Quest for Modern Vocational Education – Georg Kerschensteiner between Dewey, Weber and Simmel

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  • ISBN 9783034300261
  • Weight: 400g
  • Dimensions: 150 x 220mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Aug 2009
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
  • Publication City/Country: CH
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Vocational education that includes both in-company training and schooling is a highly successful educational model – in fact, it has come to be considered the most effective kind of youth education to date. The development of this so-called Dual System is often attributed to Georg Kerschensteiner (1854-1932).
In this book Kerschensteiner’s work is presented in the context of modernization processes in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, when the urgent need was felt to balance general education and vocational needs. The corresponding discourse was influenced by modern thinkers like Dewey, Weber and Simmel.
This book thus offers new insights into the reform of vocational education and into educational thinking more in general.
The Author: Philipp Gonon is a Swiss educationalist with his main research focus on vocational education. He studied Pedagogy at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and at the Technical University of Berlin. From 1999 until 2004, Gonon was appointed as Full Professor at the Chair of Vocational Education at the University of Trier (Germany). Since 2004, he has been holding the Chair of VET and Teacher Training at the University of Zurich. Gonon’s main research areas are the German educationalist Georg Kerschensteiner, the relationship of school and occupation, and European educational reforms.

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