Michael Wittschier

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Michael Wittschier

Michael Wittschier (born September 24, 1953 in Cologne ) is a didactician, teacher and artist who, with his numerous publications for the subjects of philosophy and German, realizes the principle of clear thinking and learning.

Life

After completing school in Cologne and Kaiserslautern, he studied German and philosophy in Cologne. Since 1980 Wittschier has lived and worked as an artist and author in Wipperfürth in the Bergisches Land; From 1980 to 2017 he was a teacher at Engelbert-von-Berg-Gymnasium, from 2004 to 2017 also head of department at the center for practical teacher training in Engelskirchen and between 2005 and 2014 lecturer at the University of Cologne. Since 2012 he has also worked as a lecturer for the advanced training of philosophy teachers. His pictures and sculptures have been on view in numerous exhibitions since 1986, including in the Oberberg art collection in the Homburg Castle Museum.

With his introduction to philosophical thinking, Wittschier showed as early as the 1980s that there is a third way between esotericism and exotericism in philosophy didactics , which he then theoretically (with reference to the 'tua-res-agitur-principle' ) and continuously expanded it for philosophy as a school subject: “The first thing that catches the eye about the books is the lovingly inviting design. (...) Wittschier loves questions (...) that bring unexpected problems to light and suddenly stimulate the reader to philosophize. "

With his moral-philosophical interpretation of well-known fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and through his collaboration with the magic philosopher ANDINO, Wittschier made an innovative contribution to working with literary and visual media in philosophy classes .

Wittschier wrote, among other things, three method books with a wealth of practical suggestions for philosophy lessons, a Rhenish-colored declaration of love to philosophy and a collection of grammar games for German lessons. In 2019 a new type of hiking guide was published in the Bergisches Land with the motif hiking trails he discovered.

