Adolf Lang (pedagogue)

Adolf Lang (born March 8, 1823 in Vienna ; † January 4, 1897 there ) was an Austrian teacher .

Life

Adolf Lang, son of a police officer , studied Jus and then classical philology at the University of Vienna . In 1851 he passed the teaching examination for language teaching at lower grammar schools and was employed as a supplement at the state grammar school in Marburg an der Drau until 1853 , then at the German grammar school in Pressburg . In 1854 he expanded his teaching qualifications to upper secondary schools and was appointed professor at the Theresian Knight Academy and the Academic Gymnasium .

In 1857, Lang was appointed director of the Marburg grammar school, where in 1858, on the occasion of the centenary celebration, he established a Schiller Foundation to reward pupils for poetic attempts in German and Slovene. In 1862 he obtained the introduction of physical education .

After violent attacks because of his loyal attitude towards the Slovenes , Lang resigned from his position in 1868 and was then from 1869 to 1871 as a professor of Latin and Greek at the kk Real-Obergymnasium in Vienna III. active. In addition, in his role as school inspector for the political and school district of Großenzersdorf , he initiated the establishment of a district teachers' library . In 1871, Lang was appointed state school inspector for humanistic subjects at all secondary schools in Lower Austria . From 1879, Lang was entrusted with the department of high school affairs in the Ministry of Education , and he headed the examination committee for the teaching post for shorthand .

In 1882 he was appointed councilor and retired. He then lived temporarily in Baden , where he served as first councilor and vice mayor between 1888 and 1889 .

Act

Adolf Lang wrote a number of scientific and educational treatises. In the Gymnasialequêten , which were called by the minister , he was proactive and especially with his "Promemoria" of 1881 trend-setting.

Fonts (selection)

• About the Hesiodic myth from the oldest human races, In: Annual Report of the Imperial and Royal Theresian Academy, 1856;
• Epilogue to the 100th jubilee at the kk grammar school in Marburg an der Drau, 1858;
• Citizenship, Festival in 2 Acts, 1861;
• Homer and the gift of Dionysus, In: Program of the kk Gymnasium Marburg an der Drau, 1862;
• Die Realien an Gymnasien, In: Zeitschrift für die Österreichische Gymnasien, 1871;
• About the Matura examination at the Austrian grammar schools, 1872;
• On the teaching objectives of the Austrian grammar schools and secondary schools, 1872;
• About the reform efforts in the field of the Realschule, 1874;
• Promemoria concerning the organization of the Austrian grammar schools, 1881;

swell

• Badner Zeitung ( Badner Bezirksbote ) of January 6, 1897;
• Journal for the Austrian grammar schools, 1897;
• Hermann Rollett: New Articles, Part 10, 1897, p. 74:
• Annual report of the kk grammar school in Marburg, 1852–67;
• Annual report on the grammar school at the kk Theresianische Akademie, 1853, 1856–58;
• Program of the kk Real and Obergymnasium on Landstrasse in Vienna, 1869 / 70-1878 / 79;
• Annual report of the Lower Austrian Landesrealgymnasium and the associated trade school in Baden, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1883, 1885–87, 1889, 1892, 1896;
• Jan Šedivý: History of the Marburg High School, In. Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje, 1967;

Web links

• Beetle:  Lang Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 438.