Educational success

The term educational success was introduced into the educational discussion by the pedagogue Wolfgang Brezinka . Successful upbringing is understood to mean the achievement of a more or less clearly formulated educational goal or the achievement of several educational goals with the help of educational tools , appropriate methods or the parenting behavior of the educators (parents, teachers, etc.). Basically, however, every parent, regardless of their educational background, expects that their parenting behavior will sooner or later achieve success (the educational goal), although in many cases this should not be the case. Anne-Marie Tausch and Reinhard Tausch have (in their book Educational Psychology ) z. B. made a lot of thought about which behavior is more likely to reach the goal (educational success) and which is not. In addition, educational goals can be achieved completely, partially or not at all, whereby the assessment can ultimately and usually mostly be called difficult.

Formulation of the educational goal

There are no universally valid formulations for educational goals. They are specific and are described as possible behavior (e.g. of a child). They can be formulated very differently , depending on the educator . Reinhard and Anne-Marie Tausch present examples:

Taking responsibility for their own behavior (e.g. child takes responsibility in the group)
Acquisition of certain knowledge (e.g... Uses correct plural words in sentences)
Flexible attitude to situations (e.g... Responds to the wishes of the other person)
Ability to deal with conflicts prosocially (e.g.... Proposes a conflict solution to the group that can be discussed)
Respect and respect for the dignity of other people, etc. (e.g.... Accepts the problem of his playmate or his view of a particular problem)

Successful upbringing in the group

R. Tausch and A.-M. Tausch believe that successful upbringing with these and other educational goals leads to coexistence in society (including in groups) being much more humane, that there is a greater degree of self-criticism and self-determination and that there are considerably more social skills in coexistence. In the event that teachers, educators and parents reflect on or change their parenting behavior, both authors also say: educational goals, and thus educational success, can be achieved with a certain controlled and controllable educational behavior.

reflection

Parents can reflect on the desired behavior with regard to the success of the upbringing - alone, together with a partner (or with a team, e.g. in an educational institution) and in a few cases also with the child concerned (e.g. when they reach a certain age Has).

"As long as there is no success control in the education sector (...), the danger is great that in the so-called educational society the educational fraud (...) will take on gigantic proportions."