Peace as a Global Language Conference

Drawing on their experiences and pedagogical theories, the presenters will describe how they give social activism a central place in their classroom, challenging the widely held assumption that the instructor must remain neutral at all times. Participants will be encouraged to share their concerns and experiences.

Rainbow War is an award-winning video about war, peace, culture, conflict, human rights and tolerance. After watching the video (20 minutes), participants will discuss its potential for promoting international understanding in foreign language courses.

This student presentation will focus on the situation of AIDS worldwide, and of women in particular. Presenters will discuss AIDS as it relates to peace within countries and within individuals.

Kazakhstani women are concentrated in a few types of jobs and paid less for their labor than men. Kazakhstani unions make special emphasis on protecting equal opportunities and equal pay.

Drawing on their experiences and pedagogical theories, the presenters will describe how they give social activism a central place in their classroom, challenging the widely held assumption that the instructor must remain neutral at all times. Participants will be encouraged to share their concerns and experiences.

This presentation will explain the philosophy underpinning and establishment of an international community school in Japan which attempts to be a "safe space" for children regardless of linguistic, class, cultural, national, gender or sexual identity.

This presentation examines the role of interpersonal communication and adaptability in intercultural interactions. Individual attitudes toward participation in larger efforts to promote peace, intercultural understanding and social change are examined using qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Teachers, students and educators enter schools and classrooms with expectations regarding each other's roles. In this workshop, participants will use techniques to manage clashing cross-cultural expectations during a critical incident.

This presentation reports on three case studies, concerning: a Ronin-Sei, a Philippine student, and a High-School teacher. It explores how mainstream Lesbian and Gay Queer Theory offer alternative interpretations of individual narratives.

Despite having one of the world's largest university systems, Japan has a miniscule number of foreign faculty with permanent tenure. Why? Japan's Ministry of Education has encouraged universities to employ full-time foreign faculty on contracts. Also the Japanese courts have made egregiously discriminatory rulings and reduced the scope for further legal recourse. This presentation will focus on educating in Japan as labor law protections systematically erode.

A presentation of high school visual arts students' work highlights the important role that art education plays in empowering students with greater understandings of themselves and the rapidly changing world around them.

Students' volunteer experiences at environmental organizations in the Tokyo area will be discussed. How the students selected their organizations, problems they encountered, and what they learned from the experiences will be presented.

Conflict resolution skills are being taught all over the world. Courses are rapidly increasing in public school programs to counteract bullying and other violent behaviors. The presenter will make a strong case for the inclusion of conflict resolution in the language classroom and will share a course syllabus and activities.

Despite having one of the world's largest university systems, Japan has a miniscule number of foreign faculty with permanent tenure. Why? Japan's Ministry of Education has encouraged universities to employ full-time foreign faculty on contracts. Also the Japanese courts have made egregiously discriminatory rulings and reduced the scope for further legal recourse. This presentation will focus on educating in Japan as labor law protections systematically erode.

This paper explores how language teachers might identify and address sources of anxiety, stress and competition in their classrooms, and how they might promote humanistic values through collaborative learning, alternative assessment, and a non-threatening learning environment.

Experience the cancer of competition and get cured! By directly experiencing different kinds of games participants will discover how to evaluate learning structures and how to fit co-operative games into the classroom context.

This paper explores how language teachers might identify and address sources of anxiety, stress and competition in their classrooms, and how they might promote humanistic values through collaborative learning, alternative assessment, and a non-threatening learning environment.

The presentation introduces a conciliatory approach based on balancing contradictions in language teaching, e.g. discrepancies between classroom expectations of teachers and students, demands of male and female students, and requirements based on students' diverse abilities and learning styles.

We all know the problem! Let's discuss prevention measures taken on campuses and ways of teaching about sexual harrassment.

Experience the cancer of competition and get cured! By directly experiencing different kinds of games participants will discover how to evaluate learning structures and how to fit co-operative games into the classroom context.

This paper examines the self-reports of 246 primary school pupils in Singapore, concerning the nature of school bullying, the location of bullying incidents, their description of the bullies and how the victims coped with bullying in school.

A web-based curriculum built around international case studies will be demonstrated. An evaluation form based on knowledge, instructional, learner and administrative considerations distributed to participants will allow them to anticipate difficulties in designing and disseminating such curricula.

A peace studies module will be demonstrated with handouts provided. Students examined WWII, focusing on individuals and attempts at reconciliation. A Hiroshima bomb survivor shared her story, case studies of reconciliation were examined, and grandparents were interviewed.

The curriculum of a world studies class, examples of student work in global media literacy education, and issues arising in student feedback sheets will be discussed/demonstrated.

We will discuss today's important issues in Japanese schools relative to humanism and peace. Please join us!

The need for content based courses is increasing within Japanese universities. This workshop will demonstrate how a unit on refugee issues is studied through English with participants taking the role of the student.

Peace Boat wishes to bring out the peace activist within everyone through its around the world cruises. Examples of Peace Boat's activism are supporting the Eritrean government in law-making, and cultural exchange visits to North Korea.

Meet the sponsors of this conference! We will tell you a little bit about our activities: past present and future. Join us in our journey to envision and bring about a peaceful, equitable world!

Sugihara Chiune is not and has never been a well-known figure in Japan. However, he is remembered by over 40,000 people who owe their existence to him. Want to know more about this Japanese hero?