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Martin Heidegger

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Education Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19806-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-19805-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 12, 2015

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Chapter 1Heidegger’s Life and Early Philosophy

Hodge, Steven

Pages: 1 –14

[Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) was one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century. He combined an original take on contemporary philosophical movements with a revival of one of the most enduring questions of Western thought: what is Being? He led a complex life which included an early...
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Chapter 2Heidegger’s Later Philosophy

Hodge, Steven

Pages: 15 –29

[Heidegger’s early strategy for answering the question of Being—his lifelong quest—had been to analyse human being. He eventually decided that this strategy was flawed and called this realisation his ‘Turn’. Although the question of Being remained his focus, he approached it in different ways. He...
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Chapter 3Education Enframed and ‘Real’

Hodge, Steven

Pages: 31 –46

[Heidegger’s philosophy abounds with implications for education. He addressed a number of perennial concerns of education theory, such as the nature of human being, of our intellectual traditions and of the social world. He made direct contributions to educational thought too. For instance, he...
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Chapter 4The Meaning of Learning

Hodge, Steven

Pages: 47 –62

[Educators are guided in their work by more or less explicit theories of learning, which researchers have put considerable effort into constructing. Heidegger’s challenge to education is thus an opportunity to critically reflect on theories of learning. Heidegger’s philosophy suggests that human...
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Chapter 5What Is Called Teaching?

Hodge, Steven

Pages: 63 –83

[This chapter offers a closer examination of Heidegger’s thinking in relation to teaching. His early philosophy suggests an existential analysis of teaching. According to this analysis, teachers may adopt a traditional role and shape their students to conform to official expectations....
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Chapter 6The Question Concerning Curriculum

Hodge, Steven

Pages: 85 –104

[Heidegger’s philosophy and direct contributions to educational thought do not make it easy to envisage a form of curriculum that can promote openness to Being. Much debate goes on about curriculum already. There are arguments that curriculum should be about appreciating the achievements of human...
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Chapter 7Heidegger’s Challenge to Education

Hodge, Steven

Pages: 105 –113

[This chapter summarises the implications of Heidegger’s philosophy for education. His critical insights problematize education in several ways. The very idea of education is thrown into question by Heidegger’s critiques of humanism and instrumental thinking. He characterises humanism as a...

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