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Takao Ito, Director
Shinichi Ushida, Stephanie Mitsuko Kukita, Staff
Shinichi Ushida, Stephanie Mitsuko Kukita, Staff
The Signing Ceremony of Agreement for Academic Cooperation
(in Center for Dewey Studies in Southern Illinois University)
(in Center for Dewey Studies in Southern Illinois University)
Ikeda Research Institute for Soka Education (IRISE) made an agreement for academic cooperation with Center for Dewey Studies in Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Illinois, USA) to promote cooperation in teaching, scholarship, and research in February 2007. Furthermore, we have come to hold standing research materials and publications in Center for Dewey Studies in USA. We established the Japan branch of "The Center for Dewey Studies" in April 2007, as one of the "Center for Dewey Studies" in the world (USA, Italy, German, and China).
History of The Center for Dewey Studies at IRISE
※ Speakers’ job titles are at the time of holding.
| Date | Contents |
|---|---|
| November 8, 2005 | David T. Hansen, Past President of the John Dewey Society and Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, visits Soka Education Research Center |
| November 25, 2005 | Nel Noddings, Past President of the John Dewey Society and Professor Emerita at Stanford University visits Soka Education Research Center |
| June 6, 2006 | Walter Wendler, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University, and Larry A. Hickman, Director of Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, visit Soka Education Research Institute. |
| October 14, 2006 | Research presentation by institute staff at the 2nd Symposium on Daisaku Ikeda’s Ideals on Peace and Education held at Central China Normal University, China Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and John Dewey Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| February 20,2007 | Academic exchange agreement signed with the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.). |
| April 2, 2007 | Japan branch of the Center for Dewey Studies established. |
| June 14, 2007 | Soka Education Research Institute Seminar John Dewey and Soka Education Larry A. Hickman, Director of Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| October 25, 2008 | Research presentation by institute staff at the 4th Symposium on Daisaku Ikeda’s Ideals on Peace and Education held at Beijing Normal University, China Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and John Dewey—Focusing on Geography Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| December 15, 2009 | Presentation by institute staff at The Institute of Oriental Philosophy Conference Issues Concerning the History of the Reception of Dewey’s Idea’s in China Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| March 26, 2011 | Presentation by institute staff at the DePaul University School of Education and Francis W. Parker School Symposium, "Education for Community and Citizenship Across Language and Culture." Geography of Global Citizens—Dewey, Makiguchi, and Parker Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Soka Education Research Institute Lecture John Dewey and Soka Education Jason P. Goulah, Associate Professor of Bilingual-Bicultural Education, DePaul University; Director of the Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education, DePaul University |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Soka Education Research Institute Lecture Dewey's Theory of Growth and Active Learning - Impulse, Trial and Error, Communication. Shigeru Yukiyasu, Professor Emeritus of Okayama University, Trustee of the John Dewey Society of Japan |
| December 20, 2020 | Symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Letters from China and Japan" by John Dewey Takao Ito, Professor in the Faculty of Letters, Soka University; Vice-Director, IRISE Liu Xing, Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University Naoyuki Yamada. Assistant professor, Kobe Women's University Masaki Onuma, Ph.D., Beijing Normal University |
| December 23, 2020 | The 3rd Seminar of IRISE Rethinking John Dewey’s Chinese Experience: Based upon the Items of Dewey Center in Southern Illinois University Liu Xing, Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University |
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