Norm Friesen

JL Marion, Berlin, October 8, 2025 Given at the opening of the 7th International Symposium on Phenomenological Research in Education (video to eventually be posted later here: https://www.youtube.com/@allgemeineerziehungswissen9347 ) It is worthwhile for…

A deeply insightful presentation on theory and practice in education that I just had to translate, from O.F.

“That failure may have a far deeper foundation, that it is actually founded in the essence, even in the dignity of education itself, has never been considered.

Human Science Pedagogy: An International Colloquium June 11, 12:30-4:30 University of British Columbia, Koerner Library, RM216 (Vancouver, BC, Canada) What is Human Science Pedagogy?

Here’s a blog post about the book just posted by the publisher, Johns Hopkins U.P.

Paper introducing the “human” education of Friedrich Schleiermacher.

This presentation traces the origin of Luther’s catechism and its impact on later educational methods, materials and instructional interactivity, using German and American examples from the 16th to the 21st centuries.

Forthcoming from Johns Hopkins University Press.

Klaus Mollenhauer’s late philosophical text, Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing (2014) deals in a highly original and accessible way with education in its most basic human and cultural constituents.

Pedagogical tact has been a topic of significant international interest in educational discourse since it was initially defined by J.F.