Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Education

Dear "SIG-Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education" Members,

You are invited to attend the business meeting for "SIG-Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education". This year, for the first time, as part of AERA’s commitment to supporting and encouraging the active participation of all members of our SIGs and Divisions, we are providing an opportunity for unit members to attend their business meetings, whether or not you are attending the placed-based component of the Annual Meeting in Chicago on April 13-16.

Hi CTBE members,

I wanted to give you an update with a CTBE business meeting and a field trip to Chicago History Museum on April 16. Earlier this week, I received an email from AERA Central Office that a business meeting should be held in the place and time scheduled in the AERA program. The AERA business meetings this year are hybrid formats to let AERA members join in-person or online. Our SIG should abide by this policy and a business meeting, and a field trip will occur separately. A common theme exists in both gatherings in terms of cross-cultural conversation on the pursuit of truths.

Field Trip: Sunday, April 16, 12:30 – 2:00 pm CDT, Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St. (The group meet at The Guild Room, near the Gift Shop)

Business Meeting: Sunday, April 16, 2:50 – 4:20 pm CDT, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Level 4, Chicago Ballroom VI



Drs. Charlie Tocci, Ann Marie Ryan, and Seungho Moon facilitate discussion on anti-racist, anti-oppressive pedagogy with the use of art/artifacts in Chicago History Museum. A field trip is a great hand-on activity to extend this conversation. If members cannot attend a field trip, virtual resources will be offered during the business meeting.

You should sign up for a field trip to Chicago History Museum via Google Form (click here). Registration fee to the Museum is covered by CTBE. I encourage you to promote both a business meeting and a field trip to CTBE members and friends.

Thanks in advance for your flexibility and I look forward to meeting you in Chicago and virtually!

Best,

Seungho Moon

Chair, CTBE SIG

IAP BOOK SERIES
Current Perspectives on Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Education (https://www.infoagepub.com/series/Current-Perspectives-on-Confucianism-Taoism-Buddhism-and-Education)

Complicated intra-cultural and inter-civilizational conversations and cooperation in and through education have become imperative for human and ecological survival and renewal in today’s world, which is facing unprecedented challenges. The purpose of this book series is to engage in in-depth, cross-cultural and intercultural, international dialogues on how Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in classical and/or contemporary schools of thought can inform today’s educational theory and practice. Mutual engagement between East and West has had a long history, although obscured in recent centuries by the domination of techno-scientific instrumental reason in the West. It is time to renew nondualistic East-West dialogues for educational insights into relationality, creativity, leadership, compassion, and wisdom to help transform our current understandings and practices.

Although Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are ancient wisdom traditions, they all have new developments in the contemporary age both in Asia and in the West. The focus of this book series is on current perspectives, historically informed and critically analyzed, and their contemporary influences in the diverse settings of education. The editors of this book series welcome manuscripts that draw upon one or multiple schools of thought within or across Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and/or their intellectual, cultural, and spiritual relationships with Western thought to explore fundamental educational issues or content subject areas at all levels (from early childhood education to higher education) and in all settings of education. Not to reinforce the East/West binary, however, the editors look for manuscripts that evoke and inspire cross-fertilization of educational ideas, new awareness, and alternative pathways that engage difference in a mutually enhanced and enriched way.

The scope of this book series includes multiple educational dimensions such as purposes and aims of education, personhood and interbeing, curriculum and pedagogy, cultural diversity, educational leadership, embodied knowing, ethics, peace and sustainability, and international studies, as well as re-thinking education in specific subject areas. Other topics can be applied as well. The manuscripts can address formal or informal educational programs using a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses.

CTBE (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education) SIG Registration Support for Graduate Students and Early Career Scholars

CTBE SIG is excited to share the opportunity for supporting graduate students and early career scholars for registration fee. The 2021 AERA annual meeting is virtual this year and everyone participating is required to register to have access their sessions. Below are the criteria to be selected for this opportunity. The funding will be supported from CTBE’s budget.

• I am a member of CTBE SIG as of 2021.
• My paper is accepted for presentation at 2021 annual conference.
• I am a graduate student or within 7 years of having earned doctoral degree.
• I have financial challenges to pay for registration fees due to COVID.

There is a limited fund available to support registrations, and decisions will be made by merit and need based. If you are interested, please send the following information in an email with the subject ‘CBTE SIG registration support’ to our SIG Secretary Dr. Yifan Sun @ [email protected] The deadline is March 5th, 2021.

• Name
• Institutional affiliation
• Email address in AERA system
• AERA membership number
• Paper title to be presented
• Graduate student status or year of earned doctorate
• Brief statement of financial challenges

Best,
Seungho Moon
The Chair of CBTE

Dear CTBE members and friends,

Due to the pandemic and unexpected circumstances, some members requested to extend the deadline. See the below call for awards with revised deadline (January 15th, 2021). Please circulate this award information with extended deadline to colleagues.

