Soka Educators International Network (SEIN)

Soka Educators International Network Volume VI, Issue 4

2008-12-24T23:59:00.003-05:00

Seeking to Build a Community of Life through Humanistic EducationThis Fall Forum was dedicated to RUMIKO EYLATH, Soka Educator Community Member in Israel.The Buddhist Principle of Creating the Correct Relationship between Religion and Politics in Education; Helping Nurture Social Consciousness in Our Communities using the 2008 Peace Proposal was the theme for the 2008 Fall Forum. Why has it been

2nd General Meeting, Monday - October 27 through Sunday - November 3, 2008

2008-10-27T15:06:00.017-04:00

Welcome everyone! We deeply appreciate your taking time out to attend and participate in our 2nd General Meeting! We are so happy that the Soka Educators International Network (SEIN) is growing and you are with us today to plan our future. SEIN was created to encourage all of you Soka educators and now you are really encouraging us!! As it should be with the Mystic Law.Like the tree that is our

SOKA EDUCATORS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK Volume VI, Issue 3 Seeking to Build a Community of Life through Humanistic Education

2008-09-19T16:50:00.027-04:00

Experience by Margit Urbassek, Vienna, AustriaMy name is Margit and I have been chanting for 20 years in Vienna, Austria. I want to share my experience about how I changed my whole working situation as well as my teaching through chanting and through being an active member in SGI Austria. In the beginning of my chanting I was working in an Austrian primary school as a teacher. I suffered a lot.

SOKA EDUCATORS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK Volume VI, Issue 2, Seeking to Build a Community of Life through Humanistic Education

2008-07-15T22:02:00.005-04:00

Soka Educators International Network, Online Forum VI; Education the Fourth Power and Kumarajiva; How we create the United Nations of EducationWe started off with a wonderful blossoming of ideas. It became very clear that we are all budding Kumarajivas because the translation of ideas back and forth from English to Portuguese and back never became a problem – even when the instant translation

Procurando construir uma comunidade de vida através da educação humanista

2008-03-26T13:59:00.001-04:00

SEIN NewsletterVolume VI, Edição 1Soluções da Educação Sustentávelpor Jill Rees, United KingdomEm 2003, eu estava trabalhando como Chefe do Departamento de escola, numa pequena cidade um tanto depressiva e deteriorada no Reino Unido, que não tinha sido aprovada nas inspeções realizadas e encontrava-se então funcionando sob medidas especiais. Isso foi ótimo para mim, uma vez que significava que eu

Sustainable Education Solutions

2008-03-14T14:14:00.023-04:00

Seeking To Build A Community of Life Through Humanistic Education - SEIN NewsletterVolume VI, Issue 1Sustainable Education Solutions by Jill ReesIn 2003, I was working as Head of Department at a school, in a depressing run-down town in the UK, which had just failed its inspection and was now in special measures. This was great for me, as it meant I could set up the department as I saw fit. The

Restoring the Human Connection in Education Synopsis

2007-12-23T00:45:00.000-05:00

Volume V, Issue 4Seeking to Build A Community of Life Through Humanistic Education Fall Online Forum V: Restoring the Human Connection in Education Synopsis Forum V was the best forum we have ever had. A discussion burst into the many facets of dialogue -- what is it, methods, Eastern and Western, Buddhist concepts. There were subsequent wonderful transformations of understanding

1st General Meeting: Final Encouragement

2007-11-07T16:53:00.000-05:00

“In the beautiful swirling galaxies found throughout space, there is an astronomical phenomenon known as a starburst, during which thousands of hundreds of thousands of massive stars are all born at once. The sudden, explosive burst in which the stars are formed makes the galaxy blaze brilliantly. This event is one of the great dramas of the universe. There are also periods in the momentous

1st General Meeting

2007-10-27T19:26:00.000-04:00

Sunday, October 28 through Sunday, November 4th, 2007 WELCOME EVERYONE! We deeply appreciate your taking time out to attend and participate in our 1st General Meeting! We are so happy that the Soka Educators International Network (SEIN) is growing and you are with us today to help plan our future. SEIN was created to encourage all Soka Educators and now you are really

Seeking to Build a Community of Life through Humanistic Education

2007-09-28T20:14:00.000-04:00

Volume V, Issue 3 SGI-USA 2007 Culture Department Conference: Together with our Mentor – Launching a New Era of Humanism and Victory Reflections by Stephanie Tansey The members of the SGI-USA Culture Department gathered together with other members of the Culture Department July 20-23, 2007 to renew our pledge to fulfill our mission to “jump in with the people, protect and fight for them.

Como Nós Criamos Valor como Educadores Soka?

2007-08-27T11:00:00.000-04:00

REDE INTERNACIONAL DE EDUCADORES SOKA Volume V, Assunto 2 Buscando Construir uma Comunidade de Vida através da Educação Humanística SEIN Forum Online IV: 28/Maio – 25/Junho, 2007. No IV Forum nos concentramos na perspectiva do Bodhisattva Jamais Desprezar (BJD) e na Educação Soka. A prática de respeitar profundamente os outros está no coração da prática budista, porém nem sempre

How Do We Create Value As Soka Educators

2007-07-26T12:21:00.000-04:00

SOKA EDUCATORS INTERNATIONAL NETWORKVolume V, Issue 2Seeking to Build a Community of Life through Humanistic EducationSEIN Online Forum IV:May 28-June 25, 2007.In Forum IV we centered on the perspective of Bodhisattva Never Disparaging and Soka education. The practice of deeply respecting others is at the heart of Buddhist practice but we don’t always know how to create value with it as educators

Makiguchi in Action Project in Brazil Report

2007-03-07T13:10:00.000-05:00

Volume 4, Issue 1 by Kwabena Siaka The success of the Makiguchi in Action project in Brazil is a wonderful testimony to the compassion and wisdom inherent in Soka education. You are invited to our new SEIN blog - http://sein2007.blogspot.com/ for further dialogue. Kwabena Siaka and Michel Nader from MIA Brazil will be available throughout March to answer questions and discuss MIA

Bios - Nader and Siaka

2007-03-07T12:58:00.000-05:00

Kwabena Siaka and Michel Nader have graciously agreed to answer questions you may have about the education activities of BSGI. Michel Nader is a Brazilian Soka educator and lives in Sao Paolo. He studied administration at university and has been working for 24 years in Information Technology, He has been with the Educational Center for 5 year as a voluntary collaborator. The Educational Center