北京樂(lè)成國(guó)際學(xué)校“創(chuàng)造我們的未來(lái)”的系列論壇
來(lái)源：國(guó)際學(xué)校招生網(wǎng)
時(shí)間：2023-03-07 19:28:02
今天GJXX小編搜羅了北京樂(lè)成國(guó)際學(xué)校“創(chuàng)造我們的未來(lái)”的系列論壇希望給擇校的家長(zhǎng)們提供參考。
With the Chinese Lunar Calendar marking the Start of Winter, we have reached a season for reflection and preparation. Our BCISers have had an eventful year, but there is little time to rest, as we look to plan the future of our school together. At the beginning of the month, BCIS hosted the first in a series of panel discussions open to our students, family members, and community, titled: “Shaping our Future”. The purpose of this intimate conversation was to come together to discuss the rapidly changing educational environment, at BCIS, in China and around the world. What will the future look like? “Shaping our Future” may not have all the answers, but it will provide a forum to discuss and take charge of our future of BCIS!
Changes, and challenges in a post-pandemic world
On November 2nd, audience and panel members came together for a lively evening, sharing ideas on the future of education at BCIS. Comfortably seated on an intimate and cozy array of couches, the four panelists invited our audience to share their input as well, as this would be a night of open discussion including the entirety of our wonderful BCIS community. Speakers for the night included current Grade 12 IB Diploma Programme student, Christina; alumni, and soon to be PhD student at Tsinghua University, Tian, BCIS parent and Distribution Manager for Universal Pictures, Kathy; and noted psychologist, Dr. Theo. They would all join our host for the evening, Head of School, Tom, to bring wide ranging perspectives on the importance of keeping connected in a post-pandemic world, and how BCIS can adapt to continue preparing our students for the future.
When asked about the challenges brought about by the pandemic, our guests were able to use their extensive experience to discuss both the negatives and positives brought about by the rapid unforeseen changes Tian, who is currently completing a master’s program at the University of Chicago, explained some of the benefits from the new educational model of remote learning, stating, “Knowledge and information are no longer constrained by geographic limitations.” He described this new access to knowledge as an important advantage for schools to keep in mind, saying, “From such a perspective, COVID actually fosters this kind of communication, cultural exchange, and international education.”
However, as many of our guests expressed, the pandemic also brought about many hardships for students and educators alike. Although some learners benefit from the access to information and flexibility of scheduling that accompanies online and hybrid educational models, others struggle to keep up. Hearing these perspectives from our panelists and community members demonstrated the importance of BCIS continuing to find innovative and future-focused ways to follow its mission of “empowering and inspiring” students. The focus on transferable skills and learning impacts that is already a key part of the curricula at BCIS is important in preparing our students with the tools they need to deal with any future challenges, some that we may not even imagine.
The importance of skills, wellness, and passion for BCISers
Christina, who is currently in Grade 12 at BCIS, expressed how the school helped her gain valuable skills that helped her in her studies and prepared her for life beyond. She believes that leadership is one of the most valuable traits she has gained at BCIS, and it even helped her win the Future Business Leaders of America competition this past year! She described how she was inspired to learn this talent from her fellow classmate, stating, “I was first introduced to this competition when I was in Grade 10, and it was a senior named Lisa who introduced me to it. It was her who helped me get materials and get books and go through the competition. This inspired me of some important leadership traits that people should possess to be a good leader.” Leadership is an important characteristic for people to possess in a post-pandemic world, and the collaborative learning opportunities offered at BCIS help students to access such skills while pursuing their passions.
Enrichment Activities, such as the business EA and competitions that our students are involved in, are a great way for students to gain practical experience in their fields of interest. As someone passionate about her exciting career in the movie business, Kathy was able to advise students on the importance of enthusiasm in work and learning, saying, “Try to be a dreamer. Try to be positive. People may call you a dreamer, but it’s not a bad thing to me. Just try to think what you do is meaningful.”
Our school creates opportunities for students to discover meaning in their work, helping them to find their path for future endeavors. Taking an individualized approach, our school advisors and counselors assist students in their daily tasks as well as help them achieve their long-term goals. An important focus here at BCIS is on wellness, which may become even more important in the coming years. As Dr. Theo said when asked about the added stress during the time of the pandemic, “During the pandemic, for every single one of us alive, every mechanism, every way that our life was, had become shifted. Schools will eventually have to take care of and tend to these issues.” BCIS will continue to work hard in supporting student and staff wellness and support each other as a community.
