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Call for reflections on the COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) and its implications for moral education

Dear APNME members and friends,
We are very sorry that due to the Coronavirus we have had to postpone our 2020 APNME conference until 2022. It is a pity that we— APNME members and friends— couldn’t have a warm and family-like meeting this year.

However, the Coronavirus problem is not only a potentially global disease, but also a situation that gives us many controversial ethical, and perhaps also political, issues to reflect on. For example, there is the case of the British cruise ship Diamond Princess near the port of Yokohama in Japan, the fact that the virus has been, and is being, carried to other countries by international travelers who attended an international meeting in Singapore, the fact that quarantined persons in different places have still gone out or gone swimming, that there is some evidence the virus has been racialized in some western countries, and so on. These ethical issues could be reflected on from individual, national, institutional and/or governmental perspectives.

Based upon the aims of the APNME, we sincerely welcome our members to write one or two paragraphs about your own thoughts, feelings and reflections with regard to this global disease.

If you are interested in these suggestions, please visit the APNME website (https://apnme.org/), where you can see the APNME’s Twitter and Facebook icons on the top-left side under our image photos. Please click on these icons, and you will be able to read our messages on APNME Twitter or APNME Facebook. Here you will also be welcome to write down your reflections on this issue.

The Asia-Pacific Network of Moral Education - APNME The Asia-Pacific Network of Moral Education (APNME) welcomes professional educators who have an interest in, and commitment to, moral education and moral development and who care about fostering moral values in what they teach and how they teach. The Asia-Pacific region has a long and distinguished....

Call for reflections on the COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) and its implications for moral education

Dear APNME members and friends,

We are very sorry that due to the Coronavirus we have had to postpone our 2020 APNME conference until 2022. It is a pity that we— APNME members and friends— couldn’t have a warm and family-like meeting this year.

However, the Coronavirus problem is not only a potentially global disease, but also a situation that gives us many controversial ethical, and perhaps also political, issues to reflect on. For example, there is the case of the British cruise ship Diamond Princess near the port of Yokohama in Japan, the fact that the virus has been, and is being, carried to other countries by international travelers who attended an international meeting in Singapore, the fact that quarantined persons in different places have still gone out or gone swimming, that there is some evidence the virus has been racialized in some western countries, and so on. These ethical issues could be reflected on from individual, national, institutional and/or governmental perspectives.

Based upon the aims of the APNME, we sincerely welcome our members to write one or two paragraphs about your own thoughts, feelings and reflections with regard to this global disease.

If you are interested in these suggestions, please visit the APNME website (https://apnme.org/), where you can see the APNME’s Twitter and Facebook icons on the top-left side under our image photos. Please click on these icons, and you will be able to read our messages on APNME Twitter or APNME Facebook. Here you will also be welcome to write down your reflections on this issue.

The Asia-Pacific Network of Moral Education - APNME The Asia-Pacific Network of Moral Education (APNME) welcomes professional educators who have an interest in, and commitment to, moral education and moral development and who care about fostering moral values in what they teach and how they teach. The Asia-Pacific region has a long and distinguished....

The 2020 APNME Conference in Japan has been postponed to 2022 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)!

Dear APNME members and our friends,
On behalf of the APNME Conference Committee, we are very sorry to inform you of our decision regarding postponing the 2020 APNME conference until 2022. At this moment, we still can’t be sure when the Coronavirus situation will be getting better; therefore, after some discussions with our conference committee members, we have made this decision. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you!

The APNME Conference Committee

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The12thAnniversary Conference of the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME)
Apr. 26-30, 2018, Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
www.apnme.org/2018/

We welcome submissions from scholars, students and practitioners across the many disciplines that contribute to the study and practice of moral education, including education, psychology, philosophy, historical and cultural studies, social and anthropological studies, neurobiological and neuro-ethical studies, ecological and religious studies, civic and legal studies. Plenary sessions and invited symposia will explicitly address the conference theme. We encourage individuals to submit proposals that address this theme; however, we also welcome any proposals that address the study and practice of moral and values education, civic engagement, and education more generally.

