摘要：The idea of creating connections is such an important one, so fundamental, that we might wonder why it perhaps needs to be stated so explicitly. One reason for this need is, I think, because of what I refer to as "the artificial and institutionalized compartmentalization of knowledge." This is not, admittedly, a very user-friendly phrase. It does not so much trip off the tongue lightly, as it does trip, stumble, and fall out. But it does capture the way in which, from our earliest school days, different types of knowledge are put into nice, neat, and clearly labeled boxes. This happens partly due to real world needs and constraints, such as the need to create teaching timetables and schedules, which give the impression that geography, history, art, first languages, second languages, and so forth are separate areas of knowledge