Wellbeing is certainly one of the integral parts to the future of schools all over the world. Ellen, one of the parents in the audience, commented about another important aspect for schools, stating, “What is the future function of school? I think it’s more on the social-emotional and community side.” BCIS prides itself on its strong community and will continue to rely on the wonderful contributions from our community members going forward. While we cannot be certain of the future, we are sure our students will continue to enjoy a forward-thinking education in a welcoming and inspiring learning environment.
Shaping our future at BCIS
BCIS is already working on many of the issues mentioned in our “Shaping our Future” event. The robust Advisory Program and student counselors work for the wellbeing of our learners. Meanwhile, academic curricula such as the Secondary School’s IDEATE program, empower students to design their own academic path in areas of personal interest, while simultaneously gaining important experience and skills in their future fields. Our myriad of Enrichment Activities, which take place outside the curriculum, further enable students to find and follow their passions. Julie, Chief Academic Officer at YueCheng Education, believes that this engagement is what sets BCIS’ education apart, saying, “Our students, from the youngest to the alumni who are now working all over the world, show confidence and passion in what they do and believe it.” As our panelists mentioned, transferable skills, a focus on wellbeing, and finding meaningful pursuits set our BCIS students up for a wonderful future, whatever that may be.
Our school will continue looking for ways to improve the experience we offer our students. The pace and scale of the changes we face today, and in the future, means we must continue to adapt with and for our learners. Along with the dialogue we engage in with the “Shaping our Future” series, we will be seeking feedback from all over the BCIS community to find the best approaches to education for our students. Our Head of School, Tom, mentions how this stage of reflection and planning for the future is important for us, saying, “This is an exciting opportunity for the school to really think big and bold, and I’d prefer the school to be aggressive and take some risks rather than be traditional and go back to pre-COVID, because the world has changed. I think we’re on the way!” This is truly an exciting time to take part in shaping the future of BCIS!
