人文價值為核心理念的學校：以泰國Sathya Sai學校為例

Abstract

創新教育有別於傳統教育，勇於提出新穎想法與可行方案，理念與行動一致，才能達到預期效果。本文以泰國Sathya Sai學校為例，該校創辦者在辦學之初，即鎖定人文價值的五項理念，包含積極引發個人善性、追求真實真理、維護內心平靜與愛好和平、愛人如己推己及人、合宜行為遵守禮節與非暴力脅迫他人。這五項人文價值彼此息息相關，缺一不可。創辦者Art-ong Jumsai堅信，獲得優質教育是每個人的基本權利，培育善良之人優先於創造偉人。經由28年的努力，他所創建的學校在國際上具有高知名度，並把人文價值理念融入課程與教材，學校發展綠能、有機種植，愛護環境，更讓學生免學費，人人皆有機會入學，落實教育均等原則。在小校轉型的契機上，泰國Sathya Sai學校可說是世上少有而值得尊敬與仿效的理念學校。

Innovative alternative education needs to encompass novel ideas while being feasible solutions that differ from the mainstream one. However, only when ideas and actions are consistent, will it be possible to achieve the ideal [what] and the mission. This paper uses the Sathya Sai School in Thailand as an example and describes its principles as a reference model. Five essential principles were determined when the school was established. They are to: actively cultivate innate goodness of the individual, strive for the truth, embrace inner peace and promote peace, love others like you love yourself, abide right conduct and nonviolence practice. The principles are essentially based on humanism that the school values, therefore, not only are these five closely related but also are indispensable. Art-ong Jumsai, the school’s founder, firmly believes that equal access to key educational resources is a fundamental right and cultivating good and honest people take precedence over creating a great man in school. After twenty eight years of effort, the school is internationally renowned for its integration of humanistic values into the curriculum and teaching materials. The school uses and develops renewable energy resources, operates organic farming, promotes environmental protection, and, especially, the school is free to attend— affirming and successfully implementing the egalitarian principle of equal opportunity to education resources in practice. At the moment, crucial need in transforming small schools to achieve equitable outcomes for all students, the Sathya Sai School is one of the few good reference models worth following.