Getting Ourselves Together
Getting Ourselves Together
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让我们团结起来
DOI：
10.1080/00094056.2006.10522838
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2006
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通讯作者：
Monroe D. Cohen
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作者：
Monroe D. Cohen
1 事物变化越多，它们就越保持不变”（Sarason，1996）。长远的眼光可以扩大我们对当前问题的视野。作为《儿童教育》的忠实读者 50 年后，我很高兴发现其中对世界上所有儿童面临的重大问题的持续关注。典型的例子是 2004 年年度主题问题上出现的两篇文章，重点关注教学文化：“真实学习：跨文化、国际和基础教育的代际经验”（姆布瓜、瓦达斯、凯西和芬纳蒂）和“在城市环境中学习教学”（杜阿尔特和里德）。后一篇文章引起了我的特殊共鸣，并鼓励随后的分享。J.罗伯特·奥本海默在他去世前不久的一次演讲中说道：“我们每个人都必须坚持与他亲近的东西，他所知道的，他能做的，他的朋友和他的传统以及他的爱，免得他陷入普遍的混乱之中，一无所知，一无所有。”换句话说，“我们需要团结起来。”如今，在困扰美国许多城市的近乎普遍的混乱中，团结起来，寻求自己的身份和尊严，似乎是一种广泛传播的战斗口号。最近，在查阅旧档案时，我发现了一份未发表的草稿，这是我多年前准备的，内容是海外顾问的经历如何与在美国城市学校的工作相关。 1969 年，在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行的学生教学协会会议上，举行了一次关于“教师专业教育的发酵”的小组讨论。
1 he more things change, the more they remain the same”(Sarason, 1996). Long-term perspective can enlarge our vision of current problems. After 50 years as a dedicated reader of Childhood Education, I am grateful to find therein recurrent attention to vital issues facing all the worlds children. Cases in point are two articles that appeared in the 2004 Annual Theme Issue, which focused on the Culture of Teaching:“Au-thentic Learning: Intercultural, International, and Intergenerational Experiences in Elementary Education”(Mbugua, Wadas, Casey, & Finnerty) and” Learning To Teach in Urban Settings”(Duarte & Reed). The latter article struck a special chord with me and encouraged the sharing that follows.J. Robert Oppenheimer, in a speech made shortly before his death, said the following:“Each of us must cling to what is close to him, to what he knows, to what he can do, to his friends and his traditions and his love, lest he be dissolved in a universal confusion and know nothing and love nothing.” In other words,“We need to get ourselves together.” Out of the near-universal confusion that plagues many US cities today, getting oneself together, seeking one’s identity and dignity, appears to be a spreading battle cry. Recently, when reviewing old files, I found an unpublished draft of remarks I had prepared a number of years ago on how experiences as an overseas consultant can be relevant to working in US urban schools. The occasion was a panel discussion on “Ferment in the Professional Education of Teachers,” held at a 1969 conference of the Association for Student Teaching in Chicago, Illinois.