Nesse trabalho apresentamos os resultados obtidos na pesquisa “A centralidade da Matemática no currículo: um estudo sobre as origens a partir da paideia platônica”. Partimos do estudo bibliográfico da paideia platônica, com o objetivo de demonstrar que a Matemática é central no sistema educacional platônico na medida em que possui a função de instrumentalizar o pensamento e formar homens aptos a guiarem-se pela razão em todos os aspectos da vida. Caberia à Matemática, dada sua dificuldade, o papelde selecionar os homens (...) mais capacitados racionalmente para seguir os estudos de Filosofia e, posteriormente, tornarem-se os governantes. Seguimos com a etapa empírica da pesquisa, com a qual buscamos demonstrar que existe na contemporaneidade a permanência de uma herança platônica em relação ao papel central da matemática no currículo e ao papel que ela ocupa em selecionar aqueles que podem dar continuidade aos estudos. (shrink)

This paper examines the theoretical and practical aspects of geodesic dome architecture in North America as part of an aesthetic of virtualization. Geodesic domes can be conceived of as virtual environments designed as alternatives to the contemporary world and its internal crises. They were originally a tool of the American counterculture of the 1960s to search for futuristic housing solutions which responded to ecological concerns. The contribution traces some of the most important phases of dome architecture, which crossed paths with (...) the emerging technoculture linked to the rise of virtual reality. Indeed, the idea of the dome as a means of imagining new virtual environments, as was the case of Biosphere 2, intersects with the career of VR pioneer Jaron Lanier. Today, virtual reality technologies have merged geodesic architecture with visualization devices, as happens in the case of “virtual domes”, offering a unique way to experience virtual reality and connect with others in a shared environment. (shrink)

Eduard Spranger, führender Theoretiker der geisteswissenschaftlichen Pädagogik, hat - vom Kaiserreich bis in die Bundesrepublik - die Erziehungswissenschaft in Deutschland entscheidend mitgeprägt. Diese Untersuchung geht der Frage nach, inwieweit es einen inneren Zusammenhang zwischen der politischen Biographie Sprangers und seinem erziehungswissenschaftlichen Werk gibt und ob dieser Zusammenhang zwar potentiell angelegt, jedoch nicht zwingend ist. Dabei werden Sprangers theoretische Grundlegung der Erziehungswissenschaft, seine deutschnationale Staatspädagogik, seine Haltung zu «Deutschtum», Militär und Krieg sowie seine politischen Positionen kritisch beleuchtet. Das Hauptaugenmerk des Autors (...) liegt auf Sprangers Unterstützung des NS-Regimes und seinem Umgang damit nach 1945. (shrink)