German Society for Technical Education
The German Society for Technical Education e. V. ( DGTB ) is an association for the promotion of technology teaching and technology didactics in research and teaching.
aims
As a technical didactic society , the DGTB primarily pursues the following goals:
- Promotion of technical education, especially in all school types and levels of the general education system,
- Support of specialist educational research and teaching in the field of technology didactics,
- Exchange of experiences on approaches, problems and forms of implementation of technical education in the classroom,
- Promotion of the training and further education of teachers in the field of technical education,
- Maintaining relationships with domestic and foreign organizations that pursue similar or identical goals.
founding
Inspired by consultations and the results of the German Symposium on General Technical Education in March 1995, the DGTB was founded on May 3, 1996 in Freiburg on the initiative of Burkhard Sachs.
When giving the name, a specific technical didactic approach was deliberately avoided, as this might have led to the exclusion of those who pursue integrative approaches (e.g. industrial studies, subject teaching), but at the same time because of the clarification of technical didactic questions and the promotion of technology-specific lessons are interested.
Chair, board of directors, management
- First Chairman (since September 2013): Christian Wiesmüller
- Board members: Maja Jeretin-Kopf (2nd Chair), Bernd Borgenheimer (Treasurer), Thomas Möllers (Secretary), Wilfried Schlagenhauf (Assessor), Andreas Hüttner (Assessor), Volker Torgau (Assessor)
- Management: Stefan Kruse
Presentations
Six work areas ("presentations") are identified, each with specific tasks:
- Fundamental questions (head: Wilfried Schlagenhauf)
- Teacher training (Head: Thomas Möllers)
- Young Talent Forum (Head: Timo Finkbeiner)
- Technical biographies (Head: Maja Jeretin-Kopf)
- Gender (Head: Maja Jeretin-Kopf)
- Publications (Head: Martin Binder)
Focus of work
The aim of the company is to make technical education an indispensable part of a contemporary general education in the social consciousness.
The focus of work is on all levels of the general education system; in addition, references to vocational and extracurricular education should be clarified and promoted.
The goals of the company are made more concrete through
- the implementation of conferences, seminars and congresses
- Didactic and practical information and documentation
- Development, collection and dissemination of teaching suggestions and practical aids for technology lessons
- Promotion of young scientists in the field of educational research with a focus on technical education.
- educational policy initiatives
- Promotion of the international exchange of experiences
Meetings
Since it was founded, annual specialist conferences have been held in which current topics in technology didactics are presented and discussed. In this respect, the conference topics also reflect the focal points of the technical didactic discussion:
1997 Environmental problems in technical education (Halle (Saale))
1998 Young Talent Forum for Technology Didactics (Freiburg i.Br.)
1999 New learning with new means (Ludwigsfelde)
2000 Practice and theory in technical education (Wilhelmshaven)
2001 Technical education for life (Bayreuth)
2002 Young Talent Forum for Technology Didactics (Münster)
2003 Educational standards and quality assurance in schools, universities and study seminars (Berlin)
2005 Technology lessons and professional orientation (Flensburg)
2007 Competence in the technical world (Essen)
2008 Good technology lessons (Münster)
2009 Fields of content and topics of contemporary technology instruction (Karlsruhe)
2010 Contents of modern technology lessons - structuring and clarification (Potsdam)
2011 International Conference on Technical Education in Relation to Science Education (Basel / Switzerland)
2012 Methods of teaching technology (Wolfsburg)
2013 Technical education from the start - together with the House of Little Researchers Foundation (Berlin),
2014 Technical education and STEM - opportunity or risk? (Oldenburg)
2015 Technology: Reality area and subject of education (Ingolstadt)
2016 20 years DGTB - Technical Education yesterday, today, tomorrow (Freiburg)
2017 learning locations for technical education (Frankfurt a. M.)
2018 learning in the beautiful new technology world (Magdeburg)
2019 technology lessons: tangible and witty. The contribution of technical education to cultural education (Flensburg)