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7th Annual Soka Education Conference February 19-21, 2011 7TH ANNUAL SOKA EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2011 SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ALISO VIEJO, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 19TH, 20TH & 21ST, 2011 PAULING 216 Disclaimer: The content of the papers included in this volume do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Soka Education Student Research Project, the members of the Soka Education Conference Committee, or Soka University of America. The papers were selected by blind submission and based on a one page proposal. Copyrights: Unless otherwise indicated, the copyrights are equally shared between the author and the SESRP and articles may be distributed with consent of either party. The Soka Education Student Research Project (SESRP) holds the rights of the title “7th Annual Soka Education Conference.” For permission to copy a part of or the entire volume with the use of the title, SESRP must have given approval. The Soka Education Student Research Project is an autonomous organization at Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, California. Soka Education Student Research Project Soka University of America 1 University Drive Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Office: Student Affairs #316 www.sesrp.org [email protected] Soka Education Conference 2011 Program Pauling 216 Day 1: Saturday, February 19th Time Event Personnel 10:00 – 10:15 Opening Words SUA President Danny Habuki 10:15 – 10:30 Opening Words SESRP 10:30 – 11:00 Study Committee Update SESRP Study Committee Presentation: Can Active Citizenship be 11:00 – 11:30 Dr. Namrata Sharma Learned? 11:30 – 12:30 Break Simon HØffding (c/o 2008) Nozomi Inukai (c/o 2011) 12:30 – 2:00 Symposium: Soka Education in Translation Gonzalo Obelleiro (c/o 2005) Respondents: Professor James Spady and Dr. Namrata Sharma Special Interest Groups: Graduate Studies in Education Sabrina Kataoka, Professor Kristi Wilson, 2:00 – 3:00 Soka Education at SUA and Gonzalo Obelleiro Soka Education Research 3:00 – 3:20 Break Please enjoy refreshments outside Simon HØffding 3:20 – 3:50 Presentation: Conditions of Creativity (c/o 2008) Presentation: Education in Rural El Garrett Braun 3:50 – 4:20 Salvador (c/o 2011) 4:20 – 4:30 Break Please enjoy refreshments outside 4:30 – 5:30 Keynote Speech Dr. Jason Goulah of DePaul University Day 2: Sunday, February 20th Time Event Personnel 12:20-12:30 Opening Words SESRP Panel - Science Education - Academic Sovereignty, Technology, and Ryan Hayashi (c/o 2012) 12:30-1:30 Soka Education: From a Culture of War towards a Culture of Peace - Science Education for Value Creation Scott Williams and Tyko Shoji (c/o 2011) 1:30-2:30 Workshops Garrett Braun, Simon HofFding 2:30-2:50 Break Please enjoy refreshments outside Presentation: Soka Journalism Education: Jihii Jolly 2:50-3:20 On Value Creative Subjectivity (c/o 2011) Presentation: Exploring the Narrative Julie Nagashima 3:20-3:50 Approach (c/o 2005) 3:50-4:00 Break Please enjoy refreshments outside Presentation: Soka Education Research in Nozomi Inukai 4:00-4:30 China (c/o 2011) Panel – Sustainability - Creating Sustainability in an Urban School: A Lotus Out oF Muck Patrick Noon (c/o 2006) - From Local to Global: Soka Education’s 4:30-5:30 Potential For Sustainable Development in Yui Takishima(c/o 2012) Ecuador and Beyond Kevin Kan(c/o 2010) - Environmental Department: An Example of Soka Education at SUA 5:30-5:40 Closing Words Day 3: Monday, February 21th Time Event Personnel Special Interest Groups: Professor Kristi Wilson and Gonzalo 11:00 – 12:00 Soka Education at SUA Obelleiro Soka Education Research 12:00 – 12:30 Break 12:30 – 12:40 Opening Words SESRP Presentation: Global Citizenship as an Kenji Yamada 12:40 – 1:10 Educative Ideal (c/o 2011) Presentation: The Power of Failure: An Jean Marcus 1:10 – 1:40 Odyssey into the Meaning of Success (c/o 2011) 1:40 – 1:55 Break Please enjoy refreshments outside Hip Hop Congress 1:55 – 2:30 Presentation: Hip Hop and Soka Education Ryan Hayashi (c/o 2012) Simone Barclay (c/o 2012) Gonzalo Obelleiro Presentation: Education for Social (c/o 2005) 2:30 – 3:00 Consciousness: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and Karina Kleiman Soka Education (c/o 2006) 3:00 – 3:20 Closing Words Table of Contents Introductory Letter SESRP Conference Committee 1 Biographies Conference Personnel 2-5 El Hombre,Juegos and Pedagogies of Experience Menelik Tafari 6-19 Can Active Citizenship Be Learned? Dr. Namrata Sharma 20-23 An Overview of the Editions of Soka Kyouikugaku Taikei Simon Hoffding 24-29 Soka Kyouikugaku Taikei and Education for Creative Living: How Nozomi Inukai 30-43 Makiguchi's Educational Ideas are Presented in English Challenges and Possibilities for Soka Education Research in Translation Gonzalo Obelleiro 44-52 Conditions of Creativity: A Reading of Descartes, Kant, and Leibniz in the Context of Simon Hoffding 53-62 Soka Education Education in Rural El Salvador: Looking at Rural Development through Soka Garrett Braun 63-68 Education Academic Sovereignty, Technology, and Soka Education: From a