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Competencies, Bildung and education

19 October 2022, 5:30 pm–7:15 pm

Secondary school classroom with busy work-filled walls and students in own-clothes

Join this event to hear Dr Alessia Marabini and Dr Luca Moretti discuss two contrasting general approaches to education.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Yuxin Su

Location

Room W3.05
IOE, UCL
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL

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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About the Speakers

Dr Alessia Marabini

at 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 at 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.