Joint Message on the Occasion of World Teachers’ Day 2017
2017年世界教师日联合致辞
Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers
“增教师权能，促教学自由”
5 October 2017
2017年10月5日
Teachers are a critical foundation of every society’s long-term strength – providing children, young people and adults with the knowledge and skills they need to fulfill their potential.
教师向儿童、年轻人和成年人传授发挥其潜能所需的知识和技能，他们是社会长久实力的重要基础。
But around the world, far too many teachers don’t have the freedom and support they need to do their vitally important jobs. That is why the theme of this year’s World Teachers’ Day – “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers” – reaffirms the value of empowered teachers and recognizes the challenges many encounter in their professional lives across the globe.
但全世界有太多的教师得不到从事其极其重要的工作所需的自由和支持。因此，今年世界教师日的主题——“增教师权能，促教学自由”——重申教师权能的价值，凸显世界各地许多教师在其职业生涯中遇到的挑战。
Being an empowered teacher means having access to high-quality training, fair wages, and continuous opportunities for professional development. It also means having the freedom to support the development of national curricula – and the professional autonomy to choose the most appropriate methods and approaches that enable more effective, inclusive and equitable education. Furthermore, it means being able to teach in safety and security during times of political change, instability, and conflict.
教师权能不仅意味着享有高质量培训、公平的薪酬以及持续的职业发展机会。它还意味着享有支持国家课程开发的自由选择最恰当方法和途径的专业自主权，从而使得教育更加有效、包容和公平。另外，教师权能还意味着在政治变革、不稳定和冲突时期能够安全地从事教学。
But in many countries, academic freedom and teacher autonomy are under pressure. For example, at the primary and secondary school levels in some countries, stringent accountability schemes have put enormous pressure on schools to deliver results on standardized tests, ignoring the need to ensure a broad-based curriculum that meets the diverse needs of students.
但在许多国家，学术自由和教师自主面临压力。例如，在一些国家的中小学教育中，严苛的问责机制使学校承受着要在标准化考试中出成绩的巨大压力，忽视了确保满足学生各种需求的广泛课程的必要性。
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