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Bohlin, Henrik – Intercultural Education, 2013
The concept of "Bildung", sometimes translated as self-cultivation, is located at the core of an influential tradition of educational thought. A key question concerns the relationship between "Bildung" and interculturality. Drawing on Wilhelm von Humboldt and Hans-Georg Gadamer, and on the so-called transformative learning…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Correlation, Transformative Learning, Learning Theories
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Friberg, Torbjörn – Critical Studies in Education, 2015
In the light of some recent transformations in higher education, a moral governance of university teachers is starting to emerge, suggesting a decrease of professional autonomy. By drawing on the idea of Gilles Deleuze's "clinical analysis", the aim of this article is to re-problematize the increasingly common moral image of students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Victims of Crime
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Gougoulakis, Petros; Christie, Michael – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
The aim of this philosophical and historical position paper is to discuss the ways in which Popular Education--folkbildning--has contributed to the social transformation of Sweden through self-directed and collaborative educational practices. One of our premises is that individual transformative learning, fostered by folkbildning, has contributed…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Popular Education, Foreign Countries, Social Change
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Bohlin, Henrik – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
One of the most fundamental questions that can be asked about education is what it is for. Why do we need education? Which are its most fundamental purposes? The most obvious and generally accepted answer is that education aims at providing students with knowledge and skills which match the demands of employers, thus enabling students to find jobs…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Olsson, Annika; Bjoorn, Urban; Jonson, Gunilla – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe a retrospective reflection over unconscious, emergent learning among employees of an organization and to suggest how to capture these moments of experiential learning for future organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: Action research in organizations is undertaken in interaction with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes
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Kuokkanen, Rauna – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2005
This article explores the Sami philosophy of the gift as a basis for a transformative pedagogical framework. Grounded on the Sami land-based worldview, this philosophy calls for the recognition and reciprocation of gifts, whether gifts of the land, interpersonal gifts or giftedness of an individual. In particular, the article considers two Sami…
Descriptors: World Views, Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Indigenous Populations