Confucianism, Phenomenology, and Teacher Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The Confucian tradition of Chinese wisdom is an educational philosophy with "benevolence" as the core (the Analects of Confucius), which starts from personal experience in the context of family and community relations to realize self-creative transformation (Roger Ames, 2019). Phenomenological interest is also concerned with the experience of life, insisting that the entire field of human meaning is based on the direct experience of the individual to the world (Merleau-Ponty,1988). Both Confucianism and phenomenology pay attention to the daily situational experience of human relations, in which the highest value and meaning of life can be developed. This symposium aims to explore the organic connections between Confucianism and phenomenology for the implications for teacher education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education

Chair

• Hua Zhang, Hangzhou Normal University

Papers

• What Does Phenomenology Mean to Teacher Education? - Wei Gao, Jiangsu Normal University

• Insight: Teacher Grace From the Perspective of the Consensus of Confucianism and Phenomenology - Fuchao Jiang, Taishan College

• The Experience-Based Cultivation of Teachers From the Perspective of Confucianism and Phenomenology - Jianpei Wei, Taishan College

• Confucian Philosophy of Teacher Education - Hua Zhang, Hangzhou Normal University

Discussant

• Jie Yu, Rollins College