Carl Götze (pedagogue)

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Carl (Karl) Johann Heinrich Götze (born January 2, 1865 in Pinneberg , † May 2, 1947 in Cuxhaven ) was a German educator and school reformer .

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Carl Götze attended a teacher training college for elementary school teachers in Hamburg from 1884 to 1887 , where he then found his first job as a teacher. In 1906 he married Gertrud Scheel, with whom he had two children. From 1914 to 1919 he taught at the school in Brödermannsweg in Groß Borstel . He then took over the management of the Telemannstrasse experimental school in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel . In 1920 he switched to the school board, where he headed the elementary school system as a high school councilor. His period of service ended when he retired in 1930. He positioned himself as a social democrat early on, but only became a member of the SPD after 1918 .

As a school reformer, from the end of the 19th century, Götze was initially involved in the Society of Friends of the Fatherland Schools and Education System . He wanted to change the aesthetic education comprehensively and lead it from a technically oriented, theoretical drawing theory to creative design. To this end, he sat in on English schools where drawing lessons had been reformed and worked on an associated standard work by James Liberty Tadd , New Paths for the Artistic Education of Young People , which appeared on the German book market in 1900. As part of his efforts, he met the director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle , Alfred Lichtwark . In 1897 they organized an exhibition of free children's drawings in the Kunsthalle, which became known nationwide under the title “The Child as Artist”. Götze helped initiate the art education days , which took place in Dresden in 1901 , in Weimar in 1903 and in Hamburg in 1905. From 1905 to 1914 he published the art magazine Der Säemann and from 1908 he held a leading position in the Bund für Schulreform . The pedagogue worked closely with Georg Kerschensteiner and the Prussian Central Institute for Education in Berlin .

During Götze's service in the Weimar Republic , extensive school reforms took place in Hamburg. This included the self-administration of the schools, a work school, free forms of teaching and practical teaching methods. In addition, the institute for teacher training was launched. Together with School Senator Emil Krause, Götze was able to protect the four experimental schools in the elementary school system against attacks by conservatives. As a representative of the school reform in Hamburg, he took part in numerous domestic and foreign congresses and events.

The Carl-Götze-Schule in Groß-Borstel has been remembering the former teacher since 1991 .

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SURNAME Gotze, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Götze, Karl; Gotze, Carl Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and school reformer
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Pinneberg
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1947
Place of death Cuxhaven