7th Annual IFFTI International Conference Value-Added Global Perspective Textiles and Clothing University Education Maryta Laumann, SSpS Graduate Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Chapt. 1 Motivation, purpose, methodology

Chapt. 2 - Critical overview of the historical development of university education as relevant to global perspective textiles and clothing education Chapt. 3 - Kind and quality of present-day ‘ global perspective ’ textiles and clothing education Chapt. 4 - Value-added global perspective textiles and fashion education from a perspective of universal wisdom Chapt. 5 - Core value enriched goals for global perspective textiles and clothing education

2. Critical overview of the historical development of university education as relevant to global perspective textiles and clothing education 2.1 Global perspective versus university education … Self-conceptualization of the emerging university … Overview of historical development of university education ……………………………………………… Textiles and clothing education within the university system ………………………………………………… Conclusion …………………………………………… 9

Shift of European mainstream universities' orientation toward the fundamental dimensions of reality

2. Critical overview of the historical development of university education as relevant to global perspective textiles and clothing education 2.1 Global perspective versus university education … Self-conceptualization of the emerging university … Overview of historical development of university education ……………………………………………… Textiles and clothing education within the university system ………………………………………………… Conclusion …………………………………………… 9

3. Kind and quality of present-day ‘ global perspective ’ textiles and clothing education 3.1 General overview of present-day initiatives in global perspective education …………………………... … Global supply-chain and sustainable local development education …………………………… Global supply-chain and sustainable human development education …………………………… Relationship between education, industry and business - Who is directing whom? ……………… University professors envision the future of textiles and apparel education ……………………………… Need for overall goals and a holistic unifying world view …………………………………………………… Conclusion ………………………………………… 23

4. Value-added global perspective textiles and fashion education from a perspective of universal wisdom 4.1 The need for a radical return to universal wisdom ……………………………………………… Universal wisdom and the cosmogenesis – relevance to education ……………………………… Fundamental lessons in universal wisdom ……… Toward a universal wisdom conception of development ………………………………………… Toward a universal wisdom conception of education …………………………………………… Toward a universal wisdom conception of success ……………………………………………… Toward a universal wisdom conception of a university ………………………………………… Conclusion ………………………………………… 38

5. Core value enriched goals for global perspective textiles and clothing education Value-added Goal 1: Global Vision …………… 40 aims at cultivating open- and critical- minded textiles and clothing graduates with a comprehensive vision of contemporary global realities to overcome the prevailing limited, first- world biased perspective.

5. Core value enriched goals for global perspective textiles and clothing education Value-added Goal 2: Universal Mission ……… 41 aims developing textiles and clothing graduates who – enlightened and empowered by insights derived from the science-based cosmogenesis - realize the need and significance of collaborating with universal wisdom in the mission of humanizing global developments, urging the promotion of a culture of global solidarity as the only alternative for collective well-being and survival in an increasingly interdependent world.

5. Core value enriched goals for global perspective textiles and clothing education Value-added Goal 3: Professional Integrity …… 42 aims at cultivating textiles and clothing graduates who are committed to the promotion of a non-materialist concept and ideal of human achievement and success based on personal, professional and corporate integrity, and rooted in a conscience dedicated to universal values, ethical principles and priorities.

6. Concluding commentary ………….43 Thank you!