General Colloquia

Culture and Children's Learning Beliefs

CMEI Colloquium
Larsen Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education
April 15, 2014

Learning is a universal human capacity and activity. However, Western and East Asian people hold fundamentally different beliefs about learning. These beliefs influence how they approach learning, childrearing, and education. What are the different beliefs and why are they so different? Based on decades of research, Dr. Li has advanced a conceptual distinction between the Western mind-model and the East Asian virtue model of learning. The former aims at cultivating the mind to...

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Can Talking Help? Dialogue and the Politics of Peace Education among Israeli and Palestinian Youth

A fundamental assumption of the peace education industry in Israel and across the globe is that dialogue can help—help to humanize the other, dispel stereotypes, and provide voice to silenced narratives. This presentation critically interrogated this assumption through a synthesis of research with Israeli and Palestinian youth.

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From Theory to Action and Back Again: Principles and Practices for Doing Action-Guided Ethical Theory

CMEI Colloquium
Gutman Library, Harvard Graduate School of Education
September 16 2015

If you ever find yourself next to the switch for an out-of-control trolley that is hurtling toward people tied to the track, you can turn to moral philosophy for exquisitely detailed advice about what direction you should guide the trolley. If you ever find yourself in a classroom with out-of-control students who desperately need your guidance, however, moral philosophy is far more likely to leave you hanging. You're on your own. The same is true if...

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