“變化是常態(tài)，我們要學(xué)會(huì)適應(yīng)。教育的生態(tài)越好，學(xué)生能更好地應(yīng)對(duì)未來(lái)不斷變化的世界。”
—— Tom Egerton疫情，是一個(gè)不再陌生的話題?？v觀歷史，重大疫情后挑戰(zhàn)總是和機(jī)遇并存。
本月初，一場(chǎng)由北京樂(lè)成國(guó)際學(xué)校舉辦的名為“創(chuàng)造我們的未來(lái)”的系列論談在樂(lè)成主校區(qū)劇院展開(kāi)。首場(chǎng)論壇，校長(zhǎng)Tom Egerton與來(lái)自不同行業(yè)的特約嘉賓以及樂(lè)成社區(qū)成員圍繞疫情帶來(lái)的影響和改變進(jìn)行了深入的交流和探討。
特約嘉賓：
Kathy 樂(lè)成家長(zhǎng)環(huán)球影業(yè)業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)理
Kang 芝加哥大學(xué)國(guó)際關(guān)系專業(yè)在讀研究生BCIS 2017屆校友
Christina 樂(lè)成對(duì)商科擁有濃厚的興趣的12年級(jí)學(xué)生
Dr. Theo 北京萊佛士醫(yī)院心理學(xué)家與心理治療師
四位不同行業(yè)的嘉賓分別代表了在校學(xué)生，走向世界的校友，國(guó)際領(lǐng)域工作的家長(zhǎng)，還有心理健康領(lǐng)域的翹楚，分別從在線學(xué)習(xí)的趨勢(shì)、不同行業(yè)的變化和調(diào)整、學(xué)習(xí)的重要技能和正念心理，到未來(lái)教育的走向進(jìn)行了探討......在這場(chǎng)疫情中，我們不止要思考過(guò)去的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)，更要思考如何迎接疫情過(guò)后的未來(lái)。
而未來(lái)的教育是什么？也許在這次的論談里沒(méi)有所有的答案，但希望大家可以從多元的角度有所啟示和收獲。
Q：疫情給你的生活和工作帶來(lái)了什么影響？
Kathy: 盡管疫情帶了很多復(fù)雜的情況，比如芝加哥大學(xué)課程帶來(lái)的時(shí)差和不能面對(duì)面交流的問(wèn)題。但是疫情也帶來(lái)了無(wú)界的溝通，更加促進(jìn)了文化的交流。
Christina：除去線上課程期間網(wǎng)絡(luò)的不穩(wěn)定，疫情其實(shí)讓我加深了和父母的溝通，讓他們更能了解我的生活，并且讓我們有更多的時(shí)間增進(jìn)情感溝通。
Kathy：在影視行業(yè)，因?yàn)橐咔楹芏嘈麄骰顒?dòng)從線下轉(zhuǎn)為線上，其實(shí)縮減了很多宣傳的開(kāi)支；因?yàn)楹芏嚯娪翱梢栽诰€上映，這也同時(shí)節(jié)省了觀眾的等待時(shí)間。雖然疫情帶來(lái)了很多的不確定性，但是也帶來(lái)了很多機(jī)遇，重新定義了影視行業(yè)的發(fā)展。
Dr. Theo：家長(zhǎng)在疫情期間可能會(huì)因?yàn)橥蝗缓秃⒆酉嗵幍臅r(shí)間變長(zhǎng)，反而導(dǎo)致磨合的產(chǎn)生，這時(shí)候最需要的就是有效的交流。同樣，從學(xué)校的角度，需要認(rèn)識(shí)到每個(gè)學(xué)生的性格差異和在不同變化情景中的表現(xiàn)，并根據(jù)這種差異調(diào)整課程。
同時(shí)觀眾席上的學(xué)生和家長(zhǎng)也參與了論談，發(fā)表了自己的觀點(diǎn)。樂(lè)成11年級(jí)的學(xué)生Vivian表示在疫情之前，年輕人似乎不是很關(guān)注時(shí)事或新聞，但是因?yàn)橐咔?，她更加關(guān)注政策的改變并且更能了解世界的動(dòng)態(tài)，并且有助于她創(chuàng)立的“時(shí)事新聞”社團(tuán)。觀眾席的一位家長(zhǎng)認(rèn)為因?yàn)橐咔殪`活的線上辦公，她不斷的適應(yīng)與學(xué)習(xí)，尋找合適的方法去遠(yuǎn)程激勵(lì)團(tuán)隊(duì)。
正如我們的樂(lè)成社區(qū)成員所表示的那樣，突如其來(lái)的疫情形式并沒(méi)有磨滅我們積極樂(lè)觀的心態(tài)，反而讓我們暫時(shí)停下腳步重新思考快速轉(zhuǎn)變帶來(lái)的成長(zhǎng)需求。
回顧從疫情初始，切換線上的學(xué)習(xí)模式到之后線上線下混合課程，與暫時(shí)身處海外的師生共同學(xué)習(xí)；再到后期的返校學(xué)習(xí)，社區(qū)再次恢復(fù)往日的生氣，感恩重聚。變化從未阻斷社區(qū)成員的緊密聯(lián)系，樂(lè)成也從變化中尋找創(chuàng)新和面向未來(lái)的方式，擁抱不確定性，無(wú)時(shí)無(wú)刻不在踐行樂(lè)成使命精神。
Kathy: 首先是你要有熱愛(ài)自己工作的能力，其次是要有永不輕言放棄的能力。做一個(gè)夢(mèng)想家，做一個(gè)樂(lè)觀積極的人，不受外界的干擾，堅(jiān)持做自己認(rèn)為有意義的事情并對(duì)社會(huì)有所貢獻(xiàn)才是重要的。
Kang: 我認(rèn)為讓我有所成長(zhǎng)和進(jìn)步的能力，是積極的交流和溝通。在我學(xué)術(shù)學(xué)習(xí)和生活中，受益最大的就是學(xué)會(huì)想別人請(qǐng)教。個(gè)人的能力永遠(yuǎn)是有限的，向外學(xué)習(xí)才能向內(nèi)生長(zhǎng)。
