Gerhard Klein (pedagogue)

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Gerhard Wilhelm Klein (born March 21, 1932 in Stuttgart ) is a German educational scientist. He is a retired professor of special education .

Studies and achievements

Gerhard Klein grew up in Heimsheim and attended high school in Korntal . From 1952 to 1954 he studied in Stuttgart at what was then the Pedagogical Institute (PI) and then worked in various places, including Pfullingen , as what was then known as an elementary school teacher. In 1956/1957 he completed additional training as a secondary school teacher at the time and worked as such until 1959. From 1959 he studied education, philosophy, psychology and psychopathology in Tübingen and Bonn . In 1964 he started working for Andreas Flitner in Tübingen with the work of personality development at school. An educational study of German post-war children on Dr. phil. PhD . From 1965 he was first a lecturer and then professor for special education at the Reutlingen University of Education . After its dissolution in 1987, the special education department was attached to the Ludwigsburg University of Education . Among his students was Wolle Kriwanek .

From 1984 to 1990 Gerhard Klein was co-editor of the special education magazine . In 1994 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon, in 2012 the Citizen's Medal of the City of Pfullingen and in 2013 the Montessori Prize of the foundation "Montessori-Pedagogy-Reformed Pedagogy-Science". The focus of research and teaching was education for the learning disability, early intervention and Montessori education . Since his retirement in 1997, he has been teaching Montessori education. He is the author of scientific publications and textbooks for special schools.

Gerhard Klein is widowed. His wife Regine Klein died in 2008. He lives in Pfullingen and has four children.

Fonts

  • Personality development in school. Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg 1965.
  • Critical analysis of current concepts of the special school for the learning disabled. In: Special Education. Issue 1, 1971, pp. 1-13.
  • with Herwig Baier (ed.): Aspects of learning disabled pedagogy. Marhold, Berlin 1973. 2nd edition 1975, ISBN 3-7864-0318-X .
  • Study letters from the Fernuniversität, Gesamtthochschule Hagen : Early detection and early support of children with potentially learning disabilities / On the practice of early support for children who are retarded and at risk of development / Procedures and fields of practice for early support for children with retarded and at risk of development. Hagen 1981, 1983.
  • Learning disabled children and young people - curriculum vitae and upbringing. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-17-009028-3 .
  • Hansjörg Kautter: The child as an actor in its development. Idea and practice of self-development in the early intervention of children with developmental retardation and those at risk of development. With contributions by Gerhard Klein. Edition Schindele, Heidelberg 1988. 3rd edition 1995, ISBN 3-89149-209-X .
  • Preventive early intervention for children at risk. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016592-5 .
  • Early intervention for children with psychosocial risks. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-17-016592-5 .
  • Montessori education and brain research. In: MONTESSORI - magazine for Montessori pedagogy. Issue 3, 2005, pp. 97-115.
  • Early intervention for children with psychosocial risks. In: Christoph Leyendecker (Ed.): Endangered childhood, recognizing risks early - promoting resources early. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-020954-1 .
  • Responsibility in special education and freedom in teaching and research. In: Ursula Stinkes (Hrsg.), Ellen Schwarzburg-von Wedel (Hrsg.): Special education and responsibility. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8253-8342-8 .

literature

  • Gotthilf Gerhard Hiller, Werner Nestle (Hrsg.): Endured disappointments. Stories from the fields of learning disabled education. For Gerhard Klein's 65th birthday. Vaaas, Langenau-Ulm 1997, ISBN 3-88360-123-3 .
  • Albert Heller: The Southern Pioneer - A friendly greeting to Gerhard Klein. In: MONTESSORI - magazine for Montessori pedagogy. Issue 1, 2012, pp. 67-78.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Challenge yourself . Reutlinger news. November 26, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Three new Citizens' Medals awarded . Reutlinger General-Anzeiger. November 26, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ Montessori: Prize for Small . Southwest Press. October 22, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Klein, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein, Gerhard Wilhelm (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German special educator
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart