Confucianism for Kids: Early Childhood Employments of Confucianism in Taipei and Tokyo
This article focuses on two examples of Confucian early childhood education in contemporary Taiwan and Japan. Based on fieldwork conducted by the author in 2015, it contrasts the use of Confucianism in a grass-roots community early childhood educational setting in suburban Taipei with attempts to cr...
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| description | This article focuses on two examples of Confucian early childhood education in contemporary Taiwan and Japan. Based on fieldwork conducted by the author in 2015, it contrasts the use of Confucianism in a grass-roots community early childhood educational setting in suburban Taipei with attempts to create elite Confucian “kids’ seminars” in central Tokyo. The study reveals the roles of gender, elitism, religious plurality, and modern early childhood pedagogy in the contrasting ways Confucianism manifests in these urban Taiwanese and Japanese settings. In doing so, it looks to contribute to wider discussions about the roles of modernity and tradition in contemporary religious revival in East Asia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65f37ea05d7e4be98f48482ab4a9dd3e2023-12-03T13:54:39ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-04-0113432810.3390/rel13040328Confucianism for Kids: Early Childhood Employments of Confucianism in Taipei and TokyoKiri Paramore0Department of Asian Studies, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, IrelandThis article focuses on two examples of Confucian early childhood education in contemporary Taiwan and Japan. Based on fieldwork conducted by the author in 2015, it contrasts the use of Confucianism in a grass-roots community early childhood educational setting in suburban Taipei with attempts to create elite Confucian “kids’ seminars” in central Tokyo. The study reveals the roles of gender, elitism, religious plurality, and modern early childhood pedagogy in the contrasting ways Confucianism manifests in these urban Taiwanese and Japanese settings. In doing so, it looks to contribute to wider discussions about the roles of modernity and tradition in contemporary religious revival in East Asia.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/4/328ConfucianismBuddhismTaiwanJapaneducationearly childhood education |
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| title | Confucianism for Kids: Early Childhood Employments of Confucianism in Taipei and Tokyo |
| title_full | Confucianism for Kids: Early Childhood Employments of Confucianism in Taipei and Tokyo |
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| title_short | Confucianism for Kids: Early Childhood Employments of Confucianism in Taipei and Tokyo |
| title_sort | confucianism for kids early childhood employments of confucianism in taipei and tokyo |
| topic | Confucianism Buddhism Taiwan Japan education early childhood education |
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