Exploring the ethics of agency through the lens of Bildung

Experiencing something of a renaissance, the German pedagogical idea ‘Bildung' has recently been reconsidered for contemporary education. Historically proposed by von Humboldt, Bildung's interplay represents a relational movement between a learner and the world that aims for personal freed...

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1. VerfasserIn: Wills, Ruth (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Jahr: 2017, Band: 22, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 317-328
RelBib Classification:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
NCA Ethik
VA Philosophie
ZF Pädagogik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Ethics
B Agency
B Education
B Bildung
B Repetition
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Zusammenfassung:Experiencing something of a renaissance, the German pedagogical idea ‘Bildung' has recently been reconsidered for contemporary education. Historically proposed by von Humboldt, Bildung's interplay represents a relational movement between a learner and the world that aims for personal freedom and growth. It is also identified as a means by which learners might become aware of their personal capacity to develop responses to daily experiences. Thus, it attends to agency and has resonance with children's spirituality. Whilst such a notion of learning might be promoted as an alternative to a functionalistic educational paradigm, this paper highlights ethical concerns regarding pedagogical freedom. It highlights philosophically the illusion of freedom and considers critically the place of power in learner-led methods. Finally, the paper proposes how a nuanced, Kierkegaardian application of Bildung might address the ethical concerns raised and proposes how a re-considered understanding of the notion might be valuable for education today.
ISSN:1469-8455
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2017.1377689