WERKEN ALS WIRKLICHE BILDUNG.

This contribution on the subject of craft (Werken) explores which kind of education children and young people need in an era of incomprehensible expansion of technology. While boundaries between humans and technology are and have been apparent, technology is more and more becoming a sphere lacking clear-cut boundaries. If one imagines the world in Cartesian terms, res extensa and res cogitans are affected; man and technology become more and more entangled in each other. The attempted response to the necessary educational effort in this paper has five considerations. Firstly, we track down the concept of reality. Secondly, we point out the creative urge which is unique to the human species. Thirdly, we are going to talk about the experience of reliability in a seemingly contingent, chaotic and complex world as a way of giving meaning. Fourthly, we will talk about our reality in the technosphere. And fifthly, we aim to show that it is up to the human being to live in harmony with the world he or she has created. Finally, it will be discussed what can be derived from this by speaking about craft as actual education and in which way this could relate to general technical education [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]