Horst kiss
Horst Kuss (born September 24, 1936 in Bad Kudowa , Lower Silesia Province ) is a German historian and history teacher . From 1971 to 2002 he was professor of history didactics, first at the University of Education in Göttingen , since 1978 at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and since 1994, with half a teaching load, professor of history at the history seminar of the University of Braunschweig .
Career
Kuss studied history, Latin, Italian and pedagogy at the universities of Göttingen, Würzburg and Genoa and passed the state examination for teaching at secondary schools in 1961. From 1964 to 1971 he was active in the grammar school service and in school administration. From 1971 until his retirement in 2002 he held the professorship for didactics.
Focus of work
- Theory and history of the historical curriculum,
- Historical didactic thinking in Germany since the 18th century,
- National and regional history in class,
- History lessons in upper secondary level ( upper secondary level ),
- Functions of history in public and private life.
Publications (selection)
- Byzantine and Latin culture in southern Italy . Göttingen 1965 (dissertation)
- History didactics and history lessons in the Federal Republic of Germany (1945 / 49-1990). A balance sheet . In: History in Science and Education 45, 1994, pp. 735–758; 46, 1995, pp. 3-15.
- State history or regional history? About the connection between historical theory, historical didactic conception and practical application . In: GWU 51 (2000), pp. 388-405.
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| SURNAME | Kiss, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and history teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Kudowa , Lower Silesia Province |