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190030 SE Educational Theories in International and Historical Comparison (2021S)

Education and Enlightenment

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 19 - Bildungswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes

Das Seminar wird im März online starten und voraussichtlich das ganze Semester online bleiben.
Dienstag wöchentlich 15.00 - 16.30 Uhr ab 2. März 2021.


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The two most influential literary 17th century representations of the tensions between enlightenment and education end with disaster: Voltaire's Candide ends up with gardening at home, Rousseau's Emile ends dependent on his educator and, finally, as slave. Thus, since the beginning of modern educational theorizing, there has been the question if education shares the "dialectics of enlightenment" (Adorno/Horkheimer), i.e. that the price for more enlightenment is getting more dependent. We will discuss classical and more recent attempts to discuss this tension in this course.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation, a paper presentation, a term paper, and - if need be - an oral examination.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Maintaining scholarly standards at the graduate level.

Examination topics

Active participation, a paper presentation, a term paper, and - if need be - an oral examination.

Reading list

Will be presented at the start of the course.

Association in the course directory

WM-M8

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