Kurt Seelmann (Pedagogue)

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Kurt Seelmann (born May 18, 1900 in Munich ; † August 11, 1987 in Taufkirchen / Bavaria) was a German educator , psychotherapist , educational advisor and representative of individual psychology .

Life

Seelmann was a teacher and rector of the situla school in Munich for 35 years . In 1921 he became a student and employee of Leonhard Seif - an Adler student - in the first psychotherapeutic educational counseling center in Munich. He worked as a lecturer and training analyst at the Munich Institute of the German Society for Individual Psychology. As director of the city ​​youth welfare office in Munich , he developed the "vacation excursion program". As an educational advisor, he had a lot of experience in dealing with difficult students. From 1965 to 1977 he was the first chairman of the Association for Child and Mothers Protection. V.

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In his numerous lectures and publications, Seelmann's concern was with psychological prophylaxis , in particular with sex education :

Psychological examinations and psychotherapeutic medical histories have shown that the success of upbringing depends much less than is generally assumed on the educational measures (praise, reward, reprimand, instruction, admonition, censure, threat, punishment, etc.) than on the overall atmosphere, on the educational climate that prevails where the child grows up. (…) This is the secret of the “good nursery”, it is not taught, it involuntarily penetrates all pores and creates the benchmark for all time. (...)
The right family climate is one that avoids the aforementioned mistakes of extremes. So: love without pampering and pampering . Care without being nagged. Freedom without neglect. Goal setting without driving. Variety without moodiness. (...)

Only the successful, positive family atmosphere fully fulfills its task. Relationships are so good in her that you can express yourself at any time. In it you feel safe and yet not tied up. In it you have experiences that encourage you to establish relationships (...)

This dowry comes from living in a friendly family with nice parents and siblings and is taken from the overall climate. This climate, this atmosphere, creates the social and responsible character. (Kurt Seelmann: Child, Sexuality and Education , 1964)

In 1961 his child-friendly, at the time extremely progressive education booklet Where do the little boys and girls come from? It became an Enlightenment classic and was translated into nine languages. By the 20th edition of 1996 over 800,000 copies had been sold.

Seelmann was the screenwriter of four schoolgirl report films.

Seelmann advised Ali Mitgutsch about the hidden object books that made him world famous.

Fonts (selection)

  • The nervous and difficult to educate child , in: Handbuch der Individualpsychologie Vol. I , ed. v. Erwin Wexberg, Munich 1926, reprint: EJ Bonset, Amsterdam 1966, pp. 169–208.
  • The youngest and oldest child. Verlag Am Andern Ufer, Dresden 1927.
  • Child, sexuality and upbringing. To understand the sexual development and undesirable development of children and Adolescents, conclusions for a preventive, uplifting and healing education. Munich 1941. Again: E. Reinhardt, 1952. Further frequent new editions, most recently in 1985 (from 1960 called “fully re-edited”, also Kindler TB and other publishers)
  • How to educate schoolchildren for life , E. Reinhardt, 1965.
  • Avoids school difficulties , Public Life Publishing House, 1951.
  • How should I educate my child? , Klett, 1956.
  • Where do the little boys and girls come from? , E. Reinhardt, 1961, ISBN 3497013773 .
  • Teachers and Gender Education, Bardtenschlager, 1969.
  • Between 15 and 19. Information on sexual and other issues of growing up , 1971.
  • Kurt Seelmann: Without taboos. An education course for young people , together with Günter Althoff and Gerhard Döring. Bardtenschlager, 1984.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurt Seelmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ↑ Sabine Hoffmann: Inventor of the Wimmel Books: What does ... Ali Mitgutsch? stern.de, November 25, 2017 (accessed August 29, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Seelmann, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue, psychotherapist, educational advisor and representative of individual psychology
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1987
Place of death Taufkirchen