News & Announcements

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

AERA_SIG171-ANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.AERA.NET

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Selection Criteria: (1) a current graduate student, (2) submits a single-authored paper (published or unpublished work) related to the topics of this SIG, (3) a curriculum vitae.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 (smoon3@luc.edu) 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 25^th, awards committee will deliberate and make a decision,

3.By February 1^st, 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