Georg Kerschensteiner's influence on the pedagogical thought of the Early Republic era in Turkiye
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Georg Kerschensteiner (1854–1932) was a world-renowned proponent of the work school concept (die Arbeitsschule). His educational
philosophy was adopted not only in Europe but also in other parts
of the world, both in the fields of primary school and vocational
education. This study aims to analyse how Georg Kerschensteiner’s
views on vocational education, civic education, work school, and
teaching were interpreted and adopted by the Early Republican
period Turkish pedagogical thinking. Moreover, it aims to scrutinise
the impact of his pedagogy on educational practices. In the post1908 period, in particular, concepts such as work-based education
and applied education played an important role in the establishment of the idea of work education. With the proclamation of the
Turkish Republic in 1923, Turkish administrators adopted such
vocational school principles as the official pedagogical guidelines
for its primary schools. During this period, Georg Kerschensteiner’s
publications were translated into Turkish, and his work school
gained an increasingly important place in Turkish pedagogy.
Turkish educators such as Halil F. Kanad, İsmail H. Tonguç, and
Hıfzırrahman R. Öymen played an important role in the adoption
of his ideas. The Kerschensteinerian approach to education was
more directly applied to teacher education in Türkiye, particularly
between 1935 and 1954.
