Alexander Weber (psychologist)

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Alexander Weber in the German Running Therapy Center (DLZ) he founded in Bad Lippspringe

Alexander Weber (born June 25, 1937 in Hanover ) is a German psychologist and professor emeritus in the field of education , psychology , and sport at the University of Paderborn .

Live and act

After graduating from high school, Weber initially completed a teaching degree from 1957 to 1960, then studied psychology at the universities of Braunschweig and Freiburg i. B. , which he graduated with a diploma in 1964. After several years of school service and the second state examination, he was a research assistant at the Pedagogical University of Westphalia-Lippe in Bielefeld from 1968 to 1974 . In the meantime he received his doctorate as Dr. rer. nat. in the subjects of psychology, education and zoology at the TU Braunschweig .

From 1974 to 2002 he was professor of educational science with a focus on empirical pedagogy / pedagogical psychology at the newly founded comprehensive university, later at the University of Paderborn . His main areas of work in research and teaching were teacher behavior, small group pedagogy, applied group dynamics and non-verbal communication.

Weber held numerous offices both inside and outside the university sector. Among other things, he was AStA chairman, chairman of the Lippe-West adult education center (1966 to 1975), vice dean and dean in Faculty 2 of the GH / Uni Paderborn, chairman of the academic examination office (1984 to 2002), chairman of the cooperation committee of the University of Paderborn / Musikhochschule Detmold (1988 to 2002) and board member of GGE (Society for Group Work in Education eV, 1979 to 1989). Since 1988 he has been chairman of the board and head of the German Running Therapy Center (DLZ) that he founded in the same year.

Weber has been the founder and publisher of the DLZ-Rundschau magazine since 1990 and its predecessor, the ZfL-Rundbrief (1988–1990). He is a scientific advisor to various specialist journals and magazines. He has published over 300 publications to date. He conducted around 500 lectures, seminars and workshops on the topics of physical exercise, stress control, lifestyle, group dynamics and body language running.

Running therapy

Since 1980, Weber designed running therapy based on the “Paderborn model”. In 1988 he founded the German Running Therapy Center eV (DLZ) based in Bad Lippspringe and is its chairman and director. Together with employees at the University of Paderborn, with educators and doctors in the DLZ environment, he developed concepts, guidelines and curricular specifications for the training and further education of running therapists, running pedagogues and running group leaders. Since 1991 over 800 people from all parts of the German-speaking area have been trained.

The running boom in the 1970s gave the impetus to weekend seminars with the title “Psychology of Running”, which Weber directed; The organizers were communal adult education centers in East Westphalia. These seminars in turn inspired him to design the "running encounter" and "communicative running". Since then, running workshops lasting several days have been held annually on the German North Sea coast under this main program.

He also designed tests for the systematic observation and evaluation of running shoes. The test reports are published regularly in magazines.

Weber's diverse engagements in the broad field of health-oriented running made him known above all in running circles, he was dubbed a "running professor" by the local press. He has been an active runner himself since 1968 and later also became a triathlete.

Fonts (selection)

Writings on pedagogy

  • Verbal behavior in school lessons. Comparison of two groups of teachers with different lengths of professional experience. A contribution to empirical teaching research . New German School Publishing Company, Essen, 1972
  • as editor: Teacher action and teaching method . Wilhelm Fink, Munich, 1981, ISBN 3-506-74302-3
  • as editor with W. Klafki and E. Meyer: group work in elementary school lessons . Wilhelm Fink, Munich, 1981, ISBN 3-506-74304-X
  • as editor with E. Meyer: Activation of group processes. Vol. 1: Preschool - School - Lessons - Youth work . Schöningk, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-506-74302-3
  • as editor with E. Meyer: Activation of group processes. Vol. 2: University - Adult Education - Counseling - Therapy . Schöningk, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, 1982, ISBN 3-506-76154-4
  • as editor: Cooperative teaching and learning in schools . Heinsberg, 1986, ISBN 3-88852-140-8

Writings on running therapy

  • as editor: Health and well-being through regular running . Junfermann, Paderborn, 1984, ISBN 3-87387-226-9
  • Running recipes. VolksSport , Bruchhausen-Vilsen, 1984, ISBN 3-924515-00-X
  • Mental well-being through running . Sportinform, Oberhaching, 1986, ISBN 3-924557-17-9
  • Training program for beginners . Sportinform, Oberhaching, 1987, ISBN 3-89284-302-3
  • Running as therapy . German Running Therapy Center, Paderborn, 1990
  • as editor: People need movement. Slow endurance as a vehicle for a healthier life? Spiridon, Erkrath, 1990, ISBN 3-922011-19-5
  • as editor: Help yourself: run! The Paderborn model of running therapy and other concepts for long-term healthy and successful running . Junfermann, Paderborn, 1999, ISBN 3-87387-408-3
  • Running for wellbeing and fitness. 10 simple instructions and tips to increase and maintain motivation . Junfermann, Paderborn 2000
  • with WW Schüler: Why Cooper Invented Aerobics. 11 great theorists of running health . LAS, Regensburg, 2005, ISBN 3-89787-169-6
  • with K. Richter, WW Schüler: Running therapy based on the Paderborn model - a royal road to self-help . German Running Therapy Center, Bad Lippspringe o. J. (2013), ISBN 978-3-00-042314-7
  • K. Richter, R. Richter, WW pupil (ed.): Life school running. Basic texts by Alexander Weber on running therapy . Tredition, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7439-2061-3
  • as editor with WW Schüler: Lauftherapie in Lebenswelten. Basics, trends, examples of setting-oriented health promotion . Arete, Hildesheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-942468-95-4

literature

  • Wolfgang W. Schüler (ed.): Running encounters. A reader for the 75th birthday of Prof. Dr. Alexander Weber . Pro Business, Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86386-239-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h "Running professor" Alexander Weber has reached the age of 80. In: German Road Races. Accessed October 9, 2019 (German).
  2. ^ Association of running therapists (VDL): LT training. Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Weber, Alexander .: Why Cooper Invented Aerobics: 11 Famous Theorists of Running Health . Ed .: Alexander Weber, Wolfgang W. Schüler. LAS-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-89787-169-6 .
  4. ↑ ASTA of the Braunschweig University of Education: Student circular . Ed .: ASTA of the Braunschweig University of Education. June 1959, p. 2 - 5 .
  5. ^ Editing of the Lippische Landeszeitung: The tried and tested VHS association is merged into a new association . Ed .: Lippische Landeszeitung. 17th November 1976.
  6. ↑ LaufReport 30 years of DLZ. Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Klaus Richter, Raphael Richter (eds.): A matter of the heart German running therapy center DLZ speeches and writings by Wolfgang W. Schülers from 25 years of active association membership . tredition, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7469-2277-5 ( worldcat.org ).
  8. ↑ a b Alexander Weber: Health and well-being through regular running . Junfermann, Paderborn 1984, ISBN 3-87387-226-9 ( worldcat.org [accessed October 26, 2019]).
  9. ↑ The institute. German Running Therapy Center e. V, accessed October 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Alexander Weber, Wolfgang W. Schüler: Running therapy in Lebenswelten Basics - Trends - Examples of setting-oriented health promotion . Arete Verlag, Hildesheim 2018, ISBN 3-942468-95-6 ( worldcat.org [accessed October 26, 2019]).
  11. ^ Association of Running Therapists (VDL): Running encounters. Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover