A/Prof. Kester conducted two-day talk in NSYSU
- emergingfour
- Jan 20, 2020
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January 8 & 9, 2020 - Domingo Gaces Samontina, Jr. (a.k.a Mingae) was invited by one of the staff of the International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development (IGPEHD), National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) to attend the two-day talk of Assistant Professor Kevin Kester.
Prof. Kester was from Kentucky, USA who is now in the College of Education and School of Global Affairs at Keimyung University, South Korea. The two-day talk tackles the following topics: The United Nations and Higher Education: Peacebuilding, Social Justice and Global Cooperation for the 21st Century and Decolonizing Higher Education: Some Practical Examples from International and Intercultural Educators in Korea.
“Day 1 - The United Nations and Higher Education: Peacebuilding, Social Justice and Global Cooperation for the 21st Century.”
Image courtesy of International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development (IGPEHD), NSYSU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
January 08, 2020 - Dr. Kester presented his first talk about education, conflict, and Peace building. The first talk addressed the conflict and peace for quality education. Prof. Kester discuss here his research methods and his research project into the United Nations (UN). Mingae had the chance to know several methods in research, as critical ethnographic and case study approaches, extended participant observation, qualitative in-depth interviewing, field-notes, document analysis, and surveys.
Image from the PowerPoint presentation of Dr. Kester
“Day 2 - Decolonizing Higher Education: Some Practical Examples from International and Intercultural Educators in Korea.”
Image courtesy of International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development (IGPEHD), NSYSU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
January 09, 2020 - Dr. Kester presented his second talk about decolonizing intercultural education. This project is about the increasing internalization of Korean higher education in responding creatively and effectively to the changing demographics and citizenships in classrooms and universities. Dr. Kester presented the objective and some common questions of the project. Moreover, he discusses various decolonization movements around the world, sharing decolonial literature, distinguish the strength and weaknesses of various strategies. Lastly, he offers some tips and strategies on decolonial education.
Image from the PowerPoint presentation of Dr. Kester
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