Overview

Taishan Academic Forum-Moral Education will gather some of the leading scholars in moral education in the world today and discuss most important issues concerning both researchers and practitioners in the field. Under the theme of “globalization and moral education reform”, our world-renowned speakers will address the following questions:

• What should be the aims guiding our educational practice in the 21st century? Where does the moral purpose fit in? How should we move forward school reform?

• How should and can schools respond to the challenge of globalization while promoting social justice and participative citizenship?

• What are the problems and promises of liberalism as a theoretical framework of moral education? What are the lessons we can learn from the liberalism-based moral education practice in the West?

• What are the challenges and hopes in Chinese moral education reform?

• What has been done in citizenship and moral education in other Asian regions such as Singapore?

• Can we still learn from the moral development theory? What is the relationship between moral judgment and moral behavior in adolescents?

• What about teacher education for moral education? What does it mean to “professionalize” moral education?

These and many more questions will engage researchers and educators in lively discussions, debates, and dialogues. The forum will provide participants an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interact with world-class scholars in moral education and reflect on the history of our field, trace recent development of scholarship, and look forward to our future.

Invited Speakers

Dwight Boyd - Liberalism as a Theoretical Framework for Moral Education: Promises and Problems

Daniel (Daan) Brugman - Context and Specificity in the Relationship between Moral Judgment Development and Moral Behaviour in Adolescents

Lee Wing-on - Citizenship Education for 21st Century: Competence and Education for Future-oriented Citizenship: The Case of Singapore

Li Ping - Examining Chinese Moral Education: Problems and Promises

Nel Noddings - Educational Aims for the 21st Century

Qi Wanxue - Dilemma and Choice in Moral Education: A Cultural Perspective

Audrey Osler - Moral Education in a Global Age: Promoting Social Justice by Enabling Children’s Rights and Participative Citizenship

Tan Chuanbao - A Task for Our Time: Teachers’ Professionalization of Moral Education

Zhu Xiaoman - Chinese Middle School Moral Education Curriculum Reform: A Reflection

Planning Committee

Dr. Qi Wanxue (Chair), Vice President , Shandong Normal University
Dr. Tianlong Yu (Coordinator), Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University, USA
Dr. Tang Hanwei, Professor and Acting Dean, College of Education, SDNU
Dr. Gao Wei: Professor, College of Education, SDNU
Mr. Wang Xiaosheng, Human Resources, SDNU
Mr. Cong Weilong, Dean’s Office, College of Education, SDNU

Accomodations

All forum meeting events will be held at Shandong Hanlin Hotel, a four-star hotel located on the campus of Shandong Normal University.

Inquiries and Questions

Any inquires about the conference program (speakers and presentations) should be addressed to Dr. Tianlong Yu at ty6605@hotmail.com

Questions on travel and accommodations (Chinese only) should be directed to Mr. Cong Weilong: congweilong666@126.com