Dietrich Kurz

Dietrich Kurz (born October 13, 1942 in Breslau ) is a German sports educator . Through his work on the multi-perspectives of sport, he has an important influence on the development of physical education in Germany.

life and work

After fleeing from Silesia , he grew up in Hanover , where he graduated from the Ratsgymnasium in 1962. From 1962 to 1968 he studied Greek, Latin and physical exercise at the Universities of Tübingen , Athens and Hamburg . He passed the 1st state examination in Tübingen, where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate. 1969 to 1970 he was a research assistant at the Philological Department of the University of Tübingen, 1970 to 1977 research assistant at the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Tübingen; In 1977 he completed his habilitation in sports science at the University of Tübingen. From 1978 to 2009 he was Professor of Sports Science (Sports and Education Department) at Bielefeld University .

Functions in science and sports

1974–2009 member of the curriculum commission and the central working group for the development (later revision) of guidelines and curricula for sport at schools in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
1985–1989 President of the German Association for Sports Science
1991–2005 Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Club of Cologne
1998–2009 member of the presidential assembly of the German Evangelical Church Congress
since 2008 chairman of the board of trustees for awarding the science prize of the German Olympic Sports Confederation

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Individual evidence

^ Arnd Krüger : La pluridisciplinarité dans l'éducation physique et sportive: un chemin difficile - Multiperspectivity as a basis of current German physical education . in: Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité 78, 2012, pp. 11-23 ( online ).
↑ Akribeia. The ideal of accuracy from the Greeks to Aristotle . Kümmerle, Göppingen 1970.
↑ Detlef Kuhlmann : Dietrich Kurz celebrates his 70th birthday. German Association for Sports Science, October 13, 2012, accessed on September 21, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	In short, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sports educator
DATE OF BIRTH	October 13, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw

[1] Arnd Krüger : La pluridisciplinarité dans l'éducation physique et sportive: un chemin difficile - Multiperspectivity as a basis of current German physical education . in: Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité 78, 2012, pp. 11-23 ( online ).

[2] Akribeia. The ideal of accuracy from the Greeks to Aristotle . Kümmerle, Göppingen 1970.

[3] Detlef Kuhlmann : Dietrich Kurz celebrates his 70th birthday. German Association for Sports Science, October 13, 2012, accessed on September 21, 2014 .