Die Höhle als Metapher zur Beschreibung von Bildungsprozessen – eine Studie zur Transformation von Platons Höhlengleichnis in bildungstheoretisch relevanten Diskursen

Learning – a starting point

“…The basic situation in the cave has often been interpreted as a relational seeing: that between uneducation and education (Benner, 2011;in Jaeger, 1959 "paideia vs. apaideusie"). Gruschka/Heinrich (1998) rightly contradict by pointing out that the prisoners are not uneducated but, on the contrary, are engaged in various things, thus, very well possessing a kind of pre-education, better, perhaps, pre-knowledge.…”

“…The "liberated" person, who is actually not liberated at all, since the person concerned does not know any state of freedom, therefore cannot be brought back anywhere, is, and this has already been frequently pointed out (e.g. Meyer-Drawe, 2005;Mitgusch, 2008;Benner/ Stepkowski, 2011;Gaus, 2012), put on the "educational path" ("reversal" or "redirection") or better learning path by force and coercion.…”