The Chinese Arts of Education
Overview
Building on the IGHE Context Report, this project investigates how pedagogical methods and ideas from Chinese educational traditions (such as Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhist) might enrich a liberal arts education at DKU and elsewhere. It will organize a series of Chinese Arts of Education Seminars to provide opportunities for DKU faculty, students and staff to infuse a deeper understanding of East-Asian and Western concepts across the curriculum. The lab will fund research and analysis on Chinese traditional pedagogy and support faculty who want to experiment with such pedagogical methods in the classroom.
Timeline
Fall 2024 – Spring 2026
Faculty Fellow:
Ben Van Overmeire, bv43@duke.edu
Staff Leads:
Luisa Li (CTL), Yue Xu (Assessment)
Levels of Faculty Engagement
- Core Lab Members: Investigate Chinese educational traditions and present thoughts on the lab theme and/or contribute to edited volume and/or white papers. Engagement starts in Fall 2024. Compensation will be provided.
- Lab-Sponsored Project Leads: Pursue research/pedagogical projects on themes related to Chinese Arts of Education. CFPs will be available Fall 2024. Funding will be provided.
- Project Contributors: Provide feedback and consultations to the project through occasional meetings or email exchanges to help the lab set priorities and agenda for programming.
- Event participants: Attend speaker series, seminars and conferences, starting from Winter 2024.