Christina：我相信領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力是我在樂(lè)成獲得的最有價(jià)值的特質(zhì)之一，這幫助我贏得了美國(guó)未來(lái)商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖競(jìng)賽。在10年級(jí)的時(shí)候，一個(gè)高年級(jí)的學(xué)姐Lisa推薦給我參加這個(gè)比賽，我當(dāng)時(shí)對(duì)這個(gè)比賽一無(wú)所知。但整個(gè)過(guò)程最終培養(yǎng)了我的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力。
Dr. Theo：對(duì)于我們每一個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)，疫情讓我們生活的每一種機(jī)制、每一種方式都發(fā)生了改變。我們最終將不得更加關(guān)注心理健康并學(xué)會(huì)處理這些問(wèn)題的能力。
聽(tīng)眾中的一位樂(lè)成家長(zhǎng)Ellen表示在未來(lái)，學(xué)校的社會(huì)屬性是在線學(xué)習(xí)不可替代的，尤其是在社交的，情感的，交流的層面。她認(rèn)為未來(lái)教育一方面應(yīng)該培養(yǎng)學(xué)生擁有全球的價(jià)值觀，培養(yǎng)一種對(duì)人類福祉而努力的這種進(jìn)取心；另一方面在中國(guó)的國(guó)際教育后疫情時(shí)代，最重要的是擁有找到全球價(jià)值觀和中國(guó)身份認(rèn)同之間的平衡點(diǎn)的能力。
在樂(lè)成，未來(lái)教育不是未來(lái)的教育，而是幫助學(xué)生創(chuàng)造未來(lái)的教育。
在多種多樣的課外活動(dòng)中，我們的學(xué)生在他們感興趣的領(lǐng)域不斷發(fā)掘潛力并獲得實(shí)踐經(jīng)驗(yàn)，幫助他們找到未來(lái)努力的道路。在樂(lè)成，我們重視學(xué)生向外探索的能力培養(yǎng)和向內(nèi)探索的思維構(gòu)建，每個(gè)人都是自己和這個(gè)世界的敘事者和創(chuàng)作者。
比如今年早些時(shí)候，樂(lè)成小學(xué)生自制的公益微電影《19》先后入圍釜山國(guó)際兒童電影節(jié)Ready-Action決賽單元、斬獲首屆全國(guó)少年兒童短視頻征集活動(dòng)“最佳短片獎(jiǎng)”以及Lunchbox Imagination國(guó)際兒童電影節(jié)最佳影片獎(jiǎng)等多項(xiàng)殊榮，就是一次小學(xué)生個(gè)人及團(tuán)隊(duì)探究項(xiàng)目的過(guò)程及結(jié)果呈現(xiàn)。我們希望通過(guò)探究學(xué)習(xí)，激發(fā)學(xué)生的求知欲和培養(yǎng)學(xué)生自主學(xué)習(xí)的能力；以未來(lái)為導(dǎo)向，幫助學(xué)生逐步成長(zhǎng)為終身學(xué)習(xí)者。
而中學(xué)，樂(lè)成自主研發(fā)的特色創(chuàng)思課程（IDEATE），則為學(xué)生提供了另一種創(chuàng)新的、面向未來(lái)的教學(xué)方案和個(gè)性化升學(xué)選擇。學(xué)生有足夠的自由和時(shí)間空間去探索、嘗試和實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的天馬行空，可以自我把控和管理時(shí)間用于感興趣的項(xiàng)目和為此需要的專業(yè)技能上，提前為未來(lái)做好準(zhǔn)備。
提到未來(lái)的規(guī)劃，樂(lè)成教育總學(xué)監(jiān)Julie Lawton告訴我們：“我們將讓整個(gè)社區(qū)參與到未來(lái)的計(jì)劃中來(lái)，做好進(jìn)一步的反思和規(guī)劃。同時(shí)也會(huì)繼續(xù)保持開(kāi)放的對(duì)話，了解我們周圍世界的變化以及當(dāng)今的需求。變化是不可避免的，我們應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)擁抱不確定性。”
“對(duì)于學(xué)校來(lái)說(shuō)，變化其實(shí)是令人興奮的機(jī)會(huì)。瞬息萬(wàn)變的世界要求教育工作者不能一味地做同樣的事，我們應(yīng)該著眼未來(lái)，不斷反思，保持創(chuàng)新，大膽嘗試，以此更好地為學(xué)生持續(xù)賦能，讓他們不僅可以從容面對(duì)未來(lái)變化，更擁有在不斷變化的環(huán)境中創(chuàng)造未來(lái)的能力。” 樂(lè)成國(guó)際學(xué)校校長(zhǎng)Tom Egerton 如是說(shuō)。
Egerton認(rèn)為變化是常態(tài)，我們要學(xué)會(huì)適應(yīng)。教育的生態(tài)越好，學(xué)生能更好地應(yīng)對(duì)未來(lái)不斷變化的世界。
樂(lè)成將繼續(xù)擁抱變化，多元融合并共同創(chuàng)造出更為絢爛奪目、卓爾不同的未來(lái)火光！
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