REIMAGINING OUR FUTURES TOGETHER: A new social contract for education（Ⅰ）

譯題：一起重新構想我們的未來——為教育打造新的社會契約（一）

Product by UNESCO （United Nations Educational， Scientific and Cultural Organization） 聯合國教科文組織

該報告秉承了教育應成為“全球公共利益”理念，進一步倡導構建新的社會契約，希望將國家政府、社會組織、學校和教師、青年與兒童、家長與社區等教育的相關利益方全部納入契約，通過共同努力，充分發揮數字技術帶來的教育紅利。報告主要探討和展望了面向2050年乃至未來的教育。

Our world is at a turning point. We already know that knowledge and learning are the basis for renewal and transformation. But global disparities—? and a pressing need to reimagine why， how， what， where， and when we learn—mean that education is not yet fulfilling its promise to help us shape peaceful， just， and sustainable futures.

In our quest for growth and development， we humans have overwhelmed our natural environment， threatening our own existence. Today， high living standards coexist with gaping inequalities. More and more people are engaged in public life， but the fabric of civil society and democracy is fraying in many places around the world. Rapid technological changes are transforming many aspects of our lives. Yet， these innovations are not adequately directed at equity， inclusion and democratic participation.

Everyone today has a heavy obligation to both current and future generations—to ensure that our world is one of abundance not scarcity， and that everyone enjoys the same human rights to the fullest. Despite the urgency of action， and in conditions of great uncertainty， we have reason to be full of hope. As a species， we are at the point in our collective history where we have the greatest access ever to knowledge and to tools that enable us to collaborate. The potential for engaging humanity in creating better futures together has never been greater.

Many people are already engaged in bringing about these changes themselves. This report is infused with their contributions on everything from how to reimagine learning spaces to the decolonization of curricula and the importance of social and emotional learning， and taps into their real and growing fears about climate change， crises like COVID-19， fake news and the digital divide.

Education—the way we organize teaching and learning throughout life—has long played a foundational role in the transformation of human societies. It connects us with the world and to each other， exposes us to new possibilities， and strengthens our capacities for dialogue and action. But to shape peaceful， just， and sustainable futures， education itself must be transformed.

A new social contract for education

Education can be seen in terms of a social contract—an implicit agreement among members of a society to cooperate for shared benefit. A social contract is more than a transaction as it reflects norms， commitments and principles that are formally legislated as well as culturally embedded. The starting point is a shared vision of the public purposes of education.

During the twentieth century， public education was essentially aimed at supporting national citizenship and development efforts through the form of compulsory schooling for children and youth. Today， however， as we face grave risks to the future of humanity and the living planet itself， we must urgently reinvent education to help us address common challenges. This act of reimagining means working together to create futures that are shared and interdependent. The new social contract for education must unite us around collective endeavours and provide the knowledge and innovation needed to shape sustainable and peaceful futures for all anchored in social， economic and environmental justice. It must， as this report does， champion the role played by teachers.

Foundational principles

Assuring the right to quality education throughout life. The right to education， as established in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights， must continue to be the foundation of the new social contract for education and must be expanded to include the right to quality education throughout life. It must also encompass the right to information， culture and science—as well as the right to access and contribute to the knowledge commons， the collective knowledge resources of humanity that have been accumulated over generations and are continuously transforming.

Strengthening education as a public endeavour and a common good. As a shared societal endeavour， education builds common purposes and enables individuals and communities to flourish together. A new social contract for education must not only ensure public funding for education， but also include a society-wide commitment to include everyone in public discussions about education. This emphasis on participation is what strengthens education as a common good—a form of shared well-being that is chosen and achieved together.

These foundational principles build on what education has allowed humanity to accomplish to this point and help to ensure that， as we move to 2050 and beyond， education empowers future generations to reimagine their futures and renew their worlds.

譯文

當今世界正處于一個轉折點。我們已然明了，知識和學習是實現更新和變革的基礎。然而全球差異以及重新構想我們為何學習、如何學習、學習什么、在何時何地學習的迫切需要，都意味著教育尚未滿足人們建立一個和平、公正和可持續未來的需要。

為追求增長和發展，我們人類讓自然環境不堪重荷，并反噬到人類自身的生存。今天，高水準的生活與不平等的鴻溝共存，越來越多的人參與公共生活，但在世界許多地方，社會和民主的結構正在被侵蝕。迅猛發展的技術更新變革著生活的許多方面，但這些創新沒有被充分運用到促進公平、包容和民主參與的方向。

今天的人們對今世和后代都肩負重任，要確保世界富足而非貧瘠，要確保人人充分享有同樣的權利。雖然我們迫切需要采取行動，且所處環境充滿高度不確定性，但我們依然有理由滿懷希冀。作為一個物種，我們正處在人類集體發展史上能夠最大限度地獲取協作所需的知識和工具的節點上。發動全人類共同創造更美好未來的潛能從未如此之大。

很多人早已開始自行探索變革，報告也融入了他們的各種經驗，從如何重新構想學習空間到課程的去殖民化，以及強調社會和情感學習的重要性，進而反映人們日益增長的對氣候變化、新冠肺炎疫情、假新聞和數字鴻溝等現實挑戰擔憂等。

教育，這種貫穿生命始終的教學組織和學習方式，長期以來在人類社會變革中發揮著基礎作用。教育將人與世界、人與人緊密相連，為我們開辟新的可能性，并增強我們開展對話和行動的能力。但要塑造和平、公正和可持續的未來，教育本身必須變革。

一種新的教育社會契約

教育可以從社會契約的角度來審視，即社會成員間為謀求共同利益而合作的一種默會協議。一個社會契約可反映已正式載入法律且內嵌文化的規范、承諾和原則，因而不僅僅是一種交易。其出發點必須是關于教育公共目的之共同愿景。

20世紀，公共教育的基本目標是通過對兒童和青年的強制義務教育支持培養國家公民意識和國家發展。但在人類及其居住的星球都面臨嚴重危機的今天，我們必須緊急重塑教育以幫助我們應對共同的挑戰。這種重新構想意味著要共同努力，去創造休戚與共且相互依存的未來。面向教育的新社會契約必須將人類團結起來為共同的事業去奮斗，并提供必要的知識和創新，以備在社會、經濟和環境正義的基礎上開創面向所有人的可持續與和平的未來。新的社會契約必須像這份報告一樣，突出教師所發揮的作用。

基本原則

確保終身接受優質教育的權利。為教育打造新的社會契約，必須仍以《世界人權宣言》第二十六條規定的受教育權為基礎，而且必須將其拓展以涵蓋終身接受優質教育的權利。此外還應涵蓋信息權、文化權、科學權以及獲取和貢獻于知識公域的權利，即人類世代積累且不斷革新的集體知識資源。

加強作為一項公共事業和共同利益的教育。作為一項共同的社會事業，教育可以構建共同的目標，并助力個人和社區共同繁榮。教育的新社會契約，不僅要確保公共教育資金到位，還要包含全社會對人人參與有關教育的公開討論的鼎力支持。唯有如此重視參與，才能強化作為共同利益的教育——一種共同選擇和實現的共同福祉。

這些基本原則立足于人類迄今為止憑借教育取得的成就，將有助于確保我們在向2050年及更遠的未來邁進的征程上，教育可為將來數字時代賦權增能以使其能重新構想未來和更新世界。