Culture of War Ryan Hayashi 69-78 towards a Culture of Peace Science Education for Value Creation Tyko Shoji and Scott Williams 79-83 Soka Journalism Education: On Value Creative Subjectivity Jihii Jolly 84-89 Exploring the Narrative Approach Julie Nagashima 90-97 Soka Education Research in China: Possible Contributions of Soka Education to Nozomi Inukai 98-124 Educational Reformation in China Creating Sustainability in an Urban School: A Lotus Out of Muck Patrick Noon 125-129 From Local to Global: Soka Education's Potential for Sustainable Development in Yui Takishima 130-139 Ecuador and Beyond Environmental Department: An Example of Soka Education at SUA Kevin (Cheng-Kuan) Kan 140-147 Global Citizenship as an Educative Ideal Kenji Yamada 148-150 The Power of Failure: An Odyssey into the Meaning of Success Jean Marcus 151-157 Simone Barclay and Ryan Education for Social Consciousness: Hip Hop Pedagogy and Soka Education 158-168 Hayashi (Hip Hop Congress) Karina Kleiman and Gonzalo A Value-Creating Conception of Appreciation 169-177 Obelleiro Dear Guests, Faculty, Staff, and Students of Soka University of America (SUA), Our seventh annual Soka Education Conference will take place on February 19th, 20th and 21st, 2011. This year, the conference will be extended to three days due to an unprecedented number of proposals. In addition, Soka Education Student Research Project has decided to hold this year’s conference without a theme to allow for a greater variety of topics and to develop a more expansive understanding of Soka education. This year also marks the celebration of two major milestones: the 80th anniversary of the founding of Soka education (on November 18th, 2010) and the 10th anniversary of the founding of Soka University of America (on May 3rd, 2011). This conference will present the work of students and scholars both associated and unassociated with SUA. Mr. Gonzalo Obelleiro, Mr. Simon Hoffding, and Ms. Nozomi Inukai look at the issues with translations of Makiguchi’s works. Mr. Garrett Braun looks at the development of rural areas through his experience volunteering in El Salvador. Hip Hop Congress (represented by Ms. Simone Barclay and Mr. Ryan Hayashi) has compared Hip Hop and Soka education as means of empowerment for students. Mr. Kenji Yamada defines global citizenship through Soka education. Mr. Kevin Kan, Ms. Yui Takishima, and Mr. Patrick Noon form a panel to explore Soka education and the environment. Mr. Jean Marcus Silva writes about the power of failing and of breaking outside expectations. Ms. Jihii Jolly has looked into value creative subjectivity and journalism through Makiguchi’s concepts. Mr. Menelik Tafari analyzes a course entitled El Hombre y Juegos to explain experiential learning and how pedagogies of experience can help education today. Mr. Tyko Shoji, Mr. Scott Williams, and Mr. Ryan Hayashi write about Soka education in technology and the value of scientific education. Ms. Nozomi Inukai uses interviews from scholars to examine Chinese education, as well as Soka education research initiatives in China. Dr. Namrata Sharma takes the work of Gandhi and Makiguchi as examples to discuss relevant issues in understanding citizenship education. Mr. Gonzalo Obelleiro and Ms. Karina Kleiman write about the concept of appreciation in Soka education and explore unsuspected meanings, connections, and uncharted philosophical terrains. Mr. Simon Hoffding attempts to define the conditions of creativity using Descartes, Kant, Leibniz and Daisaku Ikeda. Workshops and Special Interest Groups will also be facilitated by various SUA students, faculty, and alumni, with the goal of increasing audience dialogue and interaction at the conference and providing the venue to discuss particular facets of Soka education. We sincerely hope that this conference will expand the research on Soka pedagogy and explore its applicability in a variety of different fields. This year, we are honored to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Jason Goulah, assistant professor of Bilingual-Bicultural Education and director of world language education in the department of leadership, language, and curriculum at DePaul University. His research interests include transformative world language learning as well as Makiguchi and Ikeda studies. We would like to use this year’s conference as a significant milestone to look back on the eighty years since Makiguchi established Soka education as well as a point of departure for further exploration, research, and collaboration. Thank you for your continued interest and support of the conference. Sincerely, Soka Education Student Research Project Soka Education Conference Committee 1 Dr. Jason Goulah is Assistant Professor of Bilingual-Bicultural Education and Director of the World Language Education in the Department of Leadership, Language and Curriculum at DePaul University. He holds a Ph.D. (University at Buffalo) in second and foreign language curriculum and instruction, an M.Ed. in teaching English to speakers of other languages, an LLM (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan) in fundamental laws, and a B.A.
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