Topic: Process Philosophy and Me

Presenter(s): Isobel Zhang

Isobel Zhang, a Chinese educator and author, is China director of ACTAsia, an organization promoting nature education for children since 2006. She will share her personal journey, including how the poetry of her teacher Bai Ya introduced her to process philosophy. A book she’s been working on since 2020, Caring For Life: Education Based on Mental Model Improvement, will be published in October. In it Zhang explains what she thinks about the support from process philosophy. She’s been involved in creating the first module for training teachers to encourage children to Care for Life with compassion and respect. Children’s books they have published in English and Chinese stress empathy and responsibility along with critical thinking. Series titles include Be Caring, Be Kind, Be Respectful, Be Together. Browse the references to Isobel Zhang on the ACTAsia website, which includes some of her earlier work on animal welfare concerns. She comes to us highly recommended by Dr. Zhihe Wang, Director of the Institute for Postmodern China.

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