Publications

  • All Cretans Lie, Little Introduction to Philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1980.
  • And the moral of the story ..., Small introduction to moral philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1983.
    • When the sea never wilts - small inleiding in de filosofie. Van Walraven, Apeldorn 1986. (Dutch edition of 'All Cretans Lies')
  • tua res agitur - Some practical considerations on motivation. In: Wulff D. Rehfus, Horst Becker (Ed.): Handbook of Philosophy Lessons. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1986, p. 342ff.
  • Know yourself - adventure philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1994. (text identical to: adventure philosophy - a crash course for beginners. Piper, Munich 1996; 2004 published by Reality & Science in Korean)
  • A truly tremendous journey - everyday philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1996.
  • It was (h) r once - fairy tale philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1997.
  • Quasi - a philosophical declaration of love. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2000.
  • with Karola Wittschier: grammar with movement, 30 grammar games for better learning. Verlag an der Ruhr, Mülheim 2003, ISBN 3-86072-768-0 .
  • For the love of knowledge, an introduction to philosophical thinking in grade 11. In: Ethics & teaching. 4/05, pp. 22-25.
  • Basic knowledge of the Abitur - philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2006.
  • with Andreas Michel: magic philosophy - be amazed-ask-know. DVD and workbook for practical philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7627-0408-9 .
  • Collaboration on the German materials manual. Volume 4: Poetry. Edited by Dorothee von Hoerschelmann. Aulis Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7614-2404-9 .
  • Philosophy compact - basics in texts and graphics. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7627-0406-5 .
  • Text key philosophy - 30 indexing methods with examples. bsv / Patmos, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7627-0425-6 .
  • Conversation key philosophy - 30 moderation modules with examples. bsv / Patmos 2010, ISBN 978-3-7627-0457-7 .
  • Media key philosophy - 30 accesses with examples. bsv / Patmos 2013, ISBN 978-3-7627-0534-5 .
  • Basic knowledge of the Abitur - philosophy. Texts - positions - methods - tests. For the Abitur 2017 . Cornelsen Schulverlage, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-637-39999-0 .
  • Methods of text work. In: Jonas Pfister, Peter Zimmermann (Hrsg.): New manual of philosophy lessons. Haupt / utb, Bern 2016, pp. 225–246.
  • Methods of text work. In: Barbara Brüning (Ed.): Ethics / Philosophy Didactics. Practical handbook for secondary level I and II. Cornelsen, Berlin 2016, pp. 166–181.
  • Philosophy laboratory. A space for learning, experience and encounters outside of the classroom. In: Ethics & Teaching. Journal for the subject group Ethics / Values ​​and Norms / Practical Philosophy / LER. 3/2104. Friedrich Verlag, Seelze, pp. 50–54.
  • The philosophy laboratory as a school think tank. In: Journal for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. 4/2014. Siebert Verlag, Hanover, pp. 80-85.
  • with Rolf Sistermann: Problem-oriented philosophy lessons based on the candy model. A conversation from the practice of lesson planning and teacher training. In: Journal for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. 1/2015, pp. 60-68.
  • Arno Brabender, Michael Wittschier: Discussing class visits: structured advice, transparent assessment. A guide for trainers. Cornelsen, Berlin 2016.
  • Learning counter German 5/6. Fairy tales and fables. Differentiation materials for heterogeneous learning groups . Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-589-15699-3 .
  • Learning counter German 9/10. Write. Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-589-15309-1 .
  • Philosophy reflection days: 2016 “Brave New World !?”. In: Journal for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. 1/2017, pp. 82–86.
  • Philosophy navigator for upper secondary school. Schöningh, Paderborn 2017, ISBN 978-3-14-025410-6 .
  • The figure on the trail - 14 picture trails for the whole family. Bachem, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-7616-3344-1 .
  • Thinking with Poets - 85 literary texts with hour sheets and all materials for practical philosophy and ethics in secondary school I. Westermann, Braunschweig 2019, ISBN 978-3-14-122823-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Arnheim: vivid thinking. DuMont-Verlag, Cologne 1972.
  2. ↑ All Cretans Lie, Brief Introduction to Philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1980. The extended new edition appeared under the title Erkenne dich sich - Abenteuer Philosophie , Patmos, Düsseldorf 1994, was reprinted with identical text under the title Abenteuer Philosophie - Ein Schnellkurs für Einsteiger , Piper, Munich 1996 and a little later by two different publishers ins Korean translated.
  3. ↑ This controversy is inextricably linked with the names Wulff D. Rehfus (educational theory approach) and Ekkehard Martens (dialogue-pragmatic approach).
  4. ↑ tua res agitur - Some practical considerations on motivation. In: Wulff D. Rehfus, Horst Becker (Ed.): Handbook of Philosophy Lessons. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1986, p. 342ff.
  5. ↑ Horace, Epistles. I, 18: "Nam tua res agitur, ..." ("Then it's your business, ...")
  6. ^ Paul Friedländer: Plato. Volume I: Truth of Being and Reality of Life. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1964, p. 131.
  7. ↑ 'Tua res agitur' - In discourse with Hans Jonas. In: German magazine for philosophy. Berlin 1995, 43/6, pp. 1057ff.
  8. ↑ Teaching materials, introductions to philosophy. In: Information Philosophy. October 1997, p. 4.
  9. ↑ It was (h) r once - fairy tale philosophy. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1997.
  10. ↑ ANDINO, Illusionary Art and Philosophy, conjure up with Dr. Andreas Michel
  11. ↑ Text key, conversation key and media key philosophy. bsv / Patmos
  12. ↑ Hans Gerd Neugebauer: Review of 'Conversation Key Philosophy'. In: ZDPE. 1/2013, p. 108.
  13. ↑ Quasi - A philosophical declaration of love. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2000.
  14. ↑ Grammar with movement, 30 grammar games for better learning. Verlag an der Ruhr, Mülheim 2003.
personal data
SURNAME Wittschier, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German didactician, teacher and artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne