Redefining the importance of literacy | 掌握閱讀技巧 是瞭解這個世界的秘密關鍵 | 黃國珍 Maurice Huang | TEDxTaipeiED

Many may agree that reading is the basis for all other learning, but not all may understand how improved reading skills will help us make smarter decisions. In this talk, Maurice takes us on a path to importance of reading comprehension, and how differences in opinions can be drastically reduced if we all understand that there is no "one right answer" to reading interpretation or to all of the world's problems.

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「不談書、不談人，那閱讀可以談什麼？」黃國珍認為，我們應該鍛煉閱讀的能力，因為我們閱讀的，不只是書本或文字，更是整個世界。缺乏理解與思考是目前教育最大的缺陷，藉我們由閱讀這個世界，帶來教育的革命。

Maurice Huang is a design thinker and an advocator of adolescent literacy. He serves as the founder of Wisdom Hall, an educational service for developing key competencies for both teachers and students to apply deductive reasoning and critical thinking skills in reading. To Maurice, reading is a fundamental skill that will help students and adults make sound and logical decisions.

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黃國珍說：「我們若忽視閱讀素養教育，台灣的孩子將會失去面對未來挑戰的能力！現在的教育不缺知識學習，但是缺乏從閱讀中培養擷取、應用、統整、思辨、追尋答案並提出問題的能力！」

從成立品學堂到創辦《閱讀理解》雜誌的每一個行動與內容的設計，都是要讓孩子有能力「閱讀生活、理解世界」進而有創造未來的條件。面對越來越不確定的未來，過往「知識就是力量」的思維將難以解釋當前教育所肩負的任務，孩子現在需要的是在學習閱讀中培養「將知識轉化成力量的能力」。

「閱讀」背後所包含的能力素養是當前各國教育改革共同的核心，我們可以對世界的改變視而不見，但是世界不會因為我們停止改變，這才是台灣教育要面對的問題！

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