When mere knowledge is not enough: the potential ofbildungas self-determination, co-determination and solidarity
| Autor: | Ester Fremstad, Molly Sutphen, Tone Dyrdal Solbrekke, Eevi E. Beck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Higher Education Research & Development. 34:445-457 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8366 0729-4360 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07294360.2014.973373 |
| Popis: | How can higher education educate graduates who know more than ‘just knowledge’? Such an education includes developing in students an awareness of the limits of their knowledge, an ability to discern what kinds of knowledge are appropriate in a given situation and a sensitivity to different forms of knowing. When is scientific rigour appropriate and when is another type of knowing appropriate? When should one set aside own preferences in favour of the needs of others? This paper rethinks ‘bildung’ as a source of ideas on aims for teaching students. Making the arguably ephemeral ideal of bildung work in practice can be an obstacle. This paper, however, takes it as a positive challenge, exploring ways in which bildung might be appropriate in professional education. If bildung can be helpful even within this most applied part of higher education, implications in terms of the development of more readily applicable and fully inclusive notions of bildung would benefit not only professional education but also hig... |
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