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Heidegger and the Technology of Further Education
Author(s) -
Standish Paul
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.00067
Subject(s) - lifelong learning , philosophy of education , sociology , pedagogy , higher education , learning society , political science , law
The new further education, characterised by managerialism, accounting systems and the packaging of learning, has brought about far‐reaching changes for staff and students, changes that can broadly be understood in terms of technology. This paper seeks to gain a new perspective on this through a consideration of Heidegger’s exploration of techne and of the pathologies of technology. The various responses that Heidegger advocates in the face of technology are then related to possibilities of good practice in technical and further education. The discussion involves questions concerning work and language, especially as these arise in conditions of postmodernity.