反思教育與死刑   全文下載

Reflection on Education and Death Penalty

本研究旨在探索研究者個人心中，長期受困於教育理念與現場實務之間的落差問題；亦在澄清自己對教育的終極信仰，進而期望全體教育工作者，能夠堅定對教育的信念，做個不放棄「人」的教師。研究以教育哲學課的授課為起點，逼視自己在教育理論與真實人生之間的問題，企圖找到合一的價值觀。透過自省式自我敘說的書寫歷程，對教育與死刑的關聯性進行反思循環，以釐清教師一職的終極價值觀；並由此價值觀所推導出，教育對於犯錯之人，所必然會產生的價值判斷。
研究最終認為：教育是一個不放棄人的事業。死刑，則意味對教化功能與人類可塑性的否定與放棄，這種價值判斷，做為教師，有必要自行釐清。從教育的終極價值觀切入，教育工作者必須毫不懷疑地相信，教化對人的影響力。本研究認為，教育與死刑背後所涉的價值觀，存在一種悖論關係，兩者無法並存於同一位教師的價值體系中；而透過文本的公開與分享，提供所有以「教師」為職志者，一個自我反思、自我對話與價值澄清的機會。

This study aims to explore my persisting gap between educational concepts and practices, and also the researcher’s ultimate faith in education. Through the implications of this study, I wish all teachers would affirm their ultimate faith in education and become a person who would never give up on any student. This study originated from a course on education philosophy. The course forced me to face the difference between educational concepts and practices. Through the reflection cycle of the self-narrative approach, this study tries to clarify the ultimate values of teachers, and then the judgment that teachers should never give up on any person is derived.
This study considers that education is a career which does not give up on anyone. In terms of death penalty, it means to abandon the possibility of education. Beings in the career of education should think about the ultimate link between these two situations. The study finds that there is a paradoxical relationship between educational concepts and death penalty, and the two would not co-exist in a same person’s value system. Finally, I was able to confirm my consistent value system. Publishing and sharing this article will provide teachers an opportunity to reflect and engage in self-dialogues regarding their value system.