The Labour party and the public schools: A conflict of principles

Abstract

The promotion of ‘Global Citizenship’ (GC) has emerged as a goal of schooling in many countries, symbolising a shift away from national towards more global conceptions of citizenship. It currently incorporates a proliferation of approaches and terminologies, mirroring both the diverse conceptions of its nature and the socio-politico contexts within which it is appropriated. This paper seeks to clarify this ambiguity by constructing a typology to identify and distinguish the diverse conceptions of GC. The typology is based on two general forms of GC: cosmopolitan based and advocacy based. The former incorporates four distinct conceptions of GC – namely, the political, moral, economic and cultural; the latter incorporates four other conceptions – namely, the social, critical, environmental and spiritual. Subsequently, we briefly illustrate how the typology can be used to evaluate the critical features of a curriculum plan designed to promote GC in England. The typology provides a novel and powerful means to analyse the key features of the very diverse range of educational policies and programmes that promote GC.     

全球公民教育的理念与实践

随着全球化趋势的增强,相互依存度的增加,全球性问题的出现及解决,均需要具有全球意识并为之行动的全球公民,由此在原有民族国家公民教育的基础上衍生出了全球公民教育,且对这一教育产生了一定的共识。当今发达国家的学者对全球公民教育的理念进行了较为深入的探讨并在其教育教学实践中有所体现。尽管对此教育的理念还存在争议,且实现这一理念的教育实践不尽一致,但其精神实质则是趋于相同的。     

Cosmopolitan democracy: a restatement

Can democracy be expanded beyond borders? For many years, it was taken for granted that the norms and values of democracy could be applied within the boundaries of a state only. But over the last 20 years, it has been increasingly argued that democracy can also inform international organizations and global politics. This article recapitulates the foundations of cosmopolitan democracy, a project of normative political theory developed since the early 1990s. The article also explores the possibility of moving towards cosmopolitan democracy in specific domains such as: (1) the development of a global rule of law; (2) the direct participation of stake-holders in trans-border political decisions; and (3) the possibility of giving voice to citizens through a World Parliamentary Assembly. The paper finally explores how citizenship education can use cosmopolitan democracy and, at the same time, provides a model of it.     

The Educational Limits of Ethical Cosmopolitanism: Towards the Importance of Virtue in Cosmopolitan Education and Communities

ABSTRACT

Cosmopolitanism has become an influential theory in both political and, increasingly, educational discourse. In simple terms cosmopolitanism can be understood as a response to the globalised and diverse world in which we live. Diverse in nature, cosmopolitan ideas come in many forms. The focus here is on what have been termed ‘strong’ ethical forms of cosmopolitanism; that is, positions which conceptualise moral bonds and obligations as resulting from a shared, common humanity. The view that pupils should be taught that all human beings are equal and, crucially, that this entails a responsibility to take action when human equity is challenged or transgressed, is finding increasing expression within educational literature. The suggestion explored here is that strong forms of ethical cosmopolitanism are limited in ways which seriously restrict their educational worth. In the final section, it is argued that forms of cultural and political cosmopolitanism (which are part of the lived experiences of intra- and supra-national citizenship) are best responded to by developing the requisite virtues in pupils to engage with diverse and dialogic communities.     

青年农民工素质教育：地方高校社会服务功能的新拓展

农民工素质尤其是青年农民工素质是我国人口素质的一个重要方面,更是农民工提升自己、增加就业机会不可缺少的必要条件。地方高校应充分发挥资源优势,深化成人高等教育改革,承担起培养农民工的责任,为青年农民工提供学习深造的机会,提高青年农民工的综合素质,发挥高校为社会发展服务的重要功能。     

地方高校教育技术学专业学生就业问题摭探

当前地方高校教育技术学专业学生的就业形势非常严峻,已经到了需要做出深入反思的程度。这一现象的出现虽然有客观原因,但更多的是地方高校教育技术学专业自身因素造成的。其中培养目标、学科定位、课程设置和教学方法等都存在较大偏差。地方高校教育技术学专业的培养目标需更加注重应用型人才的复合性,学科定位应更加注重理论指导下的实践,课程设置需更加注重理论指导下的技能性,教学方法需要更加注重案例教学。     

全球公民教育思潮的兴起与发展

自20世纪80年代尤其是90年代以来,随着全球化趋势的增强以及全球相互依存理论的兴起,原有的以民族国家为背景的现代公民教育理论不断受到挑战。全球公民教育思想在这样的背景下受到了广泛的关注。这一思想在发达国家的教育实践中已经有所体现,许多学者投入对其研究中,从而逐渐形成一股思潮。全球公民教育思潮的确立,并非一蹴而就,而是由最初的世界公民教育的思想因子逐渐地萌发和成长,经历了萌芽、确立和发展三个时期。     

