Instrumentalism in Education – Where is Bildung left?
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Stefanie HillenCarmela Aprea (Hrsg.)

Instrumentalism in Education – Where is Bildung left?

2015,  160  Seiten,  broschiert,  29,90 €,  ISBN 978-3-8309-3054-9

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“Instrumentalism by Education – Where is Bildung left?” by Stefanie Hillen and Carmela Aprea aims to make visible those processes, conditions, and impacts on and in European educational institutions (k-HigherEd-VET) which are nowadays influenced by the phenomena of accountability, new public management, outcome-based learning, and educational policies which themselves obviously absorb or even perpetuate these phenomena. Are these phenomena evidence of an increasing instrumentalist view in education? The tendencies mentioned above do not just have an impact on learning processes and results but also on the way in which Bildung and Education are understood and realised in formal learning situations. It is striking that - independent of the original standpoints in a multifaceted European educational landscape with its variety of educational systems - these influences can be recognised as much more than marginal. Rather, they impact upon all educational institutions from kindergarten, preschool, and comprehensive school to higher education, vocational training, special education, and further education. Researchers from different European countries reflect on these perceived ‘instrumentalist’ tendencies from their own national educational platforms, educational backgrounds in theoretical and empirical research, and educational practice: that is, on a macro-, meso-, and microlevel.


Mit Beiträgen von

Carmela Aprea, Volker Bank, Stefanie Hillen, Bernadette Hörmann, Aslaug Kristiansen, Jorunn H. Midtsundstad, Dag Nome, Rocco M. Postiglione, Michaela Stock, Ilmi Willbergh, Eve line Wuttke and Turid Skarre Aasebø.