Nonwestern Adult Learning

HRE 590: ADULT EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). NON-WESTERN LEARNING Four Korean Learning Disciplines Jeonghwan (Philip) Choi 2011 Ph.D. candidate, Human Resource Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

[object Object],Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). *Source: Merriam & Cafarella (2007) NON-WESTERN LEARNING What? Who? Theme? Thorndike et al. (1928) ,[object Object],Separation of the Mind and Body . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Consequence of Western paraigm Nah (2000) ,[object Object],Korean case tells different paradigms Brooks (2000) ,[object Object],Buddhism as transformational learning Merriam (2007) ,[object Object],[object Object],Why Study other Ways of Learning and Knowing?

[object Object],Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). *Source: Merriam & Cafarella (2007) CULTURAL DICHOTOMY (WESTERN VS. NON-WESTERN?) What? Who? Theme? Nisbett (2003) ,[object Object],[object Object],Dichotomies in Western Paradigm Semali & Kincheloe (1999) ,[object Object],Civilization? Or Colonization Abdullah (1996) ,[object Object],Cultural Differences George (1999 ,[object Object],[object Object],Indigenous Learning Merriam (2007) ,[object Object],Five Non-western learning

[object Object],Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). Edward Said (1978) *Source: reagan (2000) . ,[object Object],PHILOSOPHICAL STARTING POINT What? Who? Theme? Reagan (2000) ,[object Object],[object Object],Orientalism approach . ,[object Object],[object Object],Cultural and epistemological ethnocentralism . ,[object Object],Oral Tradition

TRADITIONAL KOREAN LEARNING 1. CONFUCIANISM Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). ONE WORD OF CONFUCIANISM: “ 允執厥中 : Grasp the Center ” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

TRADITIONAL KOREAN LEARNING 1-1. KOREAN CONFUCIANISM Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). ,[object Object],Four hundred years debate “Conceptual World vs. Material World” ,[object Object],[object Object]

TRADITIONAL KOREAN LEARNING 2. BUDDHISM Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). ,[object Object],ONE WORD OF KOREAN BUDDHISM: “ 中道 : The Way of Center” From Harvard to HwaGyeSa “ Shoot the Buddha ? ”

TRADITIONAL KOREAN LEARNING 3 . SUNDOISM Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). ,[object Object],[object Object],“ Shoot the Buddha ? ” ONE WORD OF SUNDOISM: “ 抱一守中 : Embrace the Center” 힘

TRADITIONAL KOREAN LEARNING 4. DONG-HAK Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ONE WORD OF DONG-HAK: “ 人乃天 : Human is the God”

DISCUSSION ,[object Object],Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). What can HRD and Adult Education researchers do to expand knowledge about ‘unique’ non-western learning in a modern society? Question: Is is meaningful to revive and revitalize those old learning/education beliefs and philosophies in Korea? Why and Why not?

QUESTIONS? Copyright © 2011 Integral Leadership Center. All right reserved (Jeonghwan Choi). Jeonghwan (Philip) Choi, MBA, ME Ph.D. Candidate, Human Resource Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Homepage: Integral Leadership Center (http://leadershipcenter.tistory.com) E-mail: jchoi52@illinois.edu If you have any questions, please contact the author.

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