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SUMMARY:From biographical research to the concept of the Pedagogical Self:
  looking at educational theories from a self-psychological perspective - P
 rofessor Volker Kraft\, Neubrandenburg\, Kiel and St Edmund’s College
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CONTACT:Patricia Tynan
DESCRIPTION:After some introductory remarks about the “non-clinical” t
 radition of psychoanalytic thinking the main part of the presentation will
  deal with the possibilities of a self-referentially orientated biographic
 al research using life and work of Pestalozzi as a paradigmatic example. T
 he leading question is how biographical circumstances\, early childhood ex
 periences and special life events may have influenced both the content and
  form of his pedagogical thinking and educational theorizing. The answers 
 given to this question will clearly demonstrate the usefulness of psychoan
 alytic concepts in analyzing and understanding educational theories. In ma
 ny cases their theoretical forms seem to be “contaminated” by individu
 al experiences and conflicts. To put it differently: educational theories 
 often tend to have a specific “context of discovery” (Reichenbach) whi
 ch – at least to some extent - can be brought to light by psychoanalytic
  means.\nA psychoanalytic look of this kind on educational theories offers
  several perspectives for further research which will be shortly outlined 
 using “The Pedagogical Self” as an umbrella term for the different cha
 llenges that the collective educational consciousness has to deal with.\n\
 n\n*Prof. Dr. Volker Kraft* (Dipl.-Päd./Dipl.-Psych.) is Professor for Ed
 ucational Science\, Socialpedagogy\, Psychology and Counselling in the Uni
 versity of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg and a member of the Faculty of 
 Philosophy of Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel).  He
  is also an accredited psychotherapist working in the Kohutian tradition w
 ith his own clinical practice and member of the International Association 
 for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP).\nHe is currently a Visiting Fe
 llow at St Edmund’s College attached to the Von Hügel Institute.\n
LOCATION:GS5 Faculty of Education\, New Faculty Building\, 184 Hills Road
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