Introduction: The Humboldtian Tradition and Its Transformations

Rising to the pedagogical challenges of the Fourth Industrial Age in the university of the future: an integrated model of scholarship

“…Newman did not believe that universities should be places of research, this should be undertaken by other specialist institutions with universities focusing on teaching (Newman, 1852). The Humboldtian model of higher education introduced the idea that teaching and research co-occur in universities, and was established at the University of Berlin in 1810 (Josephson, Karlsohn, & Östling, 2014). Ideas set out by Willhelm von Humboldt were freedom of thought, students as free adults who should be free to study under any teacher they wanted and professors who should be able to lecture on any subject in the search for truth (regardless of politics and religion).…”

On Emotions, Knowledge and Educational Institutions

“…38 Humboldt, 2010. A discussion over the role of Humboldt-as a symbol and as a person-in the development of the modern research university (and also reflections on current research regarding this role) is found in Josephson, Karlsohn and Östling, 2014. considered one of the most important expressions of the principles that would dominate the modern research university-Humboldt emphasises the importance of enthusiasm, affection, and passion for the sciences in their own right. It is true that he does not use the word love, but he draws a picture of the true researcher's personality that bears strong resemblance to Schiller's philosophical person.…”