Education and Global Cultural Dialogue
Conference:
A Tribute to Dr. Ruth Hayhoe
May 6, 2011
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Canada
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Conference Organizers:
Dr. Karen Mundy - OISE, University of Toronto
Dr. Qiang Zha – York University
Dr. Yeow-Tong Chia – OISE, University of Toronto
Special thanks to all our students, staff and faculty volunteers at the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education, University of Toronto.
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Table of Contents
Schedule at a Glance…………..
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Session I ………………………
Panel I …………………………
Panel II ……………………….
Panel III ……………………….
Panel IV………………………..
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Session II ………………….....
Panel I …………………………
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Panel III ……………………….
Panel IV………………………..
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Session III …………………….
Panel I …………………………
Panel II ……………………….
Panel III ……………………….
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Open House Invitation ………
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Toronto Tourist Resources…….
Taxi …………………………….
Shuttles and Transit …………
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Schedule at a Glance
Friday, May 6 2011
Day Program
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Registration/Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Opening Remarks and Welcome
9:15 am - 10:45 am
Session I
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Morning Coffee Break
11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Session II
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session III
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Closing remarks and coffee
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Book sale and autographing
Evening Program
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Arrival and Cocktails
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Introductions and Welcome
7:10 pm - 8:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speeches
Qiang Zha (MC)
Jun Fang, Education Consul of the People‟s
Republic of China in Toronto
Ruth Hayhoe
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Conference Program
*Preliminary program only, presenter details and room numbers may change
Registration/Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
7th Floor: Peace Lounge
Welcome: Karen Mundy & Qiang Zha
9:00 am - 9:15 am
7th Floor: Peace Lounge
Session I
9:15 am - 10:45 am--
Panel I: The Idea, Patterns and Practices of the Chinese University
Room: 8-200
Presentations:
What is the meaning of Chinese university mode?
Hongcai Wang (Xiamen University, China, email: gjswanghc@xmu.edu.cn)
Study on Ma Xiangbo‟s ideal of higher education
Joseph You Guo Jiang (Boston College, USA, email: jiangyf@bc.edu)
“Looking at” ours: A cultural perspective on the idea of a Chinese university
Jun Li (Hong Kong Institute of Education, China, email: junli@ied.edu.hk)
What makes a creative and holistic university in China? A case study of Biaobang College
Jing Lin, Hong Yan, Heidi Ross, Ai Zhang, Yipei Liu and Lan Yang (University of Maryland,
USA, email: jinglin@umd.edu1)
Chair: Tricia Siefert, Professor, OISE/University of Toronto (tricia.siefert@utoronto.ca)
Panel II: Chinese Education Research and Ruth Hayhoe
Room: 8-180
Presentations:
The state, cross-border higher education, and the mission of Chinese universities in a global age
Su-Yan Pan (Hong Kong Institute of Education, China, email: pansuyan@ied.edu.hk)
Characteristics, value, enlightening significance of Ruth Hayhoe‟s research on China‟s higher
education
Fang Gong and Cheng-liang Huang (Nanjing University, China, email: hcl8722418@sina.com)
A contested terrain: Chinese college students‟ understandings of “right” in the global context
Ran Zhang (Peking University, China, razhang@gmail.com)
Chair: Mark Bray, Director, Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong
(mbray@hku.hk)
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In the case of multiple presenters, the contact author‟s information is listed in this program.
