Turbulence and Integrity in the Inner Landscape of Pedagogy: Insights From a Taoist Jungian Perspective

• In Event: Roundtable Session 52
  In Roundtable Session: On Learning, Thinking, and Being: Asian Wisdoms and Western Philosophies

Abstract

This presentation draws upon the Jungian theory and Taoism at their intersection and uses a case to understand how the inner landscape of personhood can be transformed in a process of achieving individuation and its implications for pedagogy. In particular, the theory of a Chinese Jungian analyst, Shen Heyong who integrates analytic psychology with Taoism will be used. The purpose of this presentation is to explore the interior landscape of subjectivity—using both Western analytic depth and Eastern wisdom—and how pedagogy can be informed by the insights from a Taoist Jungian perspective.

Author

• Hongyu Wang, Oklahoma State University - Tulsa