Andreas Fritsch (classical philologist)
Andreas Fritsch (born September 2, 1941 in Guhrau / Silesia ) is a German classical philologist specializing in Latin language and literature and their didactics .
Life and professional history
After graduating from high school in Berlin (1960), Andreas Fritsch studied pedagogy at the Free University there and in Münster / Westphalia and specialized in Latin at an early age. After the first (1964) and second state examination (1966) he entered the school service. From 1969 he taught at the University of Education in Berlin , from 1972 as a professor. From 1970 he also held a teaching position for didactics in Latin teaching at the Free University of Berlin. From 1980 to 2007 he was a professor at the Free University, from 1987 with the title of University Professor. He also taught Latin at various schools for nine years. From 2001 to 2007 he also taught at the Humboldt University of Berlin in the discipline Fachdidaktik Latin .
In the academic self-administration Fritsch was several times managing director of the Institute for Language and Literature Didactics , the Central Institute for Subject Didactics and the Institute for Greek and Latin Philology at the Free University.
Subject areas of interest
Fritsch's main research areas are in the area of
- History and didactics of Latin teaching , especially studies on textbook criticism and development,
- Phaedrus as a school author,
- the Vulgate as school reading,
- Latinitas viva (literally: living Latinity , i.e. suggestions for spoken Latin),
- ancient language teaching during the Nazi era and in the Weimar Republic ,
- Studies of Comenius (1592–1670) and
- to the Prussian school reformer Friedrich Gedike (1754–1803).
Supraregional activity
Since 1991 Fritsch has been editor of the "Mitteilungsblatt des Deutschen Altphilologenverband ", from 1997 under the title " Forum Classicum ". From 2005 to 2013 he was chairman of the German Comenius Society and since 2005 a member of the Academia Latinitati Fovendae in Rome. For his 60th birthday, the 50th volume of the Auxilia series edited by Friedrich Maier was dedicated to him ( old texts in a new frame , edited by Stefan Kipf ), and for his 70th birthday, the “Bibliography for Latin Lessons 2” edited by Stefan Kipf and Markus Schauer , Clavis Didactica “(Bamberg 2011).
Awards
On December 2, 2013, Andreas Fritsch received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for his "services to the Latin language and literature and their didactics". On June 26, 2014 he was awarded the Comenius Medal by the National Pedagogical Museum and Library of JA Komenský (Národní pedagogické muzeum a knihovna JA Komenského) in Prague “for the excellent collaboration and for the dissemination of the legacy of JA Comenius in Germany”.
literature
- Who is who? The German Who's Who? Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, 2009/2010.
- Who is Who in the Federal Republic of Germany . 3rd edition. Zug / Switzerland 1994.
Authors and editorships of Latin textbooks (selection)
- CURSUS . Oldenbourg Schulbuchverlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-486-87705-4 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Andreas Fritsch in the catalog of the German National Library
Many of the titles of his publications can be found at:
- Publications
- Bibliography on subject didactics ( Memento from September 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Selected sources on the history of ancient language teaching
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fritsch, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guhrau |