Educating "Modern Mind" in the Light of the Evolution of Western Educational Thought.

Autor/in	Bulle, Nathalie
Titel	Educating "Modern Mind" in the Light of the Evolution of Western Educational Thought. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Erziehung zu 'modernem Denken' im Kontext der Entwicklung westlicher Bildungsgedanken.
Quelle	In: Historical social research, 42 (2017) 4, S. 253-279 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0172-6404
DOI	10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.253-279
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55301-3
Schlagwörter	Erziehung; Erfahrungswissen; Wissen; Erziehungsstil; Vergleich; Intelligenz (Psy); Kognitive Entwicklung; Kognitive Kompetenz; Curriculum; Erkenntnistheorie; Entwicklung; Konzeption; Modell; Westliche Welt
Abstract	My thesis is that liberal and progressive education models respectively refer to dual and unitary conceptions of intellectual development, and that these differences account for their pedagogical antagonisms. I test the validity of this argument by using it to account for the evolution of Western pedagogy and the fate of liberal and progressive education. I introduce the dualist epistemological premises of the major educational models that have followed one after the other in the history of Western education. Then, I account for the impact of classical empiricism, and later evolutionary doctrines, on the discredit of liberal education and the emergence of educational progressivism. Progressive educational conceptions are rooted in a representation of humankind developed under the influence of the Darwinian revolution. They justify an adaptive model of the mind within the framework of a functionalist psychology. According to alternative currents of modern educational thought, the use of auxiliary means of thought marks a rupture with human biological development. These currents underpin a dual conception of human reason according to which rational or theoretical understanding is a sui generis dimension of thought. They offer support for a modernized version of liberal education.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2020/2