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Session I Continued…
9:15 am - 10:45 am--
Panel III: Student Engagement
Room: 7-162
Presentations:
The effects of social strata on civic engagement: Empirical evidences from Chinese university
students
Yuxin Tu (The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, email: ytu@michener.ca)
“Why ”and ”How” matter: Student engagement in China‟s context
Jinghuan Shi (Tsinghua University, China, email: shijhuan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)
Higher education in the perspective of rural Chinese students: Findings from a cross-regional
survey study
Jingjing Lou (Beloit College, USA, louj@beloit.edu)
Integrating strands and crossing circles: A study on international graduate students‟ English
practices in China with a comparative approach
Hong Zhu (Northeast Normal University, China, email: joyce825@hotmail.com)
Chair: Tony Chambers, Professor, OISE/University of Toronto (tony.chambers@utoronto.ca)
Panel IV: Education across Borders in Asian Societies
Room: 7-105
Presentations:
Education and developmental state formation in Singapore: A cultural and civilizational analysis
Yeow Tong Chia (University of Toronto, email: yeowtong.chia@gmail.com)
Bamboo in the wind: Negotiating globalization, culture, and education in Thailand
Anne Wong (McMaster University, email: wongan@mcmaster.ca)
Malaysian higher education: Negotiating crossroads in the post-colonial era
Jack Lee (University of Toronto, email: jackkultur@yahoo.com)
Would there be room for university governing boards to take on the role of “public supervision”
under the Confucian governance?
Sharon X. Li (University of Toronto, email: sharonx.li@utoronto.ca)
Chair: Eric Bredo, Department Chair, TPS/OISE/University of Toronto (eric.bredo@utoronto.ca)
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 am
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7th Floor: Peace Lounge
Session II
11:15am - 12:45am--
Panel I: Teacher Education: East and West
Room: 8-180
Presentations:
Pedagogical relationship across cultures in a global classroom: From Laoshi to partners in
learning
Michael O’Sullivan and Linyuan Guo (Brock University, email: mosullivan@brocku.ca)
Reconstructing the native speaking English teacher in China: The nativization of David Crook in
exile
Craig K. Jacobsen (Okinawa International University, Japan, email: jacobsen@okiu.ac.jp)
Exploring Global Citizenship Education under the light of Cosmopolitanism
Zainab Kizilbash, (PhD Candidate, York University, email: zainab_kizilbash@edu.yorku.ca)
Reciprocal learning between the East and the West: Chinese teacher candidates‟ lived experience
in Canada
Shijing Xu (University of Windsor, email: shijing@uwindsor.ca)
Chair: Njoki Wane, Professor OISE/University of Toronto (njoki.wane@utoronto.ca)
Panel II: Chinese Higher Education: History and Trends
Room: 8-200
Presentations:
Achieving balance among competing challenges in Chinese higher education
Robert F. Arnove (Indiana University, USA, email: arnove@indiana.edu)
One hundred years of pursuit: The idea of university autonomy in China (1911-2011)
Ningsha Zhong (University of Toronto, email: ningsha.zhong@utoronto.ca)
University autonomy and academic freedom in China: Some comparative reflections
Qiang Zha (York University, Canada, email: qzha@edu.yorku.ca)
Changes of university entrance examination
Chair: Qiang Zha, Professor, York University, (qzha@edu.yorku.ca)
Panel III: Chinese Education in a Global Context
Room: 7-162
Presentations:
Education and global cultural dialogue: Analysis of the Chinese knowledge diaspora at a major
Canadian University
Yang Rui (University of Hong Kong, China, email: yangrui@hkucc.hku.hk)
Cultural values, government policies, and equality in Chinese higher education
Ji’an Liu (University of Toronto, Canada, email: jian99.liu@utoronto.ca)
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Session II Continued…
11:15am-12:45am—
Humanizing globalization: Five scholars bridge East and West through comparative and
international education
Heidi Ross and Yimin Wang (Indiana University, USA, email: haross@indiana.edu)
Women, missions, identity, and empire: A comparison of western protestant missionary women
in early twentieth and twenty-first century China
Mary Wong and Frances Wu (Azusa Pacific University, USA, email: mwong@apu.edu)
Chair: Julia Pan, Dean's Office, OISE/University of Toronto (julia.pan@utoronto.ca)
Panel IV: The University and Global Developments
Room: 7-105
Presentations:
„Education changes the world‟: Reflections on the World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
Student Refugee Program
Glen Peterson (University of British Columbia, email: glpeters@interchange.ubc.ca)
Facilitator or inhibitor of global cultural dialogue? The role of international organizations in the
globalization of higher education policy
Riyad A. Shahjahan (University of Toronto, email: 95shahja@gmail.com)
Back to the future: A historical interpretation for the spiritual revival of the Asian Ideal Type
Globalized University in Nalanda
Neville Panthaki (University of Toronto, npanthaki@sympatico.ca)
Transition from elite to mass: Higher education in Hong Kong
Shengping Guo (York University, Canada, email: spguo1@yorku.ca)
Chair: Michael Connelly, Professor Emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto
Lunch Break
12:45 pm-2:00pm
7th Floor: Peace Lounge
Session III
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm--
Panel I: The Challenges of Sustainable Development in China
Room: 7-105
Presentations:
Mutuality in quality minority education in China: The need for insider / outsider comparative
perspectives in research and planning
Stephen Bahry (University of Toronto, email: stephen.bahry@gmail.com)
Towards mutuality in modernizing minority Higher Education Institutions in China
Jia Luo (OISE/UT, Canada, email: jltib88@gmail.com)
The Johannesburg Summit (2002) and China‟s Commitment towards sustainable development in
21st century: A success story?
