KOHL INTERNATIONAL TEACHING AWARDS

1993 Recipients

Karen Blatt
Legertha T. Butler-Walton
Barry K. Elmore
Carol Rancifer Gearring
Shirley A. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Kenneth Klopack
Dale Nelmes
Jim Price
Priscilla Smith
Lois Ellis Wolfe

Kohl International Education Award

Loris Malaguzzi, The Early Childhood Schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy

Reggio schools inspired early childhood education worldwide. Over a thousand American educators have visited to observe how Reggio Emilia schools encourage students to build knowledge based on their own experiences, vision and creativity. Teachers are guides who “tune-in” to the children's interests and help them discover and investigate the world around them. They recognize and honor their students' abilities and rights…so much so that the children help design the curriculum. “We think of a school for young children as an integral living organism, as a place of shared lives and relationships among many adults and very many children,” said Malaguzzi, the school's founder. Malaguzzi accepted the award on behalf of the Reggio schools.

Kohl International Peace Prize

Children of War, Judith Thompson and Arn Chorn, Co-founders

Since 1984, Children of War has been working with young people growing up in areas of violence worldwide and assisting them to become leaders for peace. Through Children of War, youngsters from war-torn Third World countries and inner city ghettos are encourage to share their pain and rebuild their lives. Co-founder Chorn is himself a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. “Now we can dedicate our lives to ending the things which caused the madness in the first place,” comments Chorn. Children of War's leadership training process combines approaches aimed at healing the trauma of violence together with organizing on behalf of peace and social change. Their tours bring together young survivors to address high school students across the United States and their network extends to 14 countries and eight US-based refugee communities.

Kohl Media Award

Bill Kurtis, The New Explorers

Veteran newscaster Bill Kurtis received this award for his educational PBS documentary series, The New Explorers. Kurtis created the educational series to highlight the exciting role of scientists pursuing the adventure of exploration. Each program featured people on the cutting edge of discovery: individuals who seek to extend the frontiers of science, nature, and environmental conservation. The series made a significant contribution to science education by providing students with a hands-on approach to learning. Along with video, Teacher's Guides are distributed to parents and teachers. In an unprecedented partnership between the media and government to teach science, community partners organized field trips for these students to reinforce the classroom experience. This revolutionary new approach to teaching science reached thousands of students across the United States.