Abstract
This paper explores teaching and learning practices inspired by Value-Creating Education, i.e., the pedagogical commitments and perspectives shared by the Japanese educators and Buddhist activists Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871–1944), Josei Toda (1900–1958), and Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023). More specifically, authors focus on poetry as a key resource in teaching and learning aimed at fostering global citizenship at different levels of the school system, from Middle School to Higher Education. After introducing the main perspectives and commitments of Value-Creating Education, the paper examines the relevance of teaching and learning interconnectedness through examples from the authors’ praxis as teachers of language and literature, as well as fellow researchers in the rapidly expanding field of Ikeda / Soka Studies. The first example concerns activities from an intermediate language and culture course Pellizzato co-designed and taught at university level to exemplify how, in Ikeda’s view, teachers can foster the wisdom to perceive one’s interconnectedness thanks to interacting with poetry and nature. The second example concerns literature in middle school as a tool for exposing students to interconnectedness and empowerment. Through engaged reading of poetry, such as original Cantos from Dante’s Commedia, Dughera shows how literature and teachers have a crucial impact on the character development of students. The third and last example concerns the fostering of dialogic bridges through poetry to enhance language learning in a higher education Hispanic literature course. Drawing connections between poetic narratives from different global contexts and world languages, Parra enables students grow through detecting interconnectedness.
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Valentina Dughera, DePaul University, United States
Ericka H. Parra Téllez, Valdosta State University, United States
Giulia Pellizzato, Harvard University, United States
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Conference: PCE2024
Stream: Teaching Experiences
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Dughera V., Téllez E., & Pellizzato G. (2024) Fostering Global Citizenship Through Poetry: Teaching and Learning Interconnectedness in Language, Literature and Culture From Value-Creating Education ISSN: 2758-0962 The Paris Conference on Education 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 585-599) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2024.45
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2024.45
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