To submit a proposal and to learn more about the conference, including invited speakers, go to http://apnme.org/2018/proposal-submission/

The Deadline for submitting proposals is September 15, 2017.

For further information please contact the conference managers: [email protected]

apnme.org

APNME Conference—Call for Proposals
(Deadline for Submission Proposals is September 15 of 2017)

The12thAnniversary Conference of the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME)
Apr. 26-30, 2018, Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
www.apnme.org/2018/

Moral Education: Conflicting Values and Common Ground

Several cultural, philosophical and religious traditions, such as those of Confucianism and Buddhism as well as Christianity and Islam, have long co-existed in the Asia-Pacific region. How have these various beliefs and orientations impacted the theory and practice of moral education in the different cultures of this region? What role may the increasingly dominant role of the Internet and social media be going to play in this context? What about the very recent rise of nationalism (inward-turning, isolationism) on the part of some countries and communities?
Based upon the aims of the APNME, this conference welcomes participants whose papers or presentations will be concerned with the following issues and questions:

1. Cultural diversity and traditional ethical issues. The latter are concerned with definitions not just of “goodness” but also of “happiness” and “wellbeing” from the viewpoints of various cultural and religious systems (at individual as well as societal levels). How have such concepts influenced the cultivation of morality in these different systems? How can we seek a common ground that may facilitate cross-cultural understanding and be used to improve our practice of moral education?
2. The nature of “ethical dilemmas” in both western and Asia-Pacific cultures, and the degree to which the nature of these dilemmas may differ. This raises the question of the relevance of western philosophical and psychological theories and approaches to the Asia-Pacific context. Thus we still need to try to identify the core values that are present in different moral and cultural contexts.
3. To what extent are moral values a product of religion and/or culture? What about the natural world? May not animals have demonstrated “moral” behavior long before there were human beings? Perhaps by observing them we can gain a deeper insight into the meaning of moral behavior?
4. How can we, in the context of moral education, understand the conflicting moral and cultural values of diverse cultural systems? These values may be grounded in such key terms as the Confucian “Ren,” Buddhist “Buddhahood” and the Daoist “Dao,” and more generally in the nature of the Supreme Being that is fundamental to Christianity and Islam, and in the plural natures of the gods and goddesses of Hinduism. What may be the role of moral education in this wider context?
5. What may be the fundamental role of moral education in the context of ethnic minorities and also with regard to the non-human members of our natural environment—our plants and animals? How can the fundamentally important moral component be still further emphasized in ecological education?
6. To what extent are moral education and civic education compatible? Is it possible that acting morally may sometimes mean disobeying the civic norms of a given nation or community?
7. What should be the role of moral education in a highly computerized, digitalized era, given that technological devices are not alive and would seem to be inherently devoid of moral values? How can moral education be most effectively introduced and practiced in a world where information technology is rapidly expanding? Can modern technology actually be used to support or reinforce moral education?

Whilst priority will be given to presentations addressing these topics, any topics concerned with moral and civic education will be welcomed. We sincerely welcome to our conference all those who care about exploring and enhancing the role of moral education, through theory and practice, in the Asia-Pacific region and in the world.

We welcome submissions from scholars, students and practitioners across the many disciplines that contribute to the study and practice of moral education, including education, psychology, philosophy, historical and cultural studies, social and anthropological studies, neurobiological and neuro-ethical studies, ecological and religious studies, civic and legal studies. Plenary sessions and invited symposia will explicitly address the conference theme. We encourage individuals to submit proposals that address this theme; however, we also welcome any proposals that address the study and practice of moral and values education, civic engagement, and education more generally.

To submit a proposal and to learn more about the conference, including invited speakers, go to http://apnme.org/2018/proposal-submission/

The Deadline for submitting proposals is September 15, 2017.

For further information please contact the conference managers: [email protected]

APNME Asia Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME) welcomes professional educators who have an interest in, and commitment to moral education and moral development. The Asia Pacific region has a long and distinguished history of moral education.