Peace as a Global Language Conference

Kansei means sensitivity. Most schools do not have it and use a one-size fits all paradigm of education. This presentation introduces Jungian personality type as a way to develop and adapt Kansei education.

This workshop will include a participative exercise geared towards highlighting one's assumptions about others. There will be a short debriefing following the demonstration.

This paper explores possibilities in creating and enhancing environmental awareness through problem--based learning (PBL) in the ESL classroom. Students carry out with the teacher's guidance an environmental project which brings students nearer to the outside world. The methodology used to obtain data for this paper includes pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. The implications of the study will be discussed and several recommendations will be made.

Compulsory education can be a crime against humanity!! We will look at rights in the classroom, and how to "right" the power imbalances inherent in a traditional top-down, "teacher-imparts-knowledge" approach to curriculum.

Specific instances of assumed cultural values conflict and ways of adapting authentic video and print materials to empower language students to discuss abstract issues will be demonstrated.

Compulsory education can be a crime against humanity!! We will look at rights in the classroom, and how to "right" the power imbalances inherent in a traditional top-down, "teacher-imparts-knowledge" approach to curriculum.

Reports of human rights abuses worldwide could cause you to despair. However, a representative from Japan's fastest-growing AI group will explain how you can support an organisation that is fighting back.

Teachers, students, and the general public are invited to learn more about HIV and AIDS. A variety of ways teachers can present the topic for students of different levels will be demonstrated.

The second millennium is over and the Earth's population of more than 6 billion people includes about 3 thousand nations. Humanity has built an industrial civilization, achieved at nature's expense. Spirituality and community, not money should determine the dominant links in a new economics. In environmental education deep ecology is an important humanistic idea for the modern era.

This presentation reports the results of a case study regarding the changes in social content to one textbook over three editions published over three decades, especially regarding gender bias.

Panelists will describe how they approach critical social issues in the university classroom. Topics will include environmentalism, human rights abuses and America military aggression, as well as issues of class, gender and race.

We will introduce world Englishes in a short multimedia-based content-based course. We will outline and demonstrate aspects of the course and share student reactions.

This presentation will explore the use of video technology and public access television as a means to enlarge debate on cross-cultural understanding and conflict resolution issues.

We will explore "Constructive Constroversy" -- an educational experience through which language learners can improve linguistic skills, learn key conflict resolution concepts and techniques, and become global citizens.

Panelists will describe how they approach critical social issues in the university classroom. Topics will include environmentalism, human rights abuses and America military aggression, as well as issues of class, gender and race.

We will introduce world Englishes in a short multimedia-based content-based course. We will outline and demonstrate aspects of the course and share student reactions.

What are the challenges in using cross-cultural simulations such as Ecotonos in Japanese EFL contexts? What are the strengths and weaknesses of using Ecotonos to develop small group communication skills?

Group processes and experiential learning through comparative personal case studies inform the exposition of power dynamics, prejudice, conflict, and group work. Non-Japanese women in Japanese work settings and women in racially diverse U.S. work settings will be compared.

Original teaching materials designed to foster intellectual inquiry, critical reflection and cultural critique, as well as to draw out and celebrate differences of position and voice among students, will be demonstrated.

Let's discuss methods, materials and conditions for fostering empathy beyond the lines of gender, class, race, nationality, region, ability, sexual orientation, personality, and other cultural / identity factors.

This presentation will highlight the benefits of teambuilding, including enhancing a sense of identity and self-esteem, and promoting multiracial understanding and leadership skills in a Malaysian university setting.