Ikeda Research Institute for Soka Education
Issue 12/ July 18, 2023

Report onIkeda Studies in Education
PurposeThe Report on Ikeda Studies in Education iscompiled and circulated by the Ikeda ResearchInstitute for Soka Education (IRISE) of Soka
University. The Report serves as an informationsharing tool for scholars and researchers of this fieldof study, with the aim of facilitating on a global basis,
further advances in the research of and activities
relevant to Ikeda studies in education.

News Update
JapanSoka University’s IRISE holds commemorative
lecture on Makiguchi work
On June 12, a lecture was held to commemorate the120th anniversary of the publication of the book
“The Geography of Human Life” written by
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. Prof. Takeshi Saito,professor emeritus of Tokyo Gakugei University andformer president of the Japan Association ofGeography Education, was the guest speaker of theevent organized by the Ikeda Research Institute forSoka Education (IRISE) at Soka University inHachioji, Tokyo.
“ The Geography of Human Life” waspublished in 1903 and is regarded as one of Mr.
Makiguchi’s most noteworthy works. Many of his
contemporary intellectuals, from Inazo Nitobe andKunio Yanagida to Takuji Ogawa, praised the bookfor its macroscopic view of the relationship between
human beings and the environment and its appeal for
an awareness of global citizenship.
In his lecture, Prof. Saito said the work exerted
significant influence on past and present
perspectives on geography, adding that the purposeof geography education is to develop a soundworldview for learners.
The lecture was attended by 340 students
and 20 faculty members.

For further information, please click on thefollowing link: IRISE held a lecture commemorating
the 120th Anniversary of "The Geography of Human
Life" - Ikeda Research for Soka Education (IRISE)

FranceSession on global citizenship education and value
creating perspectives held at ANGEL 2023
conference in Paris, France
On June 20, a symposium on global citizenshipeducation and value-creating education wasorganized as part of the Academic Network on
Global Education & Learning (ANGEL) Conference
2023, a biennial meeting that was held at theUNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France (June 1920).
ANGEL was founded in 2017 as acooperative project between the Global Education
Network Europe (GENE) and the Development
Education Research Centre (DERC) at theUniversity College London’s (UCL) Institute ofEducation (IOE). The network aims to create ties
among global education researchers and currently
has members in more than 80 countries andterritories.
The June 20 session was entitled “GlobalCitizenship Education and Sustainability: Engaging
the Earth Charter and Value-Creating Perspectives.”
It was chaired by Dr. Namrata Sharma, a researcher
of international and comparative education at theState University of New York, who also gave apresentation on the relevance of value-creating
perspectives and the Earth Charter, showcasing
scholarly work being conducted at the Soka Instituteof the Amazon in Brazil. Two other presenters werealso featured, which included Prof. Hiroko Tomioka
at Soka University’s Faculty of Education, whospoke on commonalities between Soka educationand global citizenship education. The third presenter,
Prof. Michiyo Kakegawa, associate professor at
Soka University's Faculty of Economics, sharedinstances of practices on sustainability and peaceeducation engaging the Earth Charter and theSustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including
examples of initiatives at her own university.
Following the presentations, Ms. AlexisStones senior teaching fellow at IOE - UCL's Facultyof Education & Society, joined in a four-way panel
discussion on value-creating education andeducation for global citizenship to meet suchplanetary challenges as climate change.
For further information, please click on thefollowing link: Faculty members presented atANGEL Conference 2023 held at UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris - Ikeda Research for Soka
Education (IRSIE)

Daisaku Ikeda on Education
The University of the Twenty-first Century－Cradleof Global Citizens (Commemorating the First
Commencement Ceremony of Soka University ofAmerica, Aliso Viejo, held on its campus, on May 22,2005)

Human Education,” a 24-page English-language
booklet on Mr. Ikeda’s perspectives on andpractices regarding education. It includes histhoughts on educators, society’s relationship toeducation and education for global citizenship. The
work was published with the editorial support ofProf. Junichi Kanzaka, Director of the Ikeda
Research Institute for Soka Education, and Prof.
Andrew Gebert at Soka University, as well as Prof.
Jason Goulah,
Director of theInstitute for Daisaku
Ikeda Studies inEducation at DePaulUniversity.
Copies ofthe booklet will be made available without charge
to members on this Report’s circulation list, should
they so request.

Postscript⚫

This Issue’s Selected Writing
Sherman, P., & Boukydis, O. (2023). “Situating
Daisaku Ikeda’s essential elements of global
citizenship within contemporary scholarship: aqualitative meta-synthesis.” International Journalof Development Education and Global
Learning, 3(2), 133–146.
https://doi.org/10.35912/jshe.v3i2.1312
The study was co-authored by Dr. Paul Sherman,
Program Head, Community Social Services andDirector of the Soka Education Research Centre on
Global Citizenship at University of GuelphHumber, and Olivia Boukydis, MSW, PhD
candidate and Assistant Program Head of UofGH’s
Community Social Services program.
Link to the study:
https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/document?vid=e4
a2ae12-9fd7-4105-8b3c-74829248b30f

Announcement“Daisaku Ikeda’s Philosophy & Practice of
Human Education” released
The Soka Gakkai Office of International Affairs has
released “Daisaku Ikeda’s Philosophy & Practice of⚫

We welcome comments regarding thisReport as well as suggestions on specificmaterial that it should feature in futureissues. Contact: Ikeda Research Institute forSoka Education (IRISE) of Soka University(IRISE-access@soka.ac.jp)
This Report is issued on a bimonthly basis,
with the next release tentatively scheduled for
September 18, 2023.