Title: Global Citizenship Education in Japan Influenced by Globalization and Localization
1Global Citizenship Education in Japan
Influenced by Globalization and Localization
- A Presentation for WCCES 2007
- September 3-6
KOJI NAKAMURA Professor of
International Education - Konan University, Kobe Japan
- Human had learned to listen to one another and to
the planet (Boulding, 2000).
2What is globalization and localization?
- How do you define globalization?
- Could we explain Globalization in the 21st
Century with - Conflict Theory
- Conversion Theory
- or Diversion Theory ?
- (Economy, Technology, Politics, Education,
Environment, Culture and People)
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5Definition of globalization and localization in
global citizenship education for peace
- Globalization is neither the convergence of
Westernization nor Americanization. - Globalization is neither Euro-centered
homogenization nor American-centered
assimilation. - (Nakamura 2002,
2004) - Economy, Technology, Politics, Education,
Environment, Culture and People
6What is Globalization in global citizenship
education for peace?
- Globalization means global and transnational
interactions of people, shared cultures,
information and technology, education, economy,
ecological management and value systems beyond
the cultural divide between East and West, North
and South and Orientalism and Occidentalism.
(Nakamura, 2004) -
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7What is localization in peace?
- Localization means sustaining personal, local,
republican, cultural, national identities, by
raising the awareness of global interdependence
and sustainability. - Boulding (2000, p.272) emphasizes that with
the new localism, children were more integrated
into the life of the community than they had been
in the previous century, and the peace education,
training, and service programs that had begun
early in the twenty-first century helped make
schools major focal points of each community.
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12Positive Effects of Globalization
- 1 Cross-border interactions and interdependence
between and among people and countries
(internationalization) - 2 Democratization and liberalization through the
borderless interaction of people and information
(Democratization and Liberalization) - 3 Sharing supra-national and universal values,
such as liberal democracy, fundamental human
rights, sustainable development, human
solidarity, charity, philanthropy and citizenship
in a democratic - civil society. (Universalization)
13Globalization and multicultural identifications
for human solidarity
- Globalization has brought about a dramatic
increase in multicultural, bicultural,
transcultural and transnational people who have
several layers of personal, cultural, ethnic,
national and global identifications. (VTR) - This is a light of the 21st century.
- The EU is another arena of economic,
multi-cultural and educational experiments.
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15A Bed and Breakfast in Pateley Village in
Yorkshire , UK
16 Multicultural British in London
17BBC?ITV Newscasters in UK
- Asad Ahmed BBC Newscaster
Sir Trevor McDonald, OBE (born 16 August 1939)
is a Trinidadian-born British ITV News Presenter.
Until 2005, he was a newscaster with ITN, notable
for having been the first black news anchor in
the UK. He received the best newscaster
prize. BBC News Presenter - Moira Stuart
Elegant newsreader Moira Stuart was born and
brought up in Britain, but has spent a lifetime
trying to answer the question, 'But where are you
from?' "I couldn't give a definitive answer," she
says. "I am a true mongrel - and proud of it."
George Alagiah was born in Sri Lanka in
November 1955. George also presents World News
Today on BBC World, the BBC's international news
and information television channel.
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19NGO Positive Effects of Globalization
- One context in which the micro-macro linkage of
utopian experiments should be seen in the rapid
development of transnational nongovernmental
organization in the 20th century.
(VTR MSF) - The more than twenty thousands transnational
nongovernmental networks that bring diverse
people together through common interests and
concerns are major new set of actors in the
international power (Boulding, 2000).
20Negative Effects of Globalization Todays
Fragile World Survive or Perish?
- Korten (1999) states that it is now our time to
accept responsibility for our freedom or perish
as a species that failed to find its place of
service in the web of life. - Boulding (2000) states that as a species, we have
overrun our niche and deprived countless other
species of their habitats. - Global/domestic poverty and disparity are getting
more serious all over the world in the 21st
century. -
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21Chad The Aboubakar family of Breidjing
CampFood expenditure for one week 685 CFA
Francs or 1.23Favorite foods soup with fresh
sheep meat
22Germany The Melander family of BargteheideFood
expenditure for one week375.39 Euros or
500.07Favorite foods fried potatoes with
onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with
eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
23 Global Human Rights IssuesCivil Wars,
Refugees, Poverty, Hunger, Child Labor and AIDS
are all linked with each other.
