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FROM EVENT TO PROCESS. TIME — BASED THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION

Walter Herzog ; Institut za pedagogiju, Sveučilište u Bernu, Švicarska Odsjek za pedagošku psihologiju


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Abstract

Educational theory still lacks an agreed definition of its central idea, namely the concept of education. An analysis of certain attempts to provide such a definition shows that the phenomenon of education is often conceptualised in a very narrow sense. One particular criticism is that the reported definitions fail to include the social basis of education. The question is raised as to the causes for this narrow definitional restriction. It is assumed that one substantial reason lies in the limited spatial imagery or metaphors which are applied to the treatment of conceptual problems in educational science. Spatial metaphors are not capable of recognising social phenomena in their full dynamism. It is suggested that in order to arrive at a more appropriate definition one should use modal time as a basis for comprehending the concept of education. In the light of an understanding of time as qualitatively differentiated into past, present and future, education appears to be rooted in social interactions, which are based on a reciprocal structure.

Keywords

education; educational theory; social interaction; metaphor; reciprocity; time

Hrčak ID:

139372

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/139372

Publication date:

19.5.2004.

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