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What Would Humboldt Say: A Case of General Bildung in Vocational Education?
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Abstract A classic philosopher in the Bildung tradition, Humboldt argued that general Bildung was the opposite of specialist training (vocational education). This has been a matter of contention and the aim here is to revisit the issue through an empirical case study. In the vocational education biography of... view more
A classic philosopher in the Bildung tradition, Humboldt argued that general Bildung was the opposite of specialist training (vocational education). This has been a matter of contention and the aim here is to revisit the issue through an empirical case study. In the vocational education biography of craft master Wolfgang B. he speaks about aspects of his education that have much in common with Humboldt’s ideal of general Bildung but transposed into the context of vocational education and training (VET). The concept of vocationalism (Beruflichkeit) provides context to the present argument which is that the contrast Humboldt made is relevant but not in the sense of there being two categories of education (general and vocational) but rather two expressions of pedagogy: one expansive and one exclusive. Furthermore, there are two versions of general or expansive Bildung present in the case. The conclusions are that empirical studies of vocational Bildung expand on the concept of Bildung, increase our understanding of how VET contains affordances of Bildung and of the curriculum-patterns related to this.... view less
Keywords
general education; vocational education; Humboldt, W.; educational ideal; educational content; curriculum development; vocational education school; specialization; expertise; qualification for key function
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Education and Pedagogics
Vocational Training, Adult Education
Free Keywords
VET, Vocational Education and Training
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 230-249
Journal
International journal for research in vocational education and training, 3 (2016) 3
ISSN
2197-8646
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works