Workshop
Details
International Workshop
Teaching Common Values in Formal Education
Programme
05 December 2005 (Monday)
arrival of international participants
18.00Registration of participants in front of Function
Rooms 5 & 6
20.00Welcome dinner and ice-breaking for workshop
participants (Function Rooms 5 & 6)
06 December 2005 (Tuesday)
KAF Special Lecture and Discussion Forum
Teaching Common Values
08:30Registration at Foyer of Ballroom B
Coffee/Tea
09:30Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Peter Schier,
Representative to Malaysia, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
09:40 The Necessity to Promote Common Values
in a Multi-Ethnical and Multi-Religious Society
Official Opening Speech by YB Datuk Dr. Maximus J. Ongkili
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
10:00The Importance of Teaching Common Values Across
Religions in the Era of Globalization
- The Global Ethic Concept and Its Relevance for Today
Speaker:Prof. Dr. Hans Küng, Global Ethic
Foundation, Tübingen
Chairperson:Dato’ (Dr.) Anwar Fazal
Chairperson, Malaysian Interfaith
Network (MIN)
11:00Question and Answer Session
12:30Lunch at Concourse Level
14:00Teaching Common Values in Southeast Asia
- The Perspective of the Different Religions
Statements by religious experts and panel discussion
Speakers:
- Islam:Dr. Chandra Muzaffar,
President, International Movement for
a JUST World
- Christianity:Dr. Hermen Shastri,
Executive Secretary, Christian
Federation of Malaysia
General Secretary, Council of Churches
of Malaysia
- Buddhism:Mr. Ang Choo Hong,
President, Buddhist Missionary Society
of Malaysia
- Hinduism: Dr. K. Dharmaratnam
- Sikhism:Mr. Paguman Singh
- Baha’i Faith:Dr. John Fozdar
Commentator :Prof Hans Küng
Moderator:Mr. Peter Schier,
Representative to Malaysia
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
16:00Question and Answer Session
17:30Coffee break and end of forum
20:00Dinner at Sagano Restaurant
07 December 2005 (Wednesday)
Workshop Programme in Function Rooms 3 & 4
09.00Education Toward A Global Ethic:
Rationale for Teaching Common Values in Formal
Education
Speaker:Dr. Günther Gebhardt,
Academic Programme Coordinator,
Global Ethic Foundation, Tübingen
Moderator:Dr. Patricia A. Martinez, Associate Professor
Senior Research Fellow and Head, Intercultural Studies
Asia-Europe Institute
University of Malaya
09.45Q & A with Dr. Günther Gebhardt
10.30Break
11.00Teaching the Global Ethic:
Practical Examples of Good Methods and Models for
Teaching Common Values in Primary and Secondary
Education in Germany
Speaker:Dr. Günther Gebhardt,
Moderator: Puan Sharifah Fatmah Syed Mohammed Alhabshi,
Principal Assistant Director
Curriculum Development Centre, Ministry of Education
12.00Q & A with Dr. Günther Gebhardt
13.00Lunch at Vogue Café
14.00Setting up 6 working groups to devise generic
teaching modules on six fundamental common ethical
standards:
1) “Treat Others As You Would Like To Be Treated”
(i.e. the Golden Rule)
2) “Every human being must be treated humanely”
3) “Do not kill”
4) "Do not steal”
5) “Do not lie”
6) “Do not commit sexual immorality”
Moderators:Puan Sharifah Fatmah Syed Mohammed Alhabshi,
Dr. Patricia A. Martinez
Dr. Günther Gebhardt,
Mr. R. Loganathan, Unit Head, Moral Education,
Curriculum Development Centre, Ministry of Education,
Malaysia
Mr. Peter Schier
16.00Break
16.30Resource generic teaching modules in 6 working groups
20.00Dinner for workshop participants only at Marché
Mediterranean Restaurant
08 December 2005 (Thursday)
Workshop Programme in Function Rooms 3 & 5
09.00Presentation of working groups I, II and III
Moderator:Puan Sharifah Fatmah Syed Mohammed Alhabshi
10.30Break
11.00Presentation of working groups IV, V and VI
Moderator:Mr. Peter Schier
13.00Closing Luncheon for 50 pax / End of official programme
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