Hechtius (1795-1798) - the beginnings of historical-philosophical-idiographic research in comparative education
From its very beginnings, we can discern two methodological approaches to comparative education; one broadly historical-philosophical-idiographic and another broadly empirical-positivist-nomothetic. Friedrich August Hecht's 1795-1798 De re scholastica Anglica cum Germanica comparata (English an...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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Comparative education
Year: 2017, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 26-34 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0486 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03050068.2017.1396094 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2017.1396094
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| Author Notes: | Volker Lenhart |
| Summary: | From its very beginnings, we can discern two methodological approaches to comparative education; one broadly historical-philosophical-idiographic and another broadly empirical-positivist-nomothetic. Friedrich August Hecht's 1795-1798 De re scholastica Anglica cum Germanica comparata (English and German school education compared), with its hermeneutic textbook analysis, represents an idiographic methodology. Whilst the 1816/1817 data-driven research programme of Marc-Antoine Jullien - usually considered the origin of comparative education - represents an empirical-positivist-nomothetic approach. In this essay, we will examine the theoretical orientations of Hecht's study - his ideas of transnationality and national character, and his avoidance of the proposal of borrowing and lending. We situate the beginnings of Hecht's methodology in its social-historical context and analyse the transfer of interpretation methods from philology to comparative education. Finally, we will postulate a combination of Jullien's and Hecht's methodological approaches. |
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| Item Description: | Published online: 13 Nov 2017 Gesehen am 27.02.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1360-0486 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03050068.2017.1396094 |