Friedrich Schneider (Pedagogue)

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Friedrich Schneider (born October 28, 1881 in Cologne , † March 14, 1974 in Munich ) was a German educationalist of the Catholic faith.

After the elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher and principal examination and service, he worked in teacher training. He studied German, history and philosophy at the Universities of Bonn and Münster. After taking the philological state examination and doctorate in 1918 with Berthold Litzmann, he completed his habilitation in 1923 at the University of Cologne (until 1940 private lecturer in educational science). In 1926 he became a lecturer and in 1928 professor for education and psychology at the Pedagogical Academy in Bonn (PA). He went on numerous study and lecture tours through Germany and most European countries; in the process he met the “European educator” Pierre Frieden , with whom he was lifelong friend. In 1928 he was visiting professor in the USA at Columbia University New York . In 1931 he founded and directed the trilingual International Journal of Educational Science . In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges . Nevertheless, in 1934 the Nazi government removed Schneider from teaching at the Bonn University for Teacher Training and withdrew the magazine from him; In 1940 his license to teach at the University of Cologne was revoked. In 1943 the University of Friborg (Switzerland) offered Schneider a chair in education, but the Nazi regime forbade him to accept it.

In 1946 he was offered the directorate of the Pedagogical Academy in Essen , but he became professor for pedagogy at the theological faculty of the University of Salzburg ; Schneider founded the Institute for Comparative Education there , which he headed himself until 1953; 1947-48 he was visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck. In 1949 he finally became a professor of education at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1951 he became a knight of the New Year's Eve .

Schneider is considered to be the founder of comparative education in Germany. He also explored the problems of raising self and family. In numerous publications that have been translated into up to seven languages, he has earned respect abroad for a pedagogy inspired by the Catholic faith and the German educational tradition.

Works

1. Text collections

1.1 published by Schneider

  • Educational Forces in Catholicism of the World (1936)
  • Youth neglect and its fight (1950)
  • Juvenile delinquency (1952)
  • Disadvantaged Children (1953)
  • Depth Psychology and Education (1953)

1.2 issued by others

  • Th. Rutt: Friedrich Schneider - Selected Pedagogical Treatises (1963)

2. Monographs (selection)

  • Educator and Teacher (1928)
  • Pedagogy and Individuality (1930)
  • Catholic family education (1935, 7th edition 1961)
  • Self-Education (1936)
  • The practice of self-education (1940, 6th edition 1961)
  • Driving forces of the pedagogy of the peoples (1946, 2nd edition 1947)
  • The Christian Educator (1947)
  • Introduction to Educational Science (1948, 2nd edition 1953)
  • Validity and Influence of German Education Abroad (1953)
  • European upbringing (1959)
  • Comparative Education (1961)
  • Half a century of comparative educational science experienced and helped to shape (1970) ISBN 978-3-506-77927-4

3. Bibliographies

  • Wolfgang Brezinka (ed.): Worldwide education. Celebration for the 80th birthday (1961)
  • Th. Rutt: Friedrich Schneider - Selected Pedagogical Treatises (1963)

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personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educationalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1974
Place of death Munich