Ernst Bornemann (psychologist)

Ernst Bornemann (born May 21, 1912 in Aachen ; † July 7, 1988 in Altenberge ) was a German psychologist , social pedagogue and university professor who devoted himself in particular to industrial psychology and youth development .

Life

Ernst Bornemann was born on May 21, 1912, the second son of a private lecturer and a housemaid in Aachen. In 1914 the company moved to Breslau , as the father was offered a full professorship for metallurgy at the TH Breslau . After the surprising death of the father, the rest of the family moved back to Aachen to the grandparents' house. He passed his Abitur in 1930 at the secondary school in Aachen.

Bornemann had an interest in natural science as well as in current social problems . His career aspiration was that of a university lecturer in the natural sciences. Fluctuating in his interests, he then had something in mind in the field of geography and agriculture , only to flirt with philosophy shortly afterwards , which however - according to his own statement - disappointed him. So he first enrolled in Gießen to study mathematics and physics and soon switched to the TH Aachen . In the spring of 1932 he changed both the university and the subjects by taking up studies in psychology , education and physiology in Göttingen .

In an evening school for the unemployed founded by the student body , he gave classes and was confronted with the problems of unemployment. The preoccupation with it gave him the idea of going into adult education . He was from 1930 newly appointed to the University of Goettingen social psychologists Curt Bondy accepted as a graduate student, but the doctoral thesis had done himself than who had come to power in April 1933 Nazis Bondy removed from his position. The directions that his professors, including Moritz Geiger , Georg Misch , Herman Nohl and Otto Friedrich Bollnow , took, did not satisfy him. On the other hand, he was taken with the Göttingen philosopher Leonard Nelson . After Nelson's death, his pupil Heinrich Düker became his role model. Bornemann wanted to do his doctorate with him, but Düker was arrested in 1935 for political reasons. In the third attempt Bornemann received his doctorate in 1937/1938 with Narziss Ach with The Effects of Inevitable Work at Excessive Tempo .

He did not want to treat general clinical pictures, but to help people who have been hit by an individual fate in their psychological and / or social need. Therefore, during the doctoral phase, he successfully tried to gain experience as a volunteer assistant in a sanatorium - without being able to demonstrate the specific professional orientation .

In 1938 he got his first job at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Occupational Physiology in Dortmund. During this time he got to know Änne Melcher while carrying out a project for the Dortmund career counseling service . She became his wife, shared his future work areas and continued her education to become a lecturer in psychology and pedagogy at a college for social women's professions in Aachen.

Bornemann was employed by the Hoesch Group as a factory psychologist from spring 1942 until the end of the war . In the last months of the war in 1945 he wrote his habilitation thesis at the University of Münster . It bears the title Analysis of basic psychological functions as the basis of practical aptitude tests . The father of his postdoctoral qualification was Wolfgang Metzger .

After the end of the war, he and Otto Neuloh founded the social research center at the University of Münster . He was also involved in the re-establishment of the Institute for Psychology and Education (which, to Bornemann's annoyance, was later divided into two separate departments) at the same university. From 1947 to 1951 he conducted research as an assistant to Wolfgang Metzger and taught applied psychology at the new institute. After Metzger's dismissal for disciplinary reasons in 1951, he retained his teaching license , which in 1954 was extended to include the subject of social pedagogy, but held lectures on industrial psychology at the Technical University of Aachen and accepted assignments as a freelance management consultant in various branches of industry. It dealt with aptitude selection , accident prevention , training and further education up to the development of management structures .

After a year and a half the offer was made to him to come to Bochum as a city psychologist in the educational counseling center, a subdivision of the youth welfare office . The pioneering role of this innovative institution called on many people from home and abroad who were willing to imitate it. Bornemann was also regularly invited as a speaker or work group leader to the international socio-pedagogical workshops in Salzburg . The publication of the interdisciplinary three-volume manual of social education gave him additional reputation, as a result of which he consolidated his repeatedly controversial position at the University of Münster.

In 1962 he was asked to take over the management of the Evangelical City Academy in Bochum. He held this until 1968. After that he devoted himself mainly to his university teaching position and retired in 1977 at the age of 65.

Workspace

Not least influenced by his father's job, Bornemann initially turned his attention to the natural sciences. However, he came to the conclusion: “We are building a world with scientific and technical achievements that is not adapted to human nature. Psychology and pedagogy had to become my subjects! ”He specialized in the areas of industrial psychology, industrial psychology and aptitude diagnostics. He examined questions of mental and physical strain that had already been mentioned in his dissertation. In later years he became increasingly concerned with socio-educational aspects of youth development and educational advice.