在教育服务中建树\"大学精神\"——关于地方高校建构\"大学精神\"的认识与实践

大学精神是一种立足于大学教育的主体性实践,张扬并涵养着时代精神的高层次的精神理念与境界。地方高校大学精神的建树有着其特定的内涵和规律。通过卓越的教育服务凸现和彰显学校的主体地位和精神,形成具有鲜明特色的教育服务意识、人才培养意识和素质教育意识,这是当前我国地方高校建树和高扬大学精神的根本任务和主要途径。     

地方政府在高等教育评估中的作用

随着我国高等学校教育评估的推进与深化,地方政府在评估中的作用不是被削弱了,而是在加强,这主要表现在三个方面:一是地方政府的宏观管理是高等学校教育评估工作顺利进行的根本;二是地方政府的组织协调是高等学校教育评估工作顺利进行的关键;三是地方政府的政策法规是高等学校教育评估工作顺利进行的保障。     

(Re)Searching for the development of a conceptual model of education for citizenship in the context of young people’s globalised mobility in higher education

This paper proposes a conceptual model of education for global citizenship by drawing on the literature on international student mobility for higher education. This model outlines the kinds of competencies and forms of consciousness that education for citizenship should focus upon so as to address the economic and moral dilemmas of living in a globalising world. In an integrative review process, this paper identifies the challenges and opportunities that globalised mobility brings to the lives of young people, the mobilities that higher educational institutions are embracing, the mobility motivations of young students in higher education, and the consequences of this globalised mobility for their present and future life.     

地方高校教育科研刍议

新升格的地方高等院校进行教育科研,对于学校师资队伍建设和学校的发展壮大都具有十分重要的意义。学校应从转变观念、营造氛围、组织队伍、抓住特色四个方面加强教育科研的宏观组织;教师应从树立信心、寻找课题、熟悉程序、掌握方法四个方面加强教育科研的操作训练。     

走出地方大学发展的误区

地方大学是我国高等教育的重要组成部分,改革开放后20多年来取得了长足的进步,但在发展中也遇到诸如模仿老校、盲目攀比、目标错位、模式单一等问题。本指出了地方大学存在误区的表现,分析了陷入误区的原因,并从宏观上阐述了地方大学走出误区的若干出路。     

《国家中长期教育改革与发展规划纲要》指导下地方师范院校增强社会服务能力的探索

在新形势下,地方师范院校的发展面临许多挑战。本文以《国家中长期教育改革与发展规划纲要(2010-2020年)》为指导,分析地方师范院校为社会服务能力的现状及存在问题,并提出发展建议。     

关于地方高校教学督导工作的几点看法

地方高校的发展很快,提高教学质量已是当务之急,加强教学督导工作十分必要。教学督导工作应坚持“监督”与“指导、引导”并重,做到“查、改、参、推”,认真贯彻执行。发现问题,反馈意见,提出建议,督促整改”的工作方针,才能更好地开展工作,为地方高校的可持续发展服务。     

民族文化资源融入高校课堂的探索与实践--以长江师范学院为考察中心

民族文化资源融入高校课堂不仅是当下民族文化遗产保护的客观需要,而且也是地方高校推动教育教学改革的内在要求。民族文化资源融入课堂为高校课程设计、课堂内容选择、教学手段与方法、校本教材开发等提出了新要求,这就需要打破常规,更新传统教育观念,推动教学模式改革,实现高校教育教学与民族文化遗产教育传承的高度融合。这是一个长期的历史过程。     

20世纪教育中的国家主义:回顾与讨论

影响20世纪中国教育的国家主义教育理想直接来源于18-19世纪欧洲现代民族国家在形成时所产生并依赖的国家主义及其教育理想,是欧洲近代日益高涨的国家主义教育理想在中国独特社会背景下的进一步发展,并与欧洲各国国家主义教育理想一脉相承,交相辉映.国家主义教育理想对20世纪中国教育的支配性影响是全方位、多方面的,不同历史时期的国家主义教育理想有着不同的性质和内容.国家主义教育理想在20世纪中国现代教育产生和发展过程中也存在着不少值得关注的学术论争,主要集中在国家主义与国际主义、国家主义与个人主义、国家主义与平民主义、国家主义与人文主义等几方面.在21世纪,国家主义教育理想对于中国大陆的教育改革与发展来说依然有其合法性与正当性,同时应该适应全球化时代的挑战,融合世界主义的理念、关怀与责任.