Ruhr University of Education
The Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr (PH Ruhr) was a denominational university institution for the training of teachers.
The university existed from 1965 to 1980 as a joint institution in the Ruhr area. The universities of teacher education in North Rhine-Westphalia were founded after the Second World War in order to guarantee a university education for elementary school teachers . There were already educational academies in Prussia during the Weimar Republic, which were the forerunners of the Ruhr University of Education.
The following institutions were part of the Ruhr University of Education:
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Pedagogical University Dortmund
The Pedagogical Academy Dortmund was founded in 1929. In 1933 the name was changed to College for Teacher Training . From 1941 the facility was called the teacher training institute . After the Second World War, the Pedagogical Academy Dortmund was re-established in 1946, converted into a Pedagogical University in 1962 and integrated into the PH Ruhr as a Dortmund department in 1965. In Dortmund there was also a department for curative education . In 1980 the PH Dortmund was incorporated into the University of Dortmund .
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Pedagogical University Kettwig / Duisburg
The Protestant Pedagogical Academy Kettwig was founded on March 13, 1946. It has been called the Pedagogical University since 1962 and then became part of the Ruhr University of Education in 1965. In 1968 the academy from Kettwig , from 1975 a district of Essen, was relocated to a new building in Duisburg and was named the Ruhr University of Education, Duisburg Department. It became part of the University of Duisburg in 1972 .
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Pedagogical University Essen
The Pedagogical Academy Essen was founded on January 29, 1946 as a Catholic institution for teacher training. In 1965 the academy became part of the PH Ruhr. In 1972 it was affiliated to the comprehensive university in Essen .
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Hagen University of Education
The PH was re-established in 1963. In 1965 it became part of the PH Ruhr. In 1980 it was affiliated to the University of Dortmund.
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Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr, Hamm department
The department was founded in 1965 as a department of the PH Ruhr and in 1980 fell to the University of Dortmund.
literature
- 50 years of teacher training in Dortmund , ed. by the Rector of the Ruhr University of Education, Dortmund 1979.
- Teacher training on the Rhine and Ruhr in the 20th century: Symposium 40 years of the Ruhr University of Education in Duisburg ( = writings from the archive and library of the University of Duisburg-Essen 1), ed. by Ingo Runde, Duisburg 2011 (PDF file; 13.1 MB). ISBN 3-942158-04-3
- Franz Josef Wehnes: History of the Essen University of Education ( = Essen University Speeches 10/4 ), Essen 2002.