Patrick Darkhor (York University, Canada, email: pdarkhor@edu.yorku.ca)
Chair: Glen Jones, Professor, OISE/University of Toronto (glen.jones@utoronto.ca)
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Session III
Continued…
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm--
Panel II: Educational Exchange and Collaboration
Room: 8-200
Presentations:
Developing cross-cultural education understanding through a Canada-China Sister School
Network
Michael Connelly and Shijing Xu (University of Windsor, Canada shijing@uwindsor.ca)
Comparing international research partnership strategies in Canada, China and Russia
Anatoly Oleksiyenko (University of Hong Kong, China, email: anatoly.oleksiyenko@gmail.com)
Sustainable international collaboration: Ruth‟s multigenerational network
Vilma Seeberg (Kent State University, USA, email: vseeberg@kent.edu)
Chair: Sarfaroz Niyozov, Professor, OISE/University of Toronto (sarfaroz.niyozov@utoronto.ca)
Panel III: Comparative Education as a Journey
Room: 7-162
Presentations:
Walking the journey of comparative education: How cultural emersion experience shapes
research agenda and epistemology
Wing On Lee (National Institute of Education, Singapore, email: wingon.lee@nie.edu.sg)
World scouting/guiding: A global movement for cross-cultural understanding and peace
education
Joseph.P. Farrell (University of Toronto, email: joseph.farrell@utoronto.ca)
Globalization and the commodification of childhood: The Chinese case
Irv Epstein (Illinois Wesleyan University, USA, email:iepstein@iwu.edu)
Thirteen Short Films About Ruth Hayhoe and Hong Kong‟s Universities
David Post (Pennsylvania State University, USA, post@psu.edu)
Chair: Grace Feuerverger, Professor, OISE/University of Toronto (grace.feuerverger@utoronto.ca)
Closing Remarks and Coffee
3:30pm-4:00pm
7th Floor Peace Lounge
Presenter: Vandra Masemann (University of Toronto, email: masemann@interlog.com)
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Open House Invitation
May 7, 2011
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Ruth Hayhoe, along with her husband Walter and colleague Julia Pan, invite you to an open
house reception on Saturday, May 7.
Please drop by any time between 10:00 am and 7:00 pm, for a visit and light refreshments.
The open house will be held at 21 Dale Avenue, Apartment 518, an easy 4 subway stops from
the University of Toronto.
By Subway to Castlefrank Station
Take the Bloor subway line East to Castlefrank. There is only one exit from the Castlefrank
subway station. Walk a short distance north (away from Bloor St) on Castlefrank, and turn left at
McKenzie. After another short block you will see the Kensington Apartments on your left. Go to
the front main entrance, where there is a concierge and ask for Apartment 518. It is one level
down from the main entrance.
By Car
If driving, go north on Sherbourne from Bloor, turn a sharp right on Maple (at the first stop sign
after Bloor), follow Maple to Dale Ave, turn right, follow Dale around a sharp left turn until you
reach No. 21. There is guest parking after entering the complex on the right.
All are welcome – international guests as well as local students and colleagues!
