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Hein Retter (born September 14, 1937 in Berlin ) is a German educational scientist. He is an emeritus professor for general education .

Live and act

Hein Retter studied education, psychology and philosophy at the universities and colleges of education in Bamberg and Würzburg . Here he completed his studies in 1964 with the first teaching examination for elementary schools and a diploma in psychology. The academic teachers include Wolfgang Brezinka and Hans Mieskes in education , Wilhelm Arnold and Ferdinand Merz in psychology, and Hans-Eduard Hengstenberg , Hans Wagner and Odo Marquard in philosophy . He then worked as a research assistant to Mieskes at the "Educational Science Seminar and Institute for Educational Research" at the University of Giessen . There, his scientific assignment consisted of “working on the situation of educational psychology in the Soviet Zone / GDR and also doing empirical toy research” . Four years later he did his doctorate under Mieskes on " Oswald Kroh's pedagogy ". In 1970 Hein Retter was appointed lecturer for general education at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd and two years later he was appointed associate professor. In 1975 he accepted the chair for general education at the Lower Saxony University of Education, Braunschweig department . As a result of the Lower Saxony university reform, the place of employment from 1978 onwards became the Technical University of Braunschweig , Educational Science Department (today Faculty for Humanities and Educational Sciences), which integrated the University of Education. Here he retired on April 1, 2004.

Hein Retter was a reviewer for the “Entrance Level” committee of the “ German Education Council ”. His extensive scientific research focuses on: a .: Peter Petersen and the Jena Plan , reform pedagogy , education, school, school reform, games and toys. Toys for his book . Handbook on the history and pedagogy of toys, Hein Retter received the special scientific award from the Toy Working Group (Bamberg) in 1981. More recently he has devoted himself to American philosophy, education and justice, as well as education and religion.

Fonts

• The pedagogy of Oswald Kroh. Oberursel 1969.
• Traveling students at the beginning of modern times. Heidenheim 1972.
• Toy. Handbook on the history and pedagogy of play equipment. Weinheim 1979. New edition 1989.
• TV primer. Bamberg 1981. (also Japanese)
• Play equipment in the first lesson. Weinheim 1984.
• with Joachim Nauck and Reinhard Ohms: Orientation level - school between the fronts. Braunschweig 1985.
• Child's play and childhood in East and West. Play promotion, play research and play organization in individual fields of practice - with special consideration of the kindergarten. Bad Heilbrunn 1991.
• Jenaplan pedagogy as an opportunity. Bad Heilbrunn 1993.
• Theology, education and religious education with Peter Petersen. Weinheim 1995.
• Reform pedagogy between reconstruction, criticism and understanding. Contributions to Peter Petersen's pedagogy. Weinheim 1996.
• Peter Petersen and the Jena Plan: From the Weimar Republic to the Post-War Period. Weinheim 1996.
• Basic directions of pedagogical thinking. An educational introduction. Bad Heilbrunn 1997.
• Oswald Kroh and National Socialism. Reconstruction of a repressed relationship. Weinheim 2001.
• Study book educational communication. 2nd Edition. Bad Heilbrunn 2002.
• Communicacja codzienna w pedagogice. Gdańsk 2005.
• Reform Education and Protestantism in the Transition to Democracy. Studies on Peter Petersen's pedagogy. Frankfurt am Main 2007.
• with Hansjörg Hohr: Society, religion and aesthetics in the educational philosophy of John Dewey. Bad Heilbrunn 2009.
• Classical reform pedagogy in the current discourse. Jena 2010.
• The Jena University School. Refuge for children at risk under National Socialism. Jena 2010.
• Protestant self-assurance between theology and pedagogy. Münster iW 2011.

literature

• Petra Korte (Ed.): Continuity, Criticism and Crisis of Education. Festschrift for Hein Retter on his 65th birthday. Münster, Hamburg 2004.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hein Retter in the catalog of the German National Library
• Hein Retter on the website of the TU Braunschweig