Barbara Brüning

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Barbara Brüning (born August 29, 1951 in Leipzig ) is a German SPD politician and former member of the Hamburg Parliament ; Professor at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Educational Science at the University of Hamburg .

Life

Barbara Brüning graduated from high school in Leipzig in 1970 . She then studied philosophy , Slavic studies and educational science in Hamburg from 1977 to 1982 . In 1985 he received his doctorate and in 1998 his habilitation . Today she works as a professor at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Educational Science at the University of Hamburg and as an author of non-fiction and school books, in particular on philosophy and philosophy didactics. She is a member of the German Teachers Association .

politics

In 1990 she joined the SPD. From 1997 to 2008 she was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. The main focus of her parliamentary work was European and educational policy (especially universities). Brüning represented the SPD in the European Committee, School Committee and Science Committee. She was a member of the addition Inquiry Commission "school development". She was the specialist spokesperson for her group for science and research .

Publications (selection)

  • Philosophizing with six to eight year old children in the extracurricular education. Considerations on an action-oriented approach taking into account practical experience , Hamburg 1985.
  • Ethics education in Europe. Traditions from the history of ideas, curricular concepts and didactic perspectives in secondary level I , Leipzig 1998.
  • Philosophizing in secondary school , Weinheim 2003.
  • Introduction to Philosophy , Berlin 2004.
  • Little ABC of Ethics , Leipzig 2008.
  • Children are the best philosophers , Leipzig 2008, 2nd edition.
  • How should the world of tomorrow be? Treating ethical questions from nature and technology in class, Weinheim 2009.
  • Philosophers' sayings , Leipzig 2010, 6th edition.
  • Philosophizing in Primary School , Berlin 2010, 2nd edition
  • Princess Lara and the little dinosaur , Troisdorf 2010.
  • Philosophize with Lara and the little dinosaur . Practical book for thinking about people, animals and the world, Troisdorf 2010.
  • Ethics Philosophy Didactics. Practical manual for secondary level I and II, Berlin 2016.

literature

  • Zrinka Stimac, Religious plurality in school books. Analysis of selected ethics books in eastern and western federal states, in: C. Bultmann / A. Linkenbach (Ed.), Translate Religions. Clichés and prejudices in the religious discourse (lectures of the Interdisciplinary Forum Religion of the University of Erfurt, vol. 11). Münster 2015. pp. 45–71 (with an analysis of Barbara Brüning's textbooks).

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personal data
SURNAME Brüning, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig