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愛沙尼亞的科學教育更上一層樓

Scoring an advance for science education in Estonia

 

By Peter Schmidtke 

Rotary International News -- 29 December 2009 

3520地區2009-2010年度文化大使獎學生陳星妃Carmen(Chen, Hsing-Fei)譯

 

 

前大使獎學生Katrin Raie（中間）贈送芬蘭赫爾辛基西區社Harri Saarinen社長（左）一個裝框的感謝信，感謝該社對愛沙亞塔林提供一個科學儀器的配合獎助金計畫。

Former Ambassadorial Scholar Katrin Raie (center) presents Harri Saarinen (left), of the Rotary Club of Helsinki City West, Finland, a framed letter of appreciation for the club’s support of a 2009 Matching Grant project that supplied science equipment to a school in Tallinn, Estonia.

Photo by Laura Leena Raud

在今年十月，40位愛沙尼亞的高中生捲起衣袖，在一個三十天的旅程中，用著獎助金所資助購買的科學儀器檢測來自於一所核電廠及其他愛沙尼亞、拉脫維亞以及立陶宛地區的水、空氣及土壤。Forty Estonian high school students rolled up their sleeves and used Matching Grant-funded science equipment to test water, air, and soil at a nuclear power plant and other sites in Latvia and Lithuania during a three-day trip in October.

 

“讓學生們以科學儀器實地進行檢測，是每個科學教師的夢想”Katrin Raie如此說道，她是2003-2004年度的扶輪文化大使獎學生，也是促成扶輪與這所位於愛沙尼亞首都塔林的Vanalinna Hariduskolleegium學校的推手。

“The possibility of taking the equipment along and letting students do on-site measuring is a dream come true for any science teacher,” says Katrin Raie, a 2003-04 Ambassadorial Scholar who acted as a project liaison between the sponsor Rotary clubs and the Vanalinna Hariduskolleegium school in Tallinn, Estonia.

 

教師們在學校及教學實驗室的課程中，讓年輕的學生們使用這些價值美金24,000的科學儀器進行實驗。

Teachers have been using the US$24,000 worth of equipment in high school classes and in extracurricular lab sessions for younger students.

 

身為學校基金的理事及前任副校長，Raie與愛沙尼亞的N蓚mme-Tallinn扶輪社、德國的; Magdeburg-Otto von Guericke扶輪社、Helsinki City West扶輪社及芬蘭的M螩nts螩l螩、Tuusula及 Ylikerava扶輪社協調此一資助事項。她還邀請德國的扶輪社友到實驗室參觀。

As a board member of a foundation serving the school and a former vice principal, Raie helped complete the grant application and coordinate the effort with the sponsor Rotary clubs of N蓚mme-Tallinn, Estonia; Magdeburg-Otto von Guericke, Germany; and Helsinki City West, M螩nts螩l螩, Tuusula, and Ylikerava, Finland. She also took German Rotarians on a tour of the lab.

 

通常獎學生會在獎學金年度當中去做扶輪服務，但當Raie第一次聽到有關大使獎學金機會之前，就已經開始促成一個擔任一位學校副校長的獎助金計劃。她拿到了以英文為第二外國語的學位，並自1998年已參與當地扶輪社與芬蘭、德國及美國的社友的許多獎助金計劃。

Scholars are typically introduced to Rotary service during their scholarship year, but Raie was already coordinating a Matching Grant effort as a school vice principal when she first heard about the Ambassadorial Scholarship opportunity. With a degree in English as a second language, she has coordinated multiple grants since 1998 involving the local club and Rotarians in Finland, Germany, and the United States.

 

“當時有一位美國的社友來參觀一些醫療儀器的受益單位，我正在帶她參觀醫院,” Raie回想到，”我向她提到我的一個夢想，那就是在美國進修學位。她於是告訴我”我們有這種獎學金計劃，你何不來試試看？”

“There was a U.S. Rotarian visiting some of the sites that were the beneficiaries of medical equipment, and I was taking her around to the hospitals,” recalls Raie. “I mentioned that I have a dream that I would like to get a graduate degree in America, and she said, ‘You know, we have this scholarship program. Why don’t you try?’”

 

兩年之後，38歲的Raie成為了扶輪獎學生，在芝加哥洛約拉大學文化及教育政策攻讀碩士學位，由芝加哥扶輪社接待。她於是向愛沙尼亞中西部協會自我介紹，並為該協會準備一場演說。

Less than two years later, Raie, then 38, was working as a Rotary Scholar toward a master’s degree in cultural and educational policy studies at Loyola University in Chicago. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Chicago, she introduced herself to the Midwest Estonian Association and helped the group prepare for a convention at which she gave a presentation.

 

當她一邊完成芝加哥拉丁學生的實習工作時，愛沙尼亞認識了該校的音樂總監Michael Teolis，她邀請他帶著學校的樂隊及合唱團到塔林。於是在2008年，85位該校的學生到愛沙尼亞及芬蘭與這兩個國家的學生表演一場聯合演出。

While completing an internship at the Latin School of Chicago, Raie became acquainted with the school’s music director, Michael Teolis. She invited Teolis to bring the school’s band and choir to Tallinn, and in 2008, 85 students spent eight days in Estonia and Finland, performing at joint concerts with students from both countries.

 

“她對這此旅程很幫忙” Teolis說到，”當初互相認識的學生們，有些到了今天還持續聯絡”

“She was instrumental in almost every aspect of planning the trip,” says Teolis. “Tallinn students gave tours, and some of our students are still in contact with students they met there.

 

2009年，Raie結束了在一個兩年在國際貨運組織的訓練課程職務之後，她被任名為SOS國際兒童村的地域副主任。

 

In 2009, after a two-year position professionalizing the training curriculum at a national freight-forwarding association, Raie was named deputy regional director for SOS Children’s Villages International.

 

“我會將在洛約拉大學與扶輪獎學生生涯中學習到的知識與技能，全部投入促進兒童與家庭的福祉” Raie說到。

“My experience as a Rotary Scholar as well as the knowledge and skills I acquired at Loyola will be put to the best use in this position, for the benefit of children and families,” says Raie.