教育与全球化时代中国社会的重建

全球化最根本的特性是流动性、竞争性和失衡性,由此导致了世界的不平等、不确定性和不安全性,这又使得世界各国为了追求优势、控制和安全而激烈竞争,而被当作经济手段的教育则成为竞争的重要工具。但工具主义和实用主义的教育并不能提升国家的竞争能力,对发展中国家来说更是如此。因为在全球化下教育已从民族国家的文化和公共机构转变为为少数企业和精英服务的私人机构。全球化时代的制胜之道是进行社会重建,建立一个社会精英流动和制衡的和谐社会。而社会重建和人的改造必须最充分地发挥教育的功能和力量。为此,当重塑教育的品质,恢复启蒙的教育理想,重新赋予教育的公共性,以普遍利益为使命;实现教育民主,培养具备社会认知和发展能力的现代公民;最大限度地发挥教育作为社会流动主渠道的作用;重塑知识精英,使之成为社会的良心,并由此唤起人民的智慧和力量;把经济成长和政治清明建立在良好的教育和教育制度上。基于这样的教育而生长出来的社会必然成为能给全体人民带来最大福祉的幸福美好的和谐社会。

Education and Reconstruction of Chinese Society in Globalization World

The three main properties of globalization,namely,mobility,competition,and unbalance,have led to an unequal,uncertain,and insecure world that we live in.These in turn have intrigued severe competition for security,advantages,and control among countries.Education has been degraded to an economic instrument of the competition.However,national competitiveness could not have been achieved by an education system in terms of economic instrumentalism and pragmatism.This is in particular the case with developing countries,where education now increasingly serves the private interests of enterprises and elites.Looking forward to a globalization with justice,it is necessary to reestablish the publicity of education and its function of enlightenment,shape citizenship,and improve democracy.An education system with improved system and function is the basis for true economic boom and political legitimacy,hence the key to rebalancing the world into a desired one by all.