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十年樹木 百年樹人 克城舉辦敎師節慶祝活動
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Cleveland State University Confucius Institute
2008 Teachers’ Day Celebration and Professional Development Workshop
Ms. Ann Monroe, Dr. Lih-Ching Chen Wang (陳麗卿) and
Dr. James A. McLoughlin (詹姆士 .密可臘克林)
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On Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, about 50 teachers from K-12
through higher education, plus community leaders and friends, met to
celebrate Cleveland’s first Teachers’ Day event. The event was
hosted by the newly instated Confucius Institute at Cleveland State
University (CSU) and held at Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church
in University Circle. The three-hour event opened with greetings and
remarks from Dr. James McLoughlin, Dean of the College of Education
at CSU, and from Mr. Anthony Yen, a respected elder of the Chinese
community. Dr. Lih-Ching Chen Wang, the director of the Confucius
Institute, presented background information on how the Institute
began and about the life of Confucius, including footage of the
opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Dr. Wang stated that Confucius (551-479 B.C.) was a great
Chinese teacher whose philosophy has been influencing education for
more than 2,500 years. Even today, educators continue to admire and
apply many of his ideas to their teaching practices. In the Chinese
tradition, Confucius's birthday is proclaimed as "Teacher Day" in
order to honor all teachers. Ancient Chinese character of "He",
meaning “HARMONY is one very important idea in the philosophy of
Confucius. There is a Chinese saying "Harmony is precious「和為貴」". The
slogan of the Beijing Olympics – One World, One Dream – is an
example of Harmony that was derived from this ancient Confucian
idea.
Three Chinese language teachers – Ms. Su-Jane Chen (Laurel School
for Girls), Ms. Luling Li (Shaker Heights Schools), Ms. Qizhi Zhang
(Westlake Chinese School, Cuyahoga Community College and CSU) and
three administrators – Deborah Delisle (Cleveland Heights-University
Heights Schools Superintendent, State Superintendent-to-be), Mark
Freeman (Superintendent, Shaker Heights Schools), and Anthony Yen
(Chairman, Chinese Culture Foundation) – were presented awards in
recognition of their outstanding work.
The event proceeded with refreshments, presentations from
teachers about the challenges of teaching Chinese in American
classrooms, and presentations from administrators describing how
their districts recognized and acted upon the rising importance of
Chinese as a world language. The group walked to the Chinese
Cultural Gardens to watch the planting of three cherry trees donated
by Mr. Yen near the statue of Confucius, a tradition to celebrate
the great teacher’s birthday. Many participants took turns with the
shovels.
Upon returning to the church, teachers had the opportunity to ask
questions of administrators and to discuss issues that arise in
classrooms, like classroom management, how to integrate teaching
culture and language, and the difficulty of matching the supply of
Chinese language teachers to the steadily growing demand. It is
concerns and questions such as these that the Confucius Institute
seeks to address, through supporting individual teachers and
offering future opportunities for teachers to gather, to share
classroom experiences, and to network with one another.
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