Taoism, Deconstruction, and Educational Research

• In Event: The Influence and Relevance of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism for Education, Self, and Research

Abstract

This presentation examines the role of Taoist, deconstructive research moments in a life history cross-cultural study, which provides critical insights into forms of research relationality that intersect between East and West. Dialogues between the researcher and one participant are analyzed at the intersections of deconstructive discourses and Taoist nonduality to illuminate the role of organic relationality in educational research relationships.

Author

• Hongyu Wang, Oklahoma State University - Tulsa