Erwin Schwartz

Erwin Schwartz (* July 27, 1916 ; † July 6, 2003 ) was a German educator and professor for elementary school education and founder of the German elementary school education reform movement.

Life

He completed his education studies at the universities in Lauenburg , Posen and Munich . After the Second World War, he began his academic career in 1952 at the University of Education in Oldenburg as an educational assistant, where he was later appointed as a university professor. During this time he published his first reform-oriented primary school pedagogical writings. He turned against the popular education that was prevalent at the time and campaigned for the independence of the elementary school , which at that time was still the lower level of the elementary school . In 1966 he was offered the professorship for elementary school education at the University of Education at the University of Frankfurt .

He became known nationwide as the initiator of the first German primary school congress in 1969 in Frankfurt aM. There, social justice in the education system was discussed and the possibilities of promoting talent for all children were emphasized. His active attitude towards the reform of the primary school resulted in various initiatives. He became the initiator and editor of the primary school magazine , which he developed from an insert of Westermann's educational articles . In articles he repeatedly emphasized the need to improve the training of primary school teachers and to create a good learning environment for children. In 1968/69 he initiated and founded the primary school working group , which in 1991 became a primary school association with 16 regional groups. The Working Group Primary School gave the series under the direction of Erwin Schwartz numerous volumes contributions to the reform of primary school out. Including volumes on the lively design of classrooms and the integration of learning locations outside the classroom in primary school lessons. Erwin Schwartz made a significant contribution to the profiling of the new school subject, material teaching , through many publications and in particular the publication of the volume "From local history to general teaching" .

Honors

The Erwin Schwartz Elementary School Prize was named after Schwartz and is awarded by the Elementary School Association "for special services to the elementary school and the education of your children". Prize winners: 2006 Heide Bambach, 2009 Prof. Richard Meier , 2014 Prof. Dr. Jörg Ramseger , 2016 Dr. hc Annemarie von der Groeben , 2018 to Prof. Dr. Hans Brügelmann , 2019 Dr. hc Horst Bartnitzky.

Works (selection)

• Pictures and words: a speech, play and dictionary for German and foreign children in kindergarten and elementary school . Braunschweig 1981
• Dealing with texts . Braunschweig 1980
• Foreign children in school and lessons . Braunschweig 1980
• From local studies to general science: principles and examples . Braunschweig 1977
• Initiatives for school reform from below . Frankfurt
• Reading lessons , Westermann Taschenbuch, Braunschweig 1971
• The primary school - function and reform. Braunschweig 1969

literature

• Meiers, Kurt et al. a. (Ed.): Erwin Schwartz and his contribution to the reform of the primary school: texts and documents from the years 1966 to 1970 . Heinsberg: Agentur Dieck 1999, ISBN 3-89803-407-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Erwin Schwartz in the catalog of the German National Library
• University of Oldenburg
• E. Schwartz Elementary School Prize