January 2019 marked the one-year anniversary of the master’s degree program in Value-Creating Education for Global Citizenship (VCE). Since its launch, the program has offered seven courses on the educational perspectives and practices of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Josei Toda, and Daisaku Ikeda. Below is a summary of these courses. DePaul is now accepting applications for the program. Also, stay tuned for videos for a sneak peek into some of the courses!

 

Students in this course access, discuss, and apply Toda’s educational methods of deductive reasoning and assessment and read from his earliest published book on education titled On Secondary School Entrance Examinations and Enhancing Performance of [Your] Children.

VCE 532: Daisaku Ikeda’s Educational Philosophy and Practice (2) Dialogues (Spring 2018)

Ikeda has released peace proposals every year since 1983. Reading through selected proposals, students in this class explore Ikeda’s communicative and educative strategies regarding pressing global issues and conceptualize applications to their own academic and professional practice.

 

 

Students explore Makiguchi’s early education writings centered on human geography and community studies, considering the rich historical and geographical background underpinning his perspectives and practices. Based on these ideas, this year student conducted “self-mapping” in which they analyzed their interests and positions within their natural and social environment.

In this course, students read major works from Kant, Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Dewey, all of whom had significant influence on Makiguchi. Through reading the works of these philosophers, students reflect on the values and commitments underlining value-creating education and their own educational practices.

More information about the MEd program can be found here.

The application deadline for Spring 2019 is March 1.

VCE also offers Micro- and Macro-credentials respectively comprising four and seven of the degree courses at half the cost. Application is not required for credential options. Please visit here for more information.

The Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education now offers the Value-Creating Education Scholarship to enrolled MEd students. The scholarship provides $15,000 toward degree tuition.

If you have any questions, please contact the program director, Jason Goulah at jgoulah@depaul.edu.