Competencies, Bildung and education
Join this event to hear Dr Alessia Marabini and Dr Luca Moretti discuss two contrasting general approaches to education.
Competencies, Bildung and education
19 Oct 2022, 17:30 – 19:15
In this event, Alessia and Luca will compare: competence based education, which is very popular and dominant nowadays, and Bildung based education, which relies on the German notion of Bildung (or formation).
The first approach is atomistic, assessment-oriented and fits perfectly within a view of education that marries neoliberal logics. The second approach is instead holistic, teaching-oriented and in line with a neo-humanist vision of education. By analysing their respective advantages and disadvantages, Alessia and Luca will suggest merging these two approaches into one.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in philosophy of education.
PESGB seminar series
This event is part of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) seminar series. PESGB is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education. Its London Branch hosts seminars every Wednesday in conjunction with the Centre for Philosophy of Education. These seminars are led by national and international scholars in the field, covering a wide range of issues of educational and philosophical concern.
All are welcome to attend.
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Dr Alessia Marabini
Centre for Knowledge and Society at the University of Aberdeen
Her research areas are epistemology and philosophy of education. She has published articles in the Journal of Philosophy of Education and three monographs, the last of which, “Critical Thinking and Epistemic Injustice: An Essay in Epistemology of Education”, with Springer in 2022.
Dr Luca Moretti
Reader in Philosophy
University of Aberdeen
His research areas are epistemology, philosophy of education and political philosophy. He has published articles in various journals, among which Analysis, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and the Journal of Philosophy of Education. He has two monographs the last of which, “Appearance and Explanation” (co-authored by Kevin McCain), was published with OUP in 2021.