Existentialism and Education

This volume examines Otto Friedrich Bollnow's philosophical approach to education, which brought Heidegger's existentialism together with other theories of what it is to be human. This introduction to Bollnow's work begins with a summary of the theoretical influences that Bollnow synthesized, and goes on to outline his highly original account of experiential educational reality--namely, as a reality alternately harmonious or broken, but fundamentally guided. This book will be of value to scholars and students of education and philosophy, especially those interested in bringing larger existential questions into connection with everyday educational engagement.

First to provide a biographical and thematic overview of Bollnow's philosophy of education Provides an accessible introduction to a key continental theorist of education and offers a thematic outline of Bollnow's theory Introduces readers to rich continental traditions in educational thought that are largely unknown in English, including human science pedagogy and pedagogical anthropology

Autorentext

Ralf Koerrenz is Professor of Historical Education and Global Education at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. Norm Friesen is Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the College of Education, Boise State University, USA.

Inhalt

1. What can we say with any certainty about human beings?.- 2. From Uncertainty to Deeper Understanding.- 3. Between Lebensphilosophie and Existential Philosophy.- 4. Rationality of the Irrational.- 5. Educational Reality.- 6. Conclusions: Criticisms and Connections.