Publications (selection)

• 1938: The effects of inevitable work at excessive speed. A contribution to fatigue research and the will theory . JA Barth, Leipzig (dissertation).
• 1952: fatigue. Their manifestations and contraception. Contributions to recent research on fatigue (= man and work ; Volume 4). Vegag Verlag, Vienna (also: Kinau, Lüneburg).
• 1957: group work and productivity. Report on a study trip to the USA (= Rationalization Board of Trustees of the German Economy RKW Foreign Service ; Issue 72). Hanser, Munich.
• 1958: Youth problems of our time . Psychology Publishing House Dr. CJ Hogrefe, Göttingen.
• 1959: Investigations into the degree of mental strain. An experimental psychological study carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Occupational Physiology, Dortmund . Publisher Anton Hain, Meisenheim / Glan.
• 1960: Analysis of the function and strength development of the human personality . Publisher Anton Hain, Meisenheim / Glan.
• 1962: The youngster in the company . Psychology Publishing House Dr. CJ Hogrefe, Göttingen.
• 1963: Educational advice. A way to overcome the educational need . E. Reinhardt, Munich / Basel.
• 1964: (As editor) Handbook of Social Education in three volumes . Herder, Freiburg i.Br.
• 1964: Young people and their free time. Opportunities and Threats . Psychology Publishing House Dr. CJ Hogrefe, Göttingen.
• 1966: (Together with Rosemarie Nave-Herz :) Directory of social science research institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany (including bibliographical appendix on handbooks and dictionaries, bibliographies and journals) . Schwartz & Co., Göttingen.
• 1967: Industrial Psychology . Business publisher Gabler, Wiesbaden.

Awards

• 1966: Silver Medal of Honor Greek Red Cross

literature

• Klaus-Peter Horn : Educational Science in Germany in the 20th Century. To develop the social and professional structure of the discipline from initial institutionalization to expansion . Publishing house Julius Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn / Obb. 2003, ISBN 3-7815-1271-1 , chapter 7. Biographical data of the professors of educational science at the German scientific universities from 1919 to 1965. Bornemann, Ernst, S. 197 f .
• Klaus Schilde: Bornemann, Ernst (1912–1988) . In: Klaus-Peter Horn, Heidemarie Kemnitz, Winfried Marotzki (eds.): Klinkhardt Lexikon Erziehungswissenschaft . With the participation of Stefan Iske (=  UTB Volume 8468 ). KLE tape 1 : Aa, Karl von - group processes. Publishing house Julius Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn / Obb. 2012, ISBN 978-3-8252-8468-8 , pp. 206 .
• Uwe Wolfradt: Bornemann, Ernst . In: Uwe Wolfradt, Elfriede Billmann-Mahecha, Armin Stock (eds.): German-speaking psychologists 1933–1945 . An encyclopedia of persons, supplemented by a text by Erich Stern. 2nd updated edition. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-15039-6 , Biographies B: Bahle - Buß. Bornemann, Ernst, S. 49 f .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ernst Bornemann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Ernst Bornemann: Ernst Bornemann . In: Ludwig J. Pongratz (Hrsg.): Pedagogy in self-portrayals . With contributions by Ernst Bornemann, Walter Friedländer , Erika Hoffmann , Andreas Mehringer , Albert Krebs , Gisela Konopka , Elisabeth Siegel . tape 4 : Social Pedagogy. Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 3-7873-0520-3 , p. 1-57 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Uwe Wolfradt: Bornemann, Ernst . In: Uwe Wolfradt, Elfriede Billmann-Mahecha, Armin Stock (eds.): German-speaking psychologists 1933–1945 . An encyclopedia of persons, supplemented by a text by Erich Stern. 2nd updated edition. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-15039-6 , Biographies B: Bahle - Buß. Bornemann, Ernst, S. 49 f .
3. ↑ Martin Rothland: Discipline History in Context. Educational science at the University of Münster after 1945 (=  contributions to the theory and history of educational science . Volume 29 ). Julius Klinkhardt Verlag, Bad Heilbrunn 2007, ISBN 978-3-7815-1580-2 , chapter 2.5. Early Approaches to University Social Education - Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze and the Social Education Seminar 1951/52 to 1959, p. 151-155 .
4. ^ Klaus-Peter Horn: Educational Science in Germany in the 20th Century. To develop the social and professional structure of the discipline from initial institutionalization to expansion . Publishing house Julius Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn / Obb. 2003, ISBN 3-7815-1271-1 , chapter 7. Biographical data of the professors of educational science at the German scientific universities from 1919 to 1965. Bornemann, Ernst, S. 197 f .
5. ↑ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Bornemann, Ernst, p. 52 .
6. ^ Ernst Bornemann: Ernst Bornemann . In: Ludwig J. Pongratz (Hrsg.): Pedagogy in self-portrayals . With contributions by Ernst Bornemann, Walter Friedländer, Erika Hoffmann, Andreas Mehringer, Albert Krebs, Gisela Konopka, Elisabeth Siegel. tape 4 : Social Pedagogy. Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 3-7873-0520-3 , p. 1–57 , here p. 4 .