Georg Kerschensteiner – ajatukset ja vaikutus Suomen ammattikouluun

Authors

• Jari Laukia

Keywords:

Georg Kerschensteiner, työkouluideologia, ammattikoulu, ammattikasvatus, workschool ideology, vocational school, vocational education

Abstract

Georg Kerschensteiner (1854-1932) founded a school in Munich that was based on workschool ideology, he also renewed the Munich school system curricula throughout. The article discusses his educational ideas and activities for the development of education, as well as his influence on the vocational education in Finland. The review focuses on, for example, extension school classes, as in many cases they also provided vocational training. The article ends with a discussion of what the heritage of Georg Kerschensteiner has to give for today’s Finnish vocational education and training, as well as development and research work in that field.