Armin Krenz

Armin Krenz (* 1952 ) is a German social pedagogue licensed to practice healing, psychological-therapeutic activities and the author of educational writings.

Live and act

Krenz studied social pedagogy with a diploma at the University of Essen (comprehensive university, FB II - educational sciences ). He is an honorary doctor and honorary professor from Moscow University. From 1975 to 1985 he worked in an education and life counseling center, then in a regional church training institution. From 1985 to 2013 he was co-owner and partner of the non-university "Institute for Applied Psychology and Education" (IFAP) in Kiel, where he worked as a science lecturer with a focus on "Research and advanced training in the field of elementary education". The basic topics are: professionalism and competencies of elementary educational specialists, person-oriented quality in elementary educational institutions based on humanistically oriented values, meaning and narrative values ​​of children's own forms of expression (based on Jungian psychology ).

Armin Krenz mid-80s the "situation-oriented approach" (as opposed to " situational approach " and "situation-related" approach) and early 2000 developed the well-known evaluation procedures "Kieler instruments for elementary education and performance quality, KIEL".

Publications

• Is my child capable of school? An orientation book. Kösel, Munich, 8th edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-466-30612-1
• Understand children's souls. Behavioral problems and their background. Kösel, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-466-30921-4
• Children need food for the soul. What we can give them for a happy life. Kösel, Munich, 3rd edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-466-30780-7
• What children's drawings tell. Understand children in their visual language. Vml - Verlag modern learning. Dortmund, 3rd edition 2009
• What children need. Active development support in kindergarten. Cornelsen Verlag Scriptor, Berlin 7th expanded and changed edition 2010
• Development of values ​​in early childhood education and upbringing. Cornelsen Verlag Scriptor, Berlin 2007
• Psychology for educators. Basics for practice. Cornelsen Verlag Scriptor, Berlin Reprint 2010
• Concept development in day care centers - professional, concrete, quality-oriented. Bildungsverlag EINS, Cologne 2008
• The "situation-oriented approach in daycare". Basics and practical help for child-oriented work. Bildungsverlag EINS, Cologne 2008
• Professional public relations in day-care centers. Bildungsverlag EINS, Cologne 2009
• Observation and development documentation in the elementary sector. Olzog Verlag, Munich 2009
• Child-oriented elementary education. Publishing house Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010
• Armin Krenz, Ferdinand Klein: Education through attachment. Early childhood education: inclusive and relational. Publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012
• Does the wind sleep when it isn't blowing? What is hidden behind children's issues. Kösel, Munich 2001
• See what I can do. Understand children and their world better. Kösel, Munich 2001

Web links

• Literature by and about Armin Krenz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Situation- oriented approach , presentation of the basics on Kita.de
• Armin Krenz: The situation-oriented approach of the 90s - the basis for a humanistically shaped and professionally designed elementary education , the Kita-Handbuch on kindergartenpaedagogik.de
• Armin Krenz: Quality of day care centers: a challenge for everyone! , The Kita-Handbuch on kindergartenpaedagogik.de
• Interview with Armin Krenz on the topic: " Ingredients for a happy life " on play and the future - the online portal for parents.
• Armin Krenz: The personality of the educator: the linchpin of every "good" pedagogy. , Pdf (4.2 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bianca McGuire, Cindy Benkel and Armin Krenz: The situation-oriented approach ( Memento from March 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Pdf (212 kB)