24Our fragile earth devastated by nuclear tests
and wars
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2012/1/13
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27The achievement of universal primary education
within a decade in all developing regions would
cost only 7-8 billion annually
- To put this figure in context, 7-8 billion
represents - About 4 days worth of global military
expenditure - 7days worth of currency speculation in
international markets - Less than half of what North American parents
spend on toys for their children each year - Less than the annual amount that Europeans
spend on computer games or mineral water. - (Break the Cycle of Poverty by Oxfam)
28What can you see from one banana?
2012/1/13
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29Japan Today Nation at Risk
- 1. A faceless Economic giant without having a
clear political voice in the international
community - 2. Multicultural deficiency in conformity
- 3. Educational turmoil School Career-
- oriented Society for competition for
- numerical targets, profitability and
- productivity
- 4. The increasing Juvenile Delinquency
- 5. Brain Drain and Credibility Gap
- 6. The deterioration of habits of the heart as a
Japanese citizen and global citizen in - liberal democracy.
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31Entrance Examination in school career oriented
societies in Japan
32Individualism and Responsibility for Local and
Global Community
- Japan has learned and borrowed utilitarian
individualism and expressive individualism from
the United States and the West. - Japan has not learned enough about civic
individualism, the commitment to local
communities which are the very core of American
individualism in the context of habits of the
heart by Robert Bellah (1985).
33Entrance Examination in school career oriented
societies in Japan
34University Education The quality of university
education is questioned and examined as the
result of the remarkable decrease of young
students in Japan
35 Students lecture Global Citizenship
Education as a part of Teaching Profession Course
36A Lerner-centered Communicative Classroom on (War
in Iraq) (Debate class in English)
37The comparison of national pride among British,
German and Japanese university students
- Japanese students are proud of science and
technology (62.0), Japanese Enterprises (50.9),
economic performance (42.6), liberal democracy
(37.0) and security and crime rate (36.6) . - British and German students are proud of their
post-industrial and multicultural society blessed
with social welfare, while Japanese students seem
to be proud of the components of an economic
giant with high technology.
38Graph 1 What makes 216 Japanese Students of
Konan University proud of Japan?
39National Pride among British, German, Japanese
and American Students
- British students of University of Leeds
(n46) - Cultural diversity (76.09) (n35) ?????
- liberal democracy (47.83) (n22) ???????
- English pound (32.61) (n15)
??????? - Social Welfare (23.9) (n11) ????
-
- German students of Bochum University
(N49) - Social Welfare (67.47) (n33) ????
- Liberal Democracy (61.22) (n30) ???????
- Cultural diversity (55.1) (n27) ?????
- American Students of University of Hawaii (N49)
- Cultural diversity (55.1)(n27)
????? - Education (44.9) (n24)
???? - Science and technology (44.9)(n24) ????
-
40National pride among Japanese and Thai graduate
Students
- Japanese Students of Konan University, Kobe Japan
- Science and technology (62.0)(n134)
???? - Business Companies (50.9)(n110)
???? - Economic performance (42.6) (n92) ???
- Liberal Democracy (37.3)(n80)
?????? - Thai graduate students of Srinakharinwirot
University, Bangkok Thailand -
- King and Royal Family (87.5)(n35) ?????
- Religion (Buddhism) (52.5)(n21) ??(??)
- Cultural diversity (38)(n17)
????? - Love for others (38)(n17)
????? -
41Graph 2. What are the three most important
factors of Japanese identity among 216 Japanese
students of Konan University in 2005-2006?
42Graph 3 The three most important factors of
British identities for 46 students of Leeds
University
43Graph 4 The three most important factors of 49
German Identities for Students of Bochum Univ.
44The three important factors of national Identities
- British Students of Leeds University, Yorkshire,
UK (46) ?????? - 1. English language (52.2) (n24) ??
- 2. Cultural heritage (39.1) (n18)
???? - 3. History (37.0) (n17)
?? - 4. Liberal democracy (32.6) (n15)
??????? - 5. Ethnic diversity (28.3) (n13) ?????
