Franz Bader

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Franz Bader (born October 14, 1922 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ; † November 27, 2018 in Ludwigsburg ) was a German physicist . He worked as a trainer for physics teachers and also taught at the school himself until his retirement in 1984. He was also a well-known textbook author in the German-speaking world and editor of the standard work "Dorn Bader" for physics teaching in high schools.

Life

Franz Bader studied physics and mathematics at the TH Stuttgart from 1941 to 1945 and graduated with a diploma in physics. Before taking the first state examination in 1947 and the second state examination for teaching at grammar schools in 1948, he worked as an assistant teacher at various schools. In 1948 he became a full-time teacher at the Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium in Ludwigsburg, where he taught until his retirement in 1984.

In addition to his teaching activities, he devoted himself to scientific research on ferromagnetism and the band structure of transition metals . He received his doctorate in 1954 from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Humanities at the TH Stuttgart under Ulrich Dehlinger . His research and his dissertation with the title Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics of Ferromagnetism attracted attention from the professional world, but he decided against a scientific career and continued to teach. Parallel to his school work, Franz Bader trained physics teachers for the grammar school from 1959 as head of the seminar II for school pedagogy and accordingly carried the title of professor .

Together with Friedrich Dorn , the director of the Württemberg State Institute for Physics Lessons, he brought out the first edition of "Dorn Bader" in 1957, initially under the title "Dorn". Right at the beginning, secondary levels I and II were covered. As an author and co-editor, he continued to develop the “Dorn Bader” so that it became the leading grammar school textbook in numerous German federal states. In the more than 50 years that Franz Bader worked as a textbook author, he set important impulses. For example, in 1957 he was the first to adopt the MKSA system , from which the SI system of units emerged. One of the school experiments that goes back to Bader is the glow lamp experiment to visualize electrical charges .

In the early 1980s, Franz Bader was one of the first to recognize the possibilities that computers offered for school lessons. For the home computers from Commodore , the VC 20 and the C64 , which came onto the market at this time , he developed simulation programs that should illustrate the physics and encourage the students to experiment.

Franz Bader took Einstein's principle "As simple as possible, but not simpler" as a guideline for his school pedagogy. In this context, he sharply criticized the Karlsruhe Physics Course (KPG), which he classified as technically incorrect in many parts. His assessment was confirmed by an expert report by the German Physical Society (DPG) in 2013.

Franz Bader is characterized as modest, friendly and obliging and he was valued as a conversation partner due to his clear way of reasoning. He was committed to teaching physics all his life. The enthusiasm for physics persisted into old age. An anecdote that happened on a car trip to a physics teacher conference in Tübingen may illustrate the latter aspect. During an overtaking maneuver, Bader misjudged the speed of an oncoming vehicle. Since the road was wide enough to accommodate three vehicles, this had no consequences. The driver of the oncoming vehicle, however, expressed his displeasure with this maneuver by sounding the horn for several seconds. Bader surprised his somewhat nervous passengers with the frank question: "Did you hear the Doppler effect ?"

Franz Bader was married and had two sons.

Awards

In 1995 Franz Bader was the first recipient of the Archimedes Prize for Physics awarded by the Association for the Promotion of MINT Teaching (MNU).

The German Physical Society (DPG) awarded Franz Bader the Robert Wichard Pohl Prize in 1998 in recognition of his contributions to the didactics of physics and his special commitment to teacher training.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ people. In: Physics Journal. Vol. 4, No. 8/9, August 2005, Wiley-VCH Verlag, ISSN 1617-9439, page 31 ( online ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Peter Drehmann, Wolfgang Philipp: Obituary for Franz Bader. In: Physics Journal. Vol. 18, No. 2, February 2019, Wiley-VCH Verlag, ISSN 1617-9439, page 48 ( online ).
  3. ↑ a b Prof. Dr. Franz Bader. Obituary notice. In: trauer.lkz.de (Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung). December 1, 2018, archived from the original ; accessed on December 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Susanne Mathes: A physicist who shaped generations of students and teachers. In: Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de. December 3, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b DBG prices 1998 . In: Physical sheets. Vol. 54, No. 3, March 1998, ISSN 0031-9252, p. 259 ( online )
  6. ↑ DNB 480540179
  7. ^ Franz Bader, Roman Ulrich Sexl : Computer programs for physics. Schroedel Verlag, Hannover 1983, ISBN 3-507-86-230-1 ( Google books ).
  8. ↑ German Physical Society e. V .: DPG report and opinion on the Karlsruhe physics course (KPK). Retrieved February 28, 2019
  9. ^ Association for the promotion of STEM teaching: overview of the MNU award winners. Retrieved February 28, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Bader, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2018
Place of death Ludwigsburg