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Bildung

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Transformative Learning Meets Bildung

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Translated into English, the German notion of Bildung means education, as in “Erwachsenenbildung” (adult education) or “ Bildungswissenschaften” (educational sciences). Beside this general use, Bildung is also a philosophical concept that refers to processes of cultivation of human capacities as well as to the end state of this process, the state of being educated, cultivated, or erudite.

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  1. Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany

    Thomas Fuhr

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  1. School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland

    Anna Laros

  2. Freiburg University of Education, Germany

    Thomas Fuhr

  3. Penn State University – Harrisburg, USA

    Edward W. Taylor

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Fuhr, T. (2017). Bildung. In: Laros, A., Fuhr, T., Taylor, E.W. (eds) Transformative Learning Meets Bildung. International Issues in adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-797-9_1

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