Overcoming the ivory tower: Transfer and societal responsibility as crucial aspects of the Bildung-Psychology approach.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Schober, Barbara; Brandt, Laura; Kollmayer, Marlene, ; Spiel, Christiane
- Source
- European Journal of Developmental Psychology; Nov2016, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p636-651, 16p
- Subject
- Educational psychology
Demand for education
Decision making
Theory of knowledge
Universities & colleges
Education research
- Language
- ISSN
- 17405629
Strong evidence indicates the importance of successful education for individuals as well as for society as a whole; however, evidence-based knowledge from educational psychology is frequently not (successfully) transferred to decision-makers and practitioners. Besides, there is an increasing demand for transfer of academic knowledge in general to help resolve diverse societal challenges – codified as the obligation of universities to perform aThird Mission. This paper aims to demonstrateBildung-Psychology’scontribution to successful knowledge transfer. Two examples from Bildung-Psychology illustrate how teaching and research activities can contribute to fulfilling universities’ Third Mission. By localizing these activities within the structure model of Bildung-Psychology, we aim to depict how this framework may serve as a role model for other scientific fields to build a firm basis for successful transfer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]