- German Students of Bochum University, Germany
(49) ??????? - 1. History (61.2) (n30)
?? - 2. Liberal democracy (51.0) (n25)
??????? - 3. Human rights (44.9) (n22)
?? - 4. German language (40.8) (n20)
???? - 5. Cultural heritage (30.6) (n15)
- American Students of University of Hawaii (49)
???????? - 1 American English (61.2)(n30)
?? - 2 Cultural Heritage (51.0)(n25)
???? - 3 History (30.6)(n15)
?? - 4 Citizenship (28.5)(n14)
??? - Japanese Students of Konan University in Kobe,
Japan (216)?????? - 1. Japanese Language (66.2)(n143)
???
45The Preamble of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
of the Union in the Constitution of the European
Union (2004)
- The peoples of Europe, in creating an ever closer
union among them, are resolved to share a
peaceful future based on common values. - universal values of human dignity, freedom,
equality and solidarity - The Union contributes to the preservation and to
the development of these common values while
respecting the diversity of the cultures and
traditions of the people of Europe
46Hague Appeal for Peace/Global Campaign for Peace
Education
- A culture of peace will be achieved when
citizens of the world understand global problems,
have the skills to resolve conflicts and struggle
for justice non-violently, live by international
standards of human rights and equity, appreciate
cultural diversity , and respect the Earth and
each other. Such learning can only be achieved
with systematic education for peace. -
47 European Citizenship
- The kernel of citizenship in the European Union
lies in sharing and ensuring the common values of
human rights and obligations, freedom, equality,
autonomy and solidarity as peace-loving citizens
within the framework of liberal democracy in
diverse societies. The European citizenships
declare that the Union respects the diversity of
the cultures and traditions as well as each
national and cultural identity.
48The European educational initiatives
- The European Exchange Program for Young Workers
Erasmus is the established project for
encouraging exchange and mobility among EU member
states for students in the university sector. - Comett is a project intended to improve
technical training, especially in the new
technologies, by placing students and young
workers
49The Comparison between the dual identities of the
British and European citizens and those of
Japanese and Asian citizens in 2005
- It is very meaningful to compare the responses of
dual identities of the British citizen and
European citizen with those of the Japanese and
Asian citizens. (Nakamura 2005. p. 17). -
- Among 100 British citizens 58 (n58) of the
British think of themselves as both British and
European at the same time. - 59 (n59) of the Japanese students feel that
they are both Japanese and Asian citizens at the
same time in 2005. -
50Graph 8 Do you think of yourself as an Asian
citizen?The response from 216 Konan University
students. 2005-2006
51Graph 9 Do you think of yourself as a Japanese
and Asian Citizen? The response from 216 Konan
University students. 2005-2006
52The Voice of German and British University
Students on their National Identities
- German identity lies in history influenced by
the past (World War II) and the lesson to learn
from these events. German student of Bochum
university- - German identity is a strong awareness of
historical responsibility. - German student of Bochum university-
- For me being British is the ability to live in
harmony with people of all nationalities with
respect to the cultural roots of all those who
choose to be or are British citizens. - (Scottish, male, 25, university student,
Glasgow) - British people are multicultural, multiethnic
and very diverse, BUT there is always an
underlying British pride regardless of racial
backgrounds. - (English, male, 21, university student,
Liverpool)
53The voice of a Japanese Student from the global
citizenship education class
- The most important part of Japanese history is
the wars we were involved in. It is true that we
live today, but we can learn the value of peace
from our tragic history. We must pass the lesson
of our history on to the next generation. - (R Asayama. Sophomore, economics in 2004 class )
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54Necessary Knowledge for Global Citizenship
Education for peace
- Positive and negative effects of globalization
and cultural identities - Exploring the compatibility of national
identities and global citizenships North-South
Problems global poverty, interdependence, civil
wars, child labor, refugee and AIDS - Direct violence war and terrorism and structural
violence poverty and discrimination - The Concept of Peace and well-being
- Environment and sustainable society
55Necessary Knowledge for Global Citizenship
Education for peace
- Nuclear weapons and conventional weapons
- Hiroshima, Nagasaki Okinawa, Holocaust, and
Nanjing massacre - Conflicts analysis, prevention and resolution
- National interests and global interests
- The philosophy of the Charter of the United
Nations, the Constitutions of the EU - Partnership among international organizations,
governments, private sectors and NGOs
56Necessary Skills for Peace Education
- Communication with active listening
- Reconciliation by integrating opposed ideas
- Harmony and cooperation
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Empathy and compassion
- Patience and self-control
- Media literacy with critical views
- Leadership and membership
- Mediation and negotiation
- Conflict resolution
57Global Literacy A New Paradigm for Global
Citizenship Education
- Global literacy includes cross-cultural
competence and sensitivity with multicultural,
transcultural and transnational perspectives. - It also requires communicative competence in an
International Language (ex.EIL) for global
dialogue. - Also it develops cognitive, affective, social
skills to reconcile from mutually shared strength
and integrate seemingly opposing values on a
higher level for the purpose of equitable
coexistence.
