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What Is Soka Education? SESRP 3 This file has been cleaned of potential threats. If you confirm that the file is coming from a trusted source, you can send the following SHA-256 hash value to your admin for the original file. c136239d3d1aa2f43b425f3dd7c426408c7a8491c0b1449afad5d8fb580d3b04 To view the reconstructed contents, please SCROLL DOWN to next page. Disclaimer The contents 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 brief 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 part. 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 (SESRP) Soka University of America 1 University Drive Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Office: Student Affairs #316 www.sesrp.org sesrp@soka. The 11th Annual Soka Education Conference 2015 Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, California th th February 14 - 15 , 2015 Pauling 216 Table of Contents Introductory Letter SESRP 2 What is Soka Education? SESRP 3 Conference Program ---- 4 Keynote Biography Rebecca Martusewicz 6 Presenter Biographies ---- 7 Workshop Information ---- 12 16 Measurement in Education: A Soka Education Perspective Ken Baxer Nandini Choudhury Soka Education and Public Health: Towards a Value-Creating Future Mitsuaki Hirai 29 Kazumi Tsuchiya Radical Student-Centeredness in the Creative Writing Workshop Darin Ciccotelli 42 Soka Education and Sacred Geometry Ryan Hayashi 54 Henry Indangasi Value Creation Education in Kenya Masumi Odari 69 Soka Education in the context of an Autistic Care Center in India Shivangi Khattar 81 The Future of Global Physician-Citizens: Jacqueline Mills Why and How Soka Should Improve Medical Education 92 Inquiry of Knowledge and Value through Play Michio Okamura 110 The Foreign Aid Myth and A Need for Humanistic Education to Open a Anri Tanabe 131 Better Way Forward Anna Varvak Children playing with squares: Creating value from abstract mathematics Elyse Waston 143 159 Acknowledgements SESRP Introduction Dear Reader, We would like to extend a warm thank you for participating in the 11th Annual Soka Education Conference taking place on February 14-15, 2015. We have been working on realizing this conference for over a year now, so it is with great pleasure that we present these two busy days to you. This booklet that you are reading will serve as a document and reminder of our 2015 inquiries into Soka Education. conference,As you a �inal know, compilation this year marksof everyone’s the 11th efforts Annual as Soka well Education as a point Conferenceof departure. Last for futureyear, the 10th conference, we are excited to be opening a new decade of Soka Education research. This weekend is fullAnniversary, to the brim marked with the the thorough end of the research �irst decade of students, of the Soka alumni, Education faculty, Conference. and professionals With this across year’s a multitude of interest focuses. This year, presentations range from austistic care education, creative writing workshop pedagogy, medical school education, and after-school math programs. In addition to the academic brilliance of this conference, it is also a celebration of the progress Soka Education has made over the decades. With every conference, we become more and more curious as to how Soka Education or humanistic education in general is being implemented in communities around the world, in both traditional and non-traditional educational spheres. As this conference marks the 11th year of providing an academic venue for people to come together to discuss Soka Education and humanistic education at SUA, we hope that this discussion will increasingly incorporate experiences of the theoretical and tangible applications of humanistic education. We hope to partake in this historic conference with you and set the tone of humanistic education for upcoming decades. Department of Teacher Education at Eastern Michigan University. As a leader in the field of EcoJusticeThis Education, year’s keynote her scholarship speaker is focusesDr. Rebecca on exposing Martusewicz, the deeply who isimbedded currently cultural a professor in the assumptions leading to intersecting social and ecological problems. This field is especially interested in the ways schooling helps to maintain a fundamentally violent set of ideologies, structures, and institutions organizing the patterns of belief and behavior that shape our lives. Dr. Martusewicz is also the former editor in chief of The Journal of The American Educational Studies, which published a special issue on the educational work of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi titled “Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944): Educational Philosophy in Context” in April 2009. sp foster leaders for the creative coexistenceWe wereof nature overjoyed and humanity by Dr. Martusewicz’, we believe her acceptance academic of contributions our request to to be the this field year’s of education keynote areeaker. in line As with one Soka of Soka Education University Pedagogy of America’s and the principles values of is SU toA. Her speech will be beneficial for not only the discussion surrounding Soka Education but also for the dynamic development of education globally. We are very excited to have her present her speech titled “Toward Pedagogies of Responsibility: EcoJustice Education, Wendell Berry, and our Work for the ‘Great Economy which we hope will prove insightful for each audience member, undergraduate and graduate students, practioners, and professors alike. ’” From around the corner or across the world, thank you so much for coming to the 11th Annual Soka Education Conference. We sincerely appreciate the continued support of the students, faculty, alumni, family, and community members in understanding more deeply the significance of rld. Please enjoy this booklet and all its contents. We hope to see you next year! humanistic education in today’s wo Warmly, Soka Education Student Research Project 2 | Page What is Soka Education? What is Soka Education? The starting point and essence of Soka education is the spirit to treasure each student individually so that they can become happy and enjoy a glorious future. Education does not exist for the sake of the nation, for business, or for religion. The aim of Soka education is the happiness of oneself and others, as well as society as a whole, and peace for all humanity. - Daisaku Ikeda, Founder of Soka University of America Soka Education was founded by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944), a Japanese educator in the early 20th century. Emerging out of 40 years of - educational theories ever put forward by a Japanese elementary school classroomprincipal. experience, Soka Education is one of the �irst full �ledged Soka (創価) is derived from the Japanese characters “sozo” (creation) and “kachi” (value), and literally means value creation. Soka education seeks to empower students to perceive value in every aspect of life. A key element of Soka Education is the quality of the relationship between teacher and student. Rather than exercise authority over the students, teachers are expected to engage in the learning process and grow together with the students. Thus, Soka education is not a mere injection of knowledge, but a humanistic process that nurtures wisdom and enables the individual's potential to the unique character and potential of each learner, make up the heart of Soka education. bloom to the fullest. The teacher’s genuine care and concern for the student, and their efforts to nurture the purpose of education. This was a radical idea in Japanese society, oppressed under fascist militarism beforeMakiguchi and establishedduring the war.this pedagogyIndividuals based were on forced his �irm to placebelief precedence that the happiness upon national of children prestige should rather be than their own happiness, and children were taught at school to serve that purpose. It was against this backdrop that Makiguchi advocated that the happiness of children be the utmost priority of education. Today Soka education is being practiced globally: in Japan the Soka education system encompasses kindergarten through university; in the United States, Soka University of America was founded in California; and there are Soka Kindergartens in Brazil, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea, as well as other parts of the world. The Soka Education Student Research Project (SESRP) is a student-initiated and student-run project at Soka University of America. Project members engage in the study, research, and exhibition of Soka Education as a unique educational philosophy. The purpose of SESRP is: - To inspire individuals to embody and perpetuate the spirit of Soka Education - To create a community united in protecting the values of Soka Education - To encourage thorough and rigorous research into the meaning, possibilities, and development of Soka Education The objectives of the SESRP are: - To establish Soka Education as an acknowledged field of research - To develop a centralized source and venue for information and discussion on Soka Education To build and maintain relationships with other institutions to promote
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