skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

Varieties of "Bildsamkeit"

Global education review, 2023, Vol.10 (1-2), p.50 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 2325-663X ;EISSN: 2325-663X

Digital Resources/Online E-Resources

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    Varieties of "Bildsamkeit"
  • Author: Kivelä, Ari
  • Subjects: Educational Anthropology ; Educational Philosophy ; Educational Theories ; Foreign Countries
  • Is Part Of: Global education review, 2023, Vol.10 (1-2), p.50
  • Description: Every theory of education endorses an image of a human being as someone who can be educated and is capable of self-education and self-cultivation. Since J.F. Herbart, educationalists have been sketching this image under the title "Bildsamkeit," which has become a central element of the specific German way of speaking about educational reality. Herbart famously claimed that the "Bildsamkeit" of the one who is to be educated is the basic concept of scientific pedagogy. In the first half of 20th century, W. Flitner claimed that "Bildsamkeit" is one of the key concepts of a general theory of education. "Bildsamkeit" is even more difficult to translate than "Bildung." Possible candidates could be educability, malleability, perfectibility, and plasticity. While the richness of this notion cannot be exhaustively translated into a single term, and while the meaning of a concept is, after all, in its use, this article aims to make explicit how this concept is used in different contexts. First, the philosophical anthropology behind this concept will be discussed. Second, the focus will be on the question of how "Bildsamkeit" is entwined in educational interaction. Finally, the connections between "Bildsamkeit" subjectivity and individuality will be thematized. These contemplations might give some provisional guidelines for future translations of this concept.
  • Publisher: Mercy College New York
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2325-663X
    EISSN: 2325-663X
  • Source: ERIC Full Text Only (Discovery)
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait