Ludwig Kerstiens

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Ludwig Kerstiens (born November 6, 1924 in Münster ; † August 14, 2011 ) was a German educational scientist , media educator and university professor .

Life

Ludwig Kerstiens grew up in his native Münster and was drafted into the Wehrmacht in October 1942 after graduating from high school. He was taken prisoner by the Soviets in 1945. The Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunication is keeping a bundle of 260 letters from Kerstiens from 1942 to 1946 and a manuscript with memories of the war .

After returning to his homeland, Kerstiens studied philosophy, Latin and German at the University of Münster . In 1952 he was charged with a dissertation on the "Cognitio speculativa" before and at Aquinas Dr. phil. PhD. He entered the school service and was also active in teacher training.

In 1962, Kerstiens became a lecturer in general pedagogy at the newly founded University of Education Weingarten in Upper Swabia, where he became a professor in 1966. From 1968 to 1971 he was rector of the PH Weingarten, from 1971 to 1974 prorector.

With his book on "Film Education", published in 1961 and reissued several times, Kerstiens tried to give media education a theoretical foundation. The protection of minors was one of his main media educational concerns. In 1968 and 1976 he also published books on media didactics . In later work he increasingly turned to the theoretical foundation of educational goals and value-based education.

Honors

Publications

(Selection)

  • Cognitio speculativa. Investigations into the history and meaning of the term before and with Thomas Aquinas . Dissertation, University of Münster 1951.
  • Film education. An introduction to film education . Aschendorff, Münster 1961, 3rd edition. 1968.
  • Everything first stays in the child forever. From the everyday educational life of young parents . (= Orientation and Call; Volume 2/3). Borgmann, Dortmund 1964.
  • The educated person. Distinctions and educational perspectives . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1966.
  • Man opens up the world . (= Paths of the Incarnation; Volume 2). Spee-Verlag, Trier 1967.
  • Media studies in school. Learning objectives and suggestions for teaching . Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1968, 2nd edition. 1971, ISBN 3-7815-0128-0 .
  • Models of emancipatory education. An interim balance sheet; Requirements, drafts, criticism . Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1974, 2nd edition. 1975, ISBN 3-7815-0217-1 .
  • Lesson topic mass communication. Basics, educational and teaching goals, suggestions for lessons . Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1976, ISBN 3-7815-0294-5 .
  • with Brigitte Thürmer: TV habits of preschool children. Report on a parent survey. Youth Protection Campaign, Baden-Württemberg State Office, Stuttgart 1975.
  • Understand me! Parents and teenagers. Help for everyday life . (= Herder library; Volume 74). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1979, ISBN 3-451-07740-X .
  • Educational goals, asked again . Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1978, ISBN 3-7815-0341-0 .
  • Educational goals and school reality. Principles, review, perspectives . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1980, ISBN 3-451-19142-3 .
  • Binding perspectives on human action. On the problem of validity, recognition and communication of values ​​and norms . Edited and edited by Ludwig Kerstiens. Burg-Verlag, Stuttgart and Bonn 1983, ISBN 3-922801-30-7 .
  • Being a teacher. Thoughts on the reinterpretation of the teacher-student relationship . German Institute for Education and Knowledge, Berlin 1983 (34 pages)
  • Awaken your conscience. Conscience and the formation of conscience at the end of the 20th century . Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1987, ISBN 3-7815-0599-5 .
  • Education goal: humane life. The knowledge of the human. An orientation for educators and teachers . Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1991, ISBN 3-7815-0689-4 .
  • Life questions - search for answers - impulses for reflection. Autobiographical problem solving as a method of adult education . Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-631-50041-6 .

Editing:

  • Parent education . (Klinkhardt's educational source texts). Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1976, ISBN 3-7815-0288-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ludwig Kerstiens in the Feldpost Collection  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.museumsstiftung.de  
  2. a b Obituary by PH Weingarten  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ph-weingarten.de