Disciplines and Theory in the Academic Study of Education: A Comparative Analysis of the Anglo-American and Continental Construction of the Field

Autor/in	Biesta, Gert
Titel	Disciplines and Theory in the Academic Study of Education: A Comparative Analysis of the Anglo-American and Continental Construction of the Field
Quelle	In: Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 19 (2011) 2, S.175-192 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1366
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Intellectual Disciplines; Comparative Analysis; Comparative Education; Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study; Educational Theories; Interdisciplinary Approach; Educational History; Educational Development; Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; Educational Practices; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Geisteswissenschaften; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsentwicklung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Ausland; Bildungspraxis; USA
Abstract	In the English-speaking world educational research is often conceived as the interdisciplinary study of educational processes and practices. Hence research in education strongly relies on theoretical input from a range of different academic disciplines. What is virtually absent in this construction of the field is the idea of education as an academic discipline in its own right. The latter idea does however play a prominent role in the way in which the field of educational studies has developed on the Continent, particularly in the German-speaking world. In this paper I compare these two constructions of the field in order to understand why the field has developed so differently in different contexts. Comparing the different traditions raises some important questions about the theoretical resources available for the study of education; questions that are still important for the study of education today. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10