Gerhard Hecker (Sports Didactic)

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Gerhard Hecker (born June 1926 in Weltersburg ; † December 30, 2007 ) was a German sports educator and university professor .

Life

Hecker, son of a teacher, grew up in Weltersburg in the Westerwald and from the age of ten in Sulzbach . As a teenager he played soccer and handball .

From 1937 he attended a grammar school in Frankfurt-Höchst . From 1943 he worked as an air force helper in World War II , then from 1944 in labor service and as a pioneer . In 1944 he was captured by the US Army and released in April 1946. He then took part in a course to obtain the Abitur .

From the winter semester of 1947/1948, Hecker studied physical education at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, and from 1950 worked as a state-certified gymnastics and sports teacher. In 1948, when he was selected by the Frankfurt University, he became a German University Master. He continued his studies in Frankfurt (for a higher teaching post), but used it primarily as a “Studium Generale” and attended events in the subjects of philosophy, education, history, sport and politics in particular. He also took part in seminars with Max Horkheimer , Hermann Altrock and Theodor W. Adorno . In 1952 he passed the exam to become a ski instructor. In order to earn a living, Hecker carried out various auxiliary work, for example on construction sites and as a member of a music group.

From 1953 he had a job as a sports teacher at a secondary school in Mannheim and was also employed as a handball trainer and player at SG Leutershausen . By 1957 he completed a primary and secondary school teacher studies at the Pedagogical Institute in Weilburg and then worked as a primary school teacher in Flörsheim .

In 1960, Hecker took up an assistant position in physical education at the Pedagogical Institute in Weilburg. After teacher training in Hesse had become the responsibility of the universities, he worked as a pedagogical assistant at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen from 1962 and at the same time began studying for a doctorate at the Philipps University in Marburg . From 1965 onwards, Hecker was employed as a teacher for physical exercises at the Siegerland department of the Westphalia-Lippe University of Education . In 1970 he completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Marburg (title: "The peculiarity of updated tasks as a performance factor in physical education") and a year later his habilitation (title of the publication: "Performance development in physical education: a contribution to curriculum development for physical education in elementary schools") from.

In 1972 Hecker took over a professorship for physical education at the Pädagogische Hochschule Rheinland / Aachen department, in 1975 he switched to a professorship for sports didactics at the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS) and stayed there until 1991 when Hecker retired. In the same year he was awarded the bronze medal of the sports university. Hecker , who lives in Bad Soden, then continued to work professionally as a supervisor for doctoral theses, reviewer, speaker (including in South American countries, China and Poland ) and teacher (for example at the Cologne Trainer Academy ).

From 1987 to 1990 he held the office of President of the Committee of German Physical Educationists (ADL). He was part of the editorial team of Sportunterricht magazine for 15 years (including twelve as editor). Hecker, who was a member of the German Association for Sports Science for many years , campaigned for the training of Chinese sports scientists in Germany.

During his academic career, Hecker dealt with sports didactics, reform education, the terms performance and competition in sports education, school sports, methodology and didactics in physical education, health sports, the sense of physical activity, the person of the trainer and with the Dealing with stressful situations. Together with Heinz Denk, he published the series “Texts on Sports Education”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Gerhard Hecker: Main focus of my private and professional development. (PDF) In: sportwissenschaft.de. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b WHO IS WHO. (PDF) In: German Sport University Cologne. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  3. ^ Gerhard Hecker: The peculiarity of updated tasks as a performance factor in physical education. In: hds.hebis.de. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  4. ^ Gerhard Hecker: Performance development in physical education: a contribution to curriculum development for physical education in elementary school. In: katalog.ulb.hhu.de. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  5. ^ Academic honors - German Sport University Cologne. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Prof. Dr. Detlef Kuhlmann has the overview - INFO & NEWS in a nutshell - 38th study course in Sils on human rights and the Olympic Games - Federal Institute for Sports Science presents research yearbook - Cologne sports scientist Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Hecker passed away. In: German Road Races. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  7. ^ Mourning for Gerhard Hecker. In: sportwissenschaft.de. January 3, 2019, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  8. ^ Gerhard Hecker, Andreas T. Trebels: Sportdidaktik (=  contributions to subject didactics ). Henn, 1970 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 27, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Heinz Denk: Reform pedagogical ideas, approaches and concepts in sports pedagogy. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Gerhard Hecker, Heinz Denk, Gerhard Hecker: Achievement and competition in sports education . 1985, ISBN 3-7780-6191-7 , pp. 133–143 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 27, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Gerhard Hecker: School sports outside of the scheduled sports lessons . In: Physical Education . tape 31 , no. 3 , 1982, ISSN  0342-2402 , pp. 102-106 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed March 27, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Gerhard Hecker, J. Recla, K. Koch, D. Ungerer: About the relationship between methodology and didactics in physical education . 1972, p. 29–35 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 27, 2019]).
  13. ↑ Gerhard Hecker, Henning Allmer, Norbert Schulz: sport and health. Reflections on healthy exercise . 1987, ISBN 3-88345-508-3 , pp. 67–81 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 27, 2019]).
  14. ↑ Gerhard Hecker, Peter Röthig, Stefan Großering: Athletic performance - athletic game . 1982, ISBN 3-7853-1334-9 , pp. 89–115 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 27, 2019]).
  15. ^ Gerhard Hecker: Educational responsibility of the trainer . In: Tennissport: trade journal for training & competition . tape 7 , no. 4 , 1996, ISSN  0937-9681 , pp. 4–7 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 27, 2019]).
  16. ↑ Gerhard Hecker: Dealing with stressful situations. Motivation-based considerations, process development and empirical findings from competitive sports. 1985, Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  17. ^ Heinz Denk, Gerhard Hecker: Texts on sports education. Part II (=  texts - sources - documents on sports science ). Hofmann, 1985, ISBN 3-7780-6191-7 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 27, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Hecker, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports didactic, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Weltersburg
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2007