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Off Campus Information and Tourist Resources
Toronto Tourism
416-203-2600 or toll-free 1-800-499-2514
toronto@torcvb.com
Sales Tax
Ontario Harmonized Sales Tax is 13%
Food and Drink
Restaurants and Entertainment:
Toronto is one of the largest cities in North
America, and has over 8,000 restaurants.
Toronto offers restaurants and foods from all
over the world.
For listing of all entertainment and
nightlife in Toronto visit:
http://www.seetorontonow.com/Visitor/Exp
erience/Entertainment-and-Nightlife.aspx
For a complete listing of restaurants visit:
http://www.dine.to/toronto_restaurants.php
Attractions
Recreation, Markets, Museums and
Galleries:
Toronto's waterfront - one of North
America's largest recreational waterfronts provides a scenic backdrop for many
popular and entertaining attractions
including Harbourfront, Ontario Place,
Rogers Centre, the CN Tower, St. Lawrence
Market and the Toronto Islands.
Downtown Toronto offers museums and art
galleries galore including The Bata Shoe
Museum, The Royal Ontario Museum
(ROM) , Canada's largest museum and one
of the top 10 in the world; the Art Gallery of
Ontario (AGO), Canada's oldest art gallery
and home to more than 15,000 paintings;
and the Ontario Science Centre, which
entertains and educates 800,000 visitors a
year.
For a complete list of Toronto attractions
visit:
http://www.toronto.ca/attractions/attraction_
highlights.htm
http://www.toronto.ca/
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Taxi Toronto Cab Companies:
Nearby Banks in Toronto:
Toronto Airport Limousine Taxi Tel: 647893-7786 Web:
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CIBC
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Toronto, ON M5G 1M6
Beck Taxi Tel: 416-751-5555 Web:
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Bank of Montreal
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Toronto, ON M5G 2R3
Royal Taxi Tel: 416-777-9222 Web:
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Crown Taxi Tel: 416-750-7878 Web:
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Diamond Taxicab Tel: 416-366-6868 Web:
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Scotiabank
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TD Canada Trust
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RBC
In the MaRS Discovery Centre, 130-101
College Street Toronto, ON M5G 1L7
Hospitals & Nearby Medical Care
Facilities:
Mount Sinai Hospital
600 University Avenue, B 119
Toronto, ON M5G 1X5
St. Michael‟s Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1W8
Toronto General Hospital
200 Elizabeth Street
Toronto, ON M5G 2C4
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Accommodations
Hotels:
Holiday Inn Toronto, Bloor-Yorkville
280 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1V8
Email: cn312res@whg.com
Hotel InterContinental 220 Bloor Street
West Toronto, ON M5S 1T8 Tel: 416-9605200 -or- 1-877-660-8550 Web:
http://toronto.intercontinental.com
The Sutton Place Hotel 955 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5S 2A2 Tel: 416-924-9221 or- 1-866-378-8866 Web:
http://www.toronto.suttonplace.com
Park Hyatt 4 Avenue Road Toronto, ON
M5R 2E8 Tel: 416-925-1234 Web:
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Email: reservationstorph@hyatt.com
Best Western 111 Carlton Street Toronto,
ON M5B 2G3 Tel: 416-977-8000 -or- 1800-780-7234 Web:
http://bestwesternontario.com
The University Club of Toronto 380
University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1R6
Tel: 416-597-1336 Web:
http://www.universitycluboftoronto.com
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The Four Seasons 21 Avenue Road Toronto,
ON M5R 2G1 Tel: 416-964-0411 Web:
http://www.fourseasons.com
Transportation
Shuttle:
Shuttle Bus from Toronto Airport to
University of Toronto:
6999 Ordan Drive Mississauga, ON L5T
1K6 Tel: 1-800-387-6787 Web:
http://www.torontoairportexpress.com/
Email: info@torontoairportexpress.com
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Fares and Rates:
Closest subway stations to the University of
Toronto, Hart House–St. George and
Museum
Single adult fare (buses, streetcars or
subway): $3.00
5 Tickets or Tokens: $12.50
10 Tickets or Tokens: $25.00
Single Day Pass
(unlimited for one person, one day): $10.00
Weekly Pass
(unlimited for one person, one week):
$36.00