Daisaku Ikeda’s Curriculum of Soka Education: Creating Value Through Dialogue, Global Citizenship, and “Human Education” in the Mentor–Disciple Relationship

Abstract

This essay review focuses on Daisaku Ikeda (b. 1928) and his curriculum of Soka, or value‐creating, education present in two works: Choose Life: A Dialogue (Toynbee & Ikeda, 1976 Toynbee, A., & Ikeda, D. (1976). Choose life: A dialogue. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [Google Scholar]) and Thoughts on Education for Global Citizenship (Ikeda, 1996b Ikeda, D. (1996b). Thoughts on education for global citizenship. In Thoughts on tolerance and global citizenship (pp. 21–34). Tokyo, Japan: Soka Gakkai. [Google Scholar]). In reviewing these works, the authors trace the biographical roots of Ikeda’s educational philosophy to his encounter with Josei Toda (1900–1958) and to the overwhelming concerns he has grappled with since childhood about the forces that ravaged his youth and family life; the authors also examine Ikeda’s concept of value‐creating education relative to value‐creating pedagogy theorized by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1981–1988 Makiguchi, T. (19811988). Makiguchi Tsunesaburo zenshu[The complete works of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi] 10 Vols. Tokyo, Japan: Daisan Bunmeisha. [Google Scholar]) and suggest that Ikeda’s curriculum of Soka education is comprised of three key principles that also serve as its processes and goals—dialogue, global citizenship, and “human education” in the mentor–disciple relationship. The authors conclude with the implications of Ikeda’s curriculum of Soka education and of the two reviewed works.

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