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Date Posted: 21:45:52 02/12/04 Thu
Author: 淇少俠
Subject: 須知孺子可教,勿謂童子何知

台灣教育部近日以「違反幼兒身心發展」為由,原意保護幼兒的學習教育及環境,嚴格禁止幼稚園教授美語,由此引發頗大爭議.

教育部長黃榮村昨天宣布,將全面取締以雙語幼兒園或幼兒美語學校為招牌的補習班,以及掛名為美語或雙語的幼稚園,違規業者最嚴重可撤銷執照。這項禁令,簡單的說就是,只要是補習班就不得出現雙語或美語字眼,只要是幼稚園就不得請外籍老師教授美語課程,否則不排除撤照處分。依照教育部頒訂的幼稚園課程標準,幼稚園只能教健康、遊戲、音樂以及生活常識,至於語文的部分只能教國語和母語,美語不得列入正式課程,不能當才藝,也絕對不得全美語教學。臺北縣私立三民幼稚園董事長蘇傳臣表示贊成該修定,他認為全美語幼稚園這根本就是拋棄自我文化、自我殖民的行為,這表達了部分教改人士觀點.

誠然這位蘇先生學識的膚淺,猶如井底之蛙,原來幼稚園用美語授課,孩子們便順理成章變為別國的二等殖民,不用簽證認可,手續簡便;另外他對自身文化的愚昧導致其自卑心重,只盼他推祟本土文化的同時能夠對它有些微信心,中國與美國文化執熟是誰?問題正如選擇一支陳年佳釀還是日常餐酒,這答案富學識的家長們當然心裡有數.教育部的原意是保護幼兒的學習教育,幫助家長選擇幼兒學習環境,立論與出發點都是好的,不過卻未有從真實情況作考慮,忽略了業者與家長的觀點和訴求,與民間想法脫節,違背時代潮流.最後引申的結果是家長為了下一代迎接步入全球化的台灣社會,除了付幼稚園的基本學費,更要多付補習班的高昂收費,此舉雖然加重家長負擔,但卻可推動市場經濟,台灣政府可真用心良苦.

首當其衝的外籍老師大力反對並認為語言愈早學愈好,「尤其是在現今台灣要走向國際,希望與國外接軌,小孩更需要學英文,政府錯了!」是對是錯且看往後台灣孩子發展,但只怕輸了下一代的幸福.

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