to scientific archaeological studies in China.

石木：Now you’re a professor of education, what do you think about this work?

Vin：Currently, I hold a Personal Chair in Education at the University of St Joseph, which I highly value.  During the past few years I have: helped my university colleagues to design, teach and assess a Masters Degree  modular course in Education; contributed to the development of a school inspection system for the Macau Government (DSEJ); and inspected a number of schools for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.  Most recently, during the last three years, I and colleagues, have set up the Pearl River Delta network of Science Learning Centres.  The network is affiliated to the National Science Learning Centre in UK.  This project, which is still very much in its infancy, has huge potential to contribute important innovations in Science Education in China.  Our links with your Geoidea website is an important development in our planned support to schools and across the wider community.

石木： Britain is your home, Macau and Mainland China are workplaces, and what do you think of the difference of education in schools between Britain and China?

Vin：Although my home is in Britain, I very much enjoy the challenges and rewards of working in Macau, and eventually, with more schools in Mainland China.  The difference between schooling in Britain, Macau and Mainland China are considerable and significant.  We should never forget the need to take account of inter-cultural differences when attempting to transfer educational ideas between our different cultures.  Of course, the British, Chinese and Macau education systems share some common features of  provision.  For example, all  three education systems recognise the importance of school improvement, school self-evaluation, curriculum development, the initial and in-service training of teachers, student assessment and school inspection.  We have much to learn from each other.  It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be part of the educational provision in Macau.

石木：How long have you been in Macau? Do you like it?

Vin：I have visited Macau every year since 2003.  I normally visit Macau for around six months each year.  I like Macau because it is so different to my home town of York in UK – an ancient city surrounded by a stone wall, full of old buildings and churches, and a river which floods occasionally!  For me, one of the best features of Macau is its people.  I have had the good fortune to visit many schools, meet hundreds of teachers and educationalists through staff development programmes, and make some good friends from the local and Mainland Chinese communities.  I feel very much at home in Macau.

石木： Where have you been to on the Mainland? Which city do you like most? Why?

Vin：My wife and I have travelled around Chine quite extensively during the past 8 years.  For example, as well as the Pearl River Delta area, I have visited: Xian-Lanzhou-Jiayuguan-Dunhuan-Urumqi-Kaski; Chengdu-Chongqing-Wuhan (the 3 Gorges); Beijing; Shanghai-Suzhou-Nanjing; Kunming-Lijiang; and Guilin-Liuzhou.  It is hard for me to choose one city, I guess that my favourites include:  the remoteness and magic of the desert fortress at Jiayuguan Pass; the interesting and informative displays (but no radioactive minerals on display, alas!) in the Museum of Geology and Mineralogy in Urumqi; the hustle and bustle of the horse market in Kashi; and peace and tranquillity of the mountains around Lijiang.  But every place that my wife and I have visited in China has its own unique and special attraction.

石木：What’s your opinion about education in Geoscience?

Vin：Internationally, Geosciences are under-represented in school curricula.  They seem to fall through the gap between Geography and Physical Science.  For a Geoscientist, this is an unsatisfactory situation.  We have to find new ways to ensure that future generations have sufficient opportunities to enjoy life-long learning in the Geosciences.  I strongly believe that the Geoideawebsite has the potential to make a very valuable and important contribution to public awareness of Earth Science across China at both school and the wider community levels.  The need for people to know and understand more about the natural processes that affect their lives and livelihoods is very important.  Take for example, the  apparent lack of public awareness of  the causes of the recent earthquake disaster in China.  One way to address this weakness could be through the National School Curriculum.  I doubt that we can rely on the publishers of text books to provide a balanced and broad Earth Science curriculum, and curriculum planners are under increasing pressure to include a wide range of scientific and other content.  Obviously, a  revolution in learning is taking place as more students and members of the general public access the internet, and take greater responsibility for their own learning.  Schools will have to learn how to cope with this learning revolution. For example, will they change the traditional Chinese approach to learning by memorization by incorporating some learning by discovery and investigation?  This is where Geoideacan, is, and will increasingly make its valuable contribution.  If I didn’t believe this, we wouldn’t be hosting the Geoidea website on our University server, which we are very honoured to do.

石木：Thank you.

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