Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education SIG 171
 
Message from SIG Chair
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Dear colleagues and friends:

As the chair of the AERA Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education Special Interest Group, I would like to first wish everyone a wonderful and fulfilling Fall semester.

I want to thank the previous chairs, Drs. Xin Li and Hongyu Wang, who also founded this SIG, for their effective leadership. They have demonstrated great commitment and wisdom in building and guiding this SIG. I have received a lot of support from them, especially Hongyu, and the Executive Board has been very helpful to me.

Our SIG is unique. We exist at a time when East-and-West dialogues are taking place on deeper levels and in more comprehensive ways. Modernity and rational-scientific paradigms have made education the cornerstone of any society’s development, but this form of education has also suffered from a narrow focus on competition, accountability and economic functions. Serious problems in the modern world need new perspectives and possibilities, which can be gained through reviving old traditions and distilling from them new wisdom. Education should foster holistic development of children and should “edu-care” the well-being of our inner and outer selves; the curriculum should leave room for creativity; educational and political leadership should center on loving-kindness; and education for peace and sustainability should be approached through a profound transformation in our views of the cosmos, nature, life and self. For all of these desired features of education, we can draw immense wisdom through our engagement with and studying of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Our SIG is a forum for its members and for any other interested individuals to explore the above topics and many other relevant issues. It is my hope that we not only participate in the AERA annual meeting, but also engage with each other on a regular basis. I see building a network as very important. This network should promote scholarship at all levels and provide mentoring to junior researchers. We should moreover be an important force for change in education and society. As we know, the Confucian ideal of the learned person is a public intellectual, the Taoist ideal of the sage is a person moving in the world following the virtues of Tao, and the Buddhist ideal of the enlightened person is a compassionate being who is self-reflective and transformative at the same time.

I look forward to working and learning with you all.

Jing Lin
SIG Chair
Professor, International Education Policy University of Maryland
 
 
Who We Are
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CTBE Executive Committee (2014-2017)
SIG Chair   Jing Lin, University of Maryland-College Park
Program Chair         Mei Wu Hoyt, University of North Texas   
Communication Chair            Seungho Moon, Oklahoma State University
Secretary/Treasurer                      Alexandar Fidyk, University of Alberta

Graduate Students Committee Chair

Westry Whitaker, University of North Georgia
Web Master
 Yeorim Ana Hwang, Oklahoma State University 

Contact Information


Jin Lin, SIG Chair,  Professor
jinglin@umd.edu
International Educational Policy
3214 Benjamin Building  
College of Education
University of Maryland   
College Park, MD 20742

Mei Wu Hoyt, Program Chair, Assistant Professor
mei.hoyt@unt.edu
Department of Teacher Education and Administration
University of North Texas

Seungho Moon, Communication Chair, Assistant Professor
seungho.moon@okstate.edu
Willard 239, School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership (STCL)
Oklahoma State University  Stillwater, OK 74078

Alexandar Fidyk, Secretary/ Treasurer, Assistant Professor
fidyk@ualberta.ca
Secondary Education
University of Alberta
 
 
SIG Purpose
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Statement of Purpose

The purpose of the SIG 171, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education is to bring together individuals who share a common interest in in-depth, cross-cultural, international dialogue on how Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in both classical and contemporary schools of thought can inform educational theory and practice.
 
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