58Conclusion
- In conclusion, the compatibility of British and
German identities with European citizenship can
be a mirror that reflects the discrepancy and
harmony of multiple identities in a multicultural
civil society, and it serves as a lesson for
every nation and government. As Japan is an
island nation in Asia, there must be not a few
things to learn from the compatibility of British
and German identities with European citizenship
in order to help stabilize, and hopefully unite,
todays confused Asia. As Kofi Anan (2006), the
Secretary General of the United Nations said,
You cannot choose your neighbors.
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61Transformative Attitudes for Peace Education
- Global village concern and neighborhood concern
for peaceful coexistence - Ecological awareness for a sustainable
environment - Respectful attitude towards human life, dignity
and diversity - Reflective and transformative attitudes towards
daily life - Reflective and transformative teaching and
learning - Non-violent attitude with tolerance and
reconciliation
62How can we cope with different cultures with an
effective strategy for cultural confrontation?
- awareness
- respect
- communication
- reconciliation
- Integrating opposing ideas from mutually shared
strength.
63 Awareness
- 1 Understanding explicit cultures and implicit
cultures of ones home culture and that of other
cultures is a lifetime commitment. - 2. Stereotypes and prejudice come from lack of
information and direct contact. We can avoid
negative stereotypes and prejudice with cultural
relativism, cultural sensitivity and
trans-cultural perspectives. - 3. Cultural borders are not where civilizations
clash but where civilizations flourish with
cultural diversity.
64 Respect
- 1 To be respected we must respect
- others with cultural sensitivity and
diversity. Even if we dont understand other
cultures we can respect each other. Respect is a
good start for inter/cross-cultural
communication. - 2 To be accepted we must accept others. To be
loved we must love others, too.
65 Communication
- 1. Effective verbal and nonverbal
- communication skills with
- active listening have a
- dramatic power.
- 2. Communication overcomes,
- ignorance, indifference,
- intolerance, prejudice,
- discrimination and
- xenophobia.
66 Reconciliation
- 1 We can reconcile from mutually shared cultural
strength in order to integrate seemingly opposing
values on a higher level. (Trompenaars1999) - 2 We can reframe a new cross-cultural perspective
beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism,
particularism and universalism, conformity and
diversity/pluralism through reconciliation and
integration.
67The components of global literacy
- 1 Cultural literacy (basic cultural competence
and skills to live in ones home culture) - 2 Cross-cultural literacy (competence and skills
to adjust between ones home culture and a target
culture) - 3 Multi-cultural literacy (cultural sensitivity
and skills to live responsibly in cultural
diversity, reconciling cultural differences and
integrating opposing cultural values in a
multicultural and interdependent world) -
68The component of global literacy
- 4 Delicate balance of ones personal, cultural,
national and global identifications and roles - (competence to accept and balance
pluralistic/dual/multiple identities) - 5 Communicative competence in EIL for global
communication - (communication skills to create a peaceful
and - equitable symbiosis)
- 6 Awareness as a global citizen to participate in
solving global and human problems - (awareness of global village concern for
equitable participation and problem-solving
competence as a new reframing global concept)
69Why do we have to give peace education in higher
education?
- 1 Influenced by the consequences of positive and
negative globalization, - the kernel of international education is
fostering of peaceloving students (citizens)
capable of participating in building a peaceful
and sustainable society. - 2 Peace education for university students will
sow the seeds of a culture of peace for future
generations. - 3 Students and teachers are to commit themselves
to building a sustainable and peaceful world.
70The Attitude of Educators in International
Education
- 1 Educators should be aware of the urgent
necessity of peaceful and sustainable coexistence
on this fragile earth. - 2 Educators should redefine the true meaning of
well-being as a transformation from material
possession and consumption into well-being. - 3 With the power of human love, educators should
plant seeds of global literacy deep in the hearts
of students.