Josef Player

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Josef Karl Spieler (born August 5, 1900 in Walldürn ; † April 27, 1987 in Karlsruhe ) was a German psychologist , pedagogue and curative pedagogue .

Live and act

Spieler's parents were the master tailor Karl Josef Spieler and Maria Karolina Spieler born. Hauk. The couple had nine children. From 1914 to 1921 Josef Spieler attended the humanistic grammar school in Tauberbischofsheim . He then studied philosophy , psychology and education in Freiburg i. Br. As well as Würzburg . In the latter city he received his doctorate on June 23, 1925. The subject of his dissertation was: Politics and Morals in Kant . From 1925 to 1928 he was an assistant and later a research assistant at the German Institute for Scientific Education . He was the editor of the Lexikon der Pädagogik der Gegenwart , which at the time was highly regarded by experts. In addition, player studied at the university and taught at a high school.

In 1931 he completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg i. Üe. in Switzerland . Soon afterwards he became director of the institute for curative education founded by the Caritas Association in Lucerne and head of the curative educational observation stations in Wangen near Olten and Knutwil . He was also responsible for the implementation and organization of special educational events, courses and lectures.

In 1935 he took over at the University of Freiburg i. Üe. an extraordinary professorship for pedagogy and curative pedagogy in German; eight years later he was appointed full professor. After 1945, player, who had been a member of the NSDAP since February 1, 1940 , was expelled from Switzerland, a measure that was justified with his collaboration with Nazi Germany:

“He was accused of having described the National Socialist system of education in lectures at the university as the most suitable for the education of modern European youth. Suspicion of espionage, connection with Swiss right-wing extremists and disparaging remarks about Switzerland are cited as the reasons for the expulsion of the player who, according to all that can be learned, was heavily infected by the ideology of National Socialism ”.

Publication series "Threatened Youth"

After 1945, he had not dealt with his own past or his publications in general with that of curative education as a science in the years 1933–1945. At an association meeting in 1949, he succinctly asked the auxiliary school teachers to allow him to pass the Nazi era with silence . He was quickly able to gain a foothold again in post-war Germany. One reason for this was certainly the support of "important personalities from Caritas in Freiburg / Br., Who provided the professor for psychology, pedagogy and curative pedagogy from Switzerland with the necessary denazification documents (so-called 'Persilschein')". Josef Spieler soon received a teaching position at the 'Caritasinstitut' in Freiburg / Br. as well as at the university in the city of the same name and two years later a professorship for psychology and curative education at the Pedagogical Institute in Weilburg / Lahn. Finally, in 1952, he was appointed the first rector of the Pedagogical Institute (from 1962 Pedagogical University ) in Karlsruhe. In 1965 he retired. On September 16, 1969, he married Brigitta Eleonore Meiser-Witte, born 21 years his junior. Witte.

Josef Spieler was the editor of the series Threatened Youth - Drohende Jugend (published in Finnish, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish translations), for which he himself wrote several writings, which at the time was particularly popular with parents and family welfare workers .

A part of his estate as well as literature by and about Josef Spieler can be found in the Ida-Seele archive .

honors and awards

Regardless of the criticisms that were not yet known at the time, Josef Spieler received numerous awards. His hometown granted him honorary citizenship on July 22, 1985 in grateful appreciation and recognition of his services to the pilgrimage city of Walldürn and the pilgrimage to the Holy Blood . He was also the holder of the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg , member of the Honorary Council of the World Parliament of the Confederation of Chivatry , Commanduer of the Souveraine dela Milice du Saint Sepuilvre , Knight of the Order of the White Cross , Knight of the Order of Montissea, etc.

Works (selection)

  • Lexicon of contemporary pedagogy. Freiburg / Br. 1930 (volume 1) and 1932 (volume 2)
  • The means of education. Olten 1944.
  • Introduction and guidance to scientific thinking and working. Olten 1946.
  • Silent and language-shy children. Thymogenic mutism (aphrasia voluntaria). Olten 1944.
  • Nature and status of curative education. In: Curative educational sheets. Dec 1949, pp. 9-25.

Series: Threatened Youth - Threatening Youth

  • Your child's language. Language maintenance and language disorders. Lucerne, 1939
  • But he's still wet. Stuttgart 1944
  • When children lie. Stuttgart 1947
  • Children and young people in danger. Stuttgart 1947
  • Weak-willed become strong-willed. Stuttgart 1947
  • This is how children learn to save properly. Stuttgart 1957
  • Taking children and young people by the right hand. Stuttgart no year

Literature (selection)

  • Manfred Berger : Josef Spieler - His life and work. In: heilpaedagogik.de . Issue 2, 2004, pp. 25-27. ( archiv-heilpaedagogik.de )
  • Heribert Raab : The German-speaking countries. In: Roland Ruffieux, Rectorate of the University (ed.): Histoire de l'Université de Friborg Suisse 1889–1989. Volume 1, Friborg 1991, DNB 930477278 , pp. 278-307.
  • Carlo Wolfisberg: Curative Education and Eugenics. On the history of curative education in German-speaking Switzerland (1800–1950). Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-0340-0568-7 .
  • Carlo Wolfisberg: The professionalization of curative / special education in German-speaking Switzerland (1850–1950). In: D. Horster, U. Hoyningen-Düess, Ch. Liesen (Ed.): Special pedagogical professionalism. Contribution to the development of special education as a discipline and profession. Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-8100-4093-2 , pp. 53-66.
  • B. Ruffin: Josef Player. His life, his work and his significance for the history of curative education with special consideration of the years 1933–1945 and the post-war years. Munich 2004
  • SL Ellger-Rüttgardt: History of Special Education. An introduction. Munich / Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8362-9 .
  • G. Eberle: On the relevance of specialist history for curative education and the determination of a 'second guilt'. In: heilpaedagogik.de , H. 1, 2009, pp. 7–15.
  • Manfred Berger:  PLAYER, Karl Jose (ph) f. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 31, Bautz, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-88309-544-8 , Sp. 1255-1268.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ C. Wolfisberg: Curative Education and Eugenics. 2002, p. 133.
  2. ^ H. Raab: The German-speaking countries. 1991, p. 304.
  3. ↑ J. Player: Nature and status of curative education. 1949, p. 17.
  4. ↑ B. Ruffin: Josef Player. His life, his work. 2004, p. 57.
  5. ^ Marriage certificate: Ida-Seele-Archiv
  6. ↑ Our city, historical and personal, honorary citizens. www.wallduern.de, accessed on March 9, 2015 .
  7. ↑ B. Ruffin: Josef Player. His life, his work. 2004, p. 137 f .; Documents: Ida-Seele-Archive.
personal data
SURNAME Player, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Player, Josef Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist, pedagogue and curative pedagogue
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Walldürn
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1987
Place of death Karlsruhe