最早对UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）这个标志有印象，是很小的时候从父亲的文件夹里。
作为一位有思想的年轻教师，父亲在中学里面负责进行教育科研实验。我还清晰地记得他们当时的实验主题是“以学生为主体”。我看到父亲兢兢业业在搞的每个论文集子上面都挂着UNESCO的名字。当时不足10岁的我只对彩色硬质的封面感兴趣，当然不会懂得这些字这意味着什么。
第二次又见到这个标志，是15岁参加UNESCO组织的一项青少年活动，请北京的5所会员中学派代表参加，去寻访北京和欧洲的世界文化遗产。尽管似乎整个的百人团队里面，只有我们到了欧洲以后还想着考察这回事。但那次短暂的出国经历，还是对我产生了很大影响，让我突然获得了一种更广阔的视角，每天无限制地审视自己的生活，并一直不满。
而今年，我再次想起这个组织，它的总干事，似乎仍是我15年在RDFZ参加启动仪式时见过的那位，这个组织仍然在一点一滴地推进着教科文相关的事情。
我的Google Reader里，多了它的官网。
而今天，恰好见到的一篇新闻，倒是与10几年前父亲的主题有小小的呼应：Students Speak First at ECOSOC and rally world leaders to achieve Education for All by 2015。10几年过去了，教育的问题会一直这样探讨下去，在更广阔的平台上。教育，本来就是全社会的事情。
【转】http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/geneva_school_children_rally_world_leaders_to_achieve_education_for_all_by_2015/back/18256/
Students Speak First at ECOSOC and rally world leaders to achieve Education for All by 2015 © UN PHOTO/Jean-Marc Ferré - School students set the tone for the 2011 ECOSOC High Level Segment that opened on 4 July 2011 by sharing messages on the importance of quality education with UN leaders at a public event on the Place des Nations in Geneva. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova is joined by, from left to right at centre: Mr Joseph Deiss, President of the UN General Assembly, Mr Lazarous Kapambwe, President of ECOSOC, Ms Asha-Rose Migiro, UN Deputy Secretary-General, and Mr Sha Zukangat, UN Under-Secretary-General.
Students set the tone for ECOSOC 2011 by sharing their vision of education with top UN officials gathered in front of the United Nations in Geneva on 4 July 2011. A message is sent to world leaders urging them to make every possible effort to achieve Education for All by the target date of 2015. The encounter took place at the Place de Nations prior to the opening of the Annual Ministerial Review of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). ECOSOC coordinates the economic, social and related work of the 14 United Nations specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional commissions. This year’s meeting is focusing on “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitment in regard to education”. UNESCO has been invited to play the lead role in planning the Annual Ministerial Review.
ECOSOC President Lazarous Kapambwe, the President of the United Nations General Assembly Joseph Deiss, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, exchanged messages with students from five schools in the Geneva region.
“How can we ensure that education systems are not just about an accumulation of knowledge to serve a competitive economic system?” asked one student. “Education must integrate individual awareness and responsibility to build a society that is more ethical, and more committed to the well-being of others, especially the most vulnerable.”
Others voiced concern about “poor quality, rigid systems and teaching styles that are stifling creativity,” stating that new technologies could encourage critical thinking skills and decision-making abilities. Mother tongue education and learning languages were also highlighted as a means to foster dialogue and openness towards others.
“We have started our meeting with you today because you have spoken about education quality, languages and solidarity,” said UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova. She stressed the central role of education for sustainable development and peace. “I encourage you to be curious and supportive of one another. We need a young generation that can understand the world, a generation that understands science and innovation and climate change, a generation that understands others and values the enormous wealth of our cultures because they belong to all humanity.”
04.07.2011
Source: UNESCOPRESS
作为一位有思想的年轻教师，父亲在中学里面负责进行教育科研实验。我还清晰地记得他们当时的实验主题是“以学生为主体”。我看到父亲兢兢业业在搞的每个论文集子上面都挂着UNESCO的名字。当时不足10岁的我只对彩色硬质的封面感兴趣，当然不会懂得这些字这意味着什么。
第二次又见到这个标志，是15岁参加UNESCO组织的一项青少年活动，请北京的5所会员中学派代表参加，去寻访北京和欧洲的世界文化遗产。尽管似乎整个的百人团队里面，只有我们到了欧洲以后还想着考察这回事。但那次短暂的出国经历，还是对我产生了很大影响，让我突然获得了一种更广阔的视角，每天无限制地审视自己的生活，并一直不满。
而今年，我再次想起这个组织，它的总干事，似乎仍是我15年在RDFZ参加启动仪式时见过的那位，这个组织仍然在一点一滴地推进着教科文相关的事情。
我的Google Reader里，多了它的官网。
而今天，恰好见到的一篇新闻，倒是与10几年前父亲的主题有小小的呼应：Students Speak First at ECOSOC and rally world leaders to achieve Education for All by 2015。10几年过去了，教育的问题会一直这样探讨下去，在更广阔的平台上。教育，本来就是全社会的事情。
【转】http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/geneva_school_children_rally_world_leaders_to_achieve_education_for_all_by_2015/back/18256/
Students Speak First at ECOSOC and rally world leaders to achieve Education for All by 2015 © UN PHOTO/Jean-Marc Ferré - School students set the tone for the 2011 ECOSOC High Level Segment that opened on 4 July 2011 by sharing messages on the importance of quality education with UN leaders at a public event on the Place des Nations in Geneva. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova is joined by, from left to right at centre: Mr Joseph Deiss, President of the UN General Assembly, Mr Lazarous Kapambwe, President of ECOSOC, Ms Asha-Rose Migiro, UN Deputy Secretary-General, and Mr Sha Zukangat, UN Under-Secretary-General.
Students set the tone for ECOSOC 2011 by sharing their vision of education with top UN officials gathered in front of the United Nations in Geneva on 4 July 2011. A message is sent to world leaders urging them to make every possible effort to achieve Education for All by the target date of 2015. The encounter took place at the Place de Nations prior to the opening of the Annual Ministerial Review of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). ECOSOC coordinates the economic, social and related work of the 14 United Nations specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional commissions. This year’s meeting is focusing on “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitment in regard to education”. UNESCO has been invited to play the lead role in planning the Annual Ministerial Review.
ECOSOC President Lazarous Kapambwe, the President of the United Nations General Assembly Joseph Deiss, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, exchanged messages with students from five schools in the Geneva region.
“How can we ensure that education systems are not just about an accumulation of knowledge to serve a competitive economic system?” asked one student. “Education must integrate individual awareness and responsibility to build a society that is more ethical, and more committed to the well-being of others, especially the most vulnerable.”
Others voiced concern about “poor quality, rigid systems and teaching styles that are stifling creativity,” stating that new technologies could encourage critical thinking skills and decision-making abilities. Mother tongue education and learning languages were also highlighted as a means to foster dialogue and openness towards others.
“We have started our meeting with you today because you have spoken about education quality, languages and solidarity,” said UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova. She stressed the central role of education for sustainable development and peace. “I encourage you to be curious and supportive of one another. We need a young generation that can understand the world, a generation that understands science and innovation and climate change, a generation that understands others and values the enormous wealth of our cultures because they belong to all humanity.”
04.07.2011
Source: UNESCOPRESS
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