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Namrata Sharma, Value-Creating Global Citizenship Education

Dialogues on Value-Creating Education, Global Citizenship, and Sustainability at the Université Laval’s Ikeda Center.

Symposium, “The Keys to an Effective Dialogue for World Peace in an International Context of Competition,” 28 April, 2023.

Click here for a link to the film mentioned in this presentation; for audio version click here; also see this clip.

Symposium, “Global Citizenship, Dialogue and Peace,” 16-17 May, 2022.

More information on the Ikeda Center for Education in Global Citizenship, Dialogue and Peace can be found here.

Namrata Sharma, Value-Creating Global Citizenship Education

European Congress on Global Education in Europe to 2050

3-4 November 2022. Dublin Castle, Ireland.

The fifth-ever European Congress on Global Education took place in Dublin from 3-4 November. It was a joint initiative of the Council of Europe’s North South Centre and the EU’s Global Education Network Europe (GENE) with the aim of building broader and deeper political support and commitment to global education. (Source) The event was hosted by the Government of Ireland, co-chaired by the Government of Luxembourg and convened by GENE. Read more.

Namrata Sharma, Value-Creating Global Citizenship Education

Webinar – The Peace Proposals at 40: Creating Vibrant Hope and Advancing the Culture of Peace

Every year since 1983, Soka Gakkai International (SGI) has published a peace proposal authored by its President Daisaku Ikeda. These proposals put forth ideas addressing global issues, grounded in hope and Buddhist humanism to help build the foundations of the culture of peace. Commemorating the 40th peace proposal, a panel discussion was held with peacebuilders and educators from around the world – live on Facebook.

Event Page.

Press coverage: article in the Seikyo Newspaper, Japan.

Namrata Sharma, Value-Creating Global Citizenship Education

Seikyo Newspaper Article on a Symposium held at the 2022 BERA Conference

7th September 2022, Symposium on Global Citizenship as a Pedagogy of Hope, British Educational Research Association Conference, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://www.seikyoonline.com/article/D9A1B7A5F750D354A1E6ED17208C20F2

聖教ニュース
英国教育研究学会で創価の教育思想巡る分科会
2022年9月16日
　英国教育研究学会の年次会議が6～8日、英リバプール市のリバプール大学で開かれ、創価の教育思想に関する分科会が7日に行われた。
　
　テーマは「希望の教育学としての世界市民教育」。5人の学識者が講演した。
　
　カナダのゲルフ・ハンバー大学の「世界市民に関する創価教育研究所」のポール・シャーマン所長は、事例研究を通し、創価大学における教育の模様を紹介。米ニューヨーク州立大学のナムラタ・シャルマ博士は、「人類と自然の共生」「貢献的人生」など、創価教育の特徴を挙げ、世界市民の育成に必要な要件について論じた。
　
　ロンドン大学教育研究所のアレクシス・ストーンズ上級専任教員は、世界市民の定義を再確認しながら、教育が果たしうる役割を指摘。同研究所のアームナ・パシャ博士は、イスラムの思想を基にした新たな教育の在り方を述べた。同大学開発教育研究センターのダグラス・ボーン所長は、希望を与える学習の方途を語った。