Best,

Seungho Moon



[email protected]



Dear CTBE SIG family members,



Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism in Education SIG is calling for 2021 AERA awards. We would greatly appreciate it if you could please help us distribute the news and nominate qualified award candidates. According to the AERA Awards policy, "membership in AERA and the SIG is not required to be nominated or to be a recipient of an award." Self-nominations are accepted.





1. Early Career Outstanding Research Award

This award is established to honor the accomplishments of early career scholars and promote emerging leadership in the ongoing East/West dialogues in order to advance the scholarship in this field.



Selection Criteria: demonstrate a consistent commitment to generating scholarship in the SIG area of study. (1) journal/book publications related to the SIG themes (minimum 3 published articles or book chapters or a single-authored/single-edited book), (2) AERA presentations related to the SIG themes, originality and significance of work, (3) significant service and contribution provided for the SIG in helping with CTBE goals and its visibility in the professional community or the AERA community, 4) have completed doctoral work in less than eight years prior to submission.



2. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award

Participation and support for graduate students has been a strong tradition of the CTBE SIG. Our SIG currently sponsors two awards specifically for graduate student members.

This award is established to encourage the new generation of educators to participate in the ongoing East/West dialogues and to mentor new promising scholars in this area. It recognizes one student’s scholarship that promises to make a contribution to the field of East/West dialogues in education, particularly to worldwide discussions on Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and their relationships with other Eastern and Western philosophies in the field of education within and across cultures.



Selection Criteria: (1) a current graduate student, (2) submits a single-authored paper (published or unpublished work) related to the topics of this SIG, (3) a curriculum vitae.



Selection will be based on the following criteria:

Depth of understanding
Scholarly contribution
Clarity of writing and consistence of professional style
The award will be only conferred when the selected paper is of a high quality; if no nominated paper reaches the standard, then that year will not have an award recipient.



To apply for the above awards, please send the nomination materials to Dr. Seungho Moon ([email protected]) by January 15th, 2021:

1. The name of the award,

2. The name of the nominee as well as his/her program and school,

3. A nomination letter indicating the qualifications of the candidates related to each award,

4. A resume of the nominee,

5. Application materials related to each award.



Important dates

1. By January 15th, the nomination processes will be closed and nomination materials will be sent to the nomination chair,

2. By January 25th, awards committee will deliberate and make a decision,

3. By February 1st, the name of award winner will be submitted to the AERA Central Office,

4. In April 2021, all awards will be disbursed during the SIG business meeting at AERA.



About CTBE SIG

The Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education (CTBE) SIG is a special interest group under American Educational Research Association’s SIG was established 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. CTBE SIG provides a forum within the Association for the involvement of individuals drawn together by common interests in eastern philosophy and educational research. It provides opportunities for members to participate actively in the Association both through SIG activities and in leadership positions. CTBE SIG intends to become



- A home for scholars who are interested in Eastern philosophy

- A bridge of idea-exchange between the East and the West

- A platform for advancing human civilization and social change



Wishing everyone a wonderful semester!



Best,



Seungho Moon

Chair, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education SIG of AERA

CTBE Newsletter November 2020

Hello, CTBE members and friends.

It is our hope that things are going as well as possible, and that you and your family are remaining safe wherever you stay amid the pandemic. Please use the following link to participate in a short survey to share your thoughts on the COVID-19 and utilize Eastern thoughts to analyze the current issues. This survey will be used to make a newsletter and exchange ideas among members. We look forward to hearing from you.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHEcmDZ1xu8-zYpMhU_rm7Z2reJjQ1SPcjvcwG4cuysEDeJg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Best,
Seungho Moon

Online survey questions:
1. Choose one term from Confucianism, Taoism, or Buddhism. What term is relevant to highlight the current COVID-19, healthy/education disparity, and/or social transformation? (e.g., ren, kindness, love, and moral education from Confucianism, suffering, retreat, selflessness, enlightenment, Zen, and meditation from Buddhism, Tao, Qi, wuwei/youwei, and emptiness in Taoism).

2. Explain the reason why you choose this term (about 150-200 words)

CTBE & COVID-19 Hello, CTBE members and friends. It is our hope that things are going as well as possible, and that you and your family are remaining safe wherever you stay amid the pandemic. Please participate in this short survey to share your thoughts on the COVID-19 and utilize Eastern thoughts to analyze the c...

Dear CTBE SIG members,

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

Proposals for AERA 2021 are due in exactly two weeks on Friday, August 14, and I know you are doing transformative work. Please add your voice to the dialogue, and help expand the program space for curriculum issues by submitting to our SIG.

While we will miss the opportunity to connect in person in Orlando, not traveling to the 2021 annual meeting offers a unique opportunity to bring new people and perspectives into AERA and our SIG. This year, we can enrich the conversation with presentations from more p-12 practitioners, community organizers, academics from other disciplines, and colleagues from around the globe. Please share this invitation widely across your networks, and let’s make our division a center for movement building in educational research. Life and joy will reemerge; together we can contribute to this renewal.

Looking forward to your proposals!