Norbert Huppertz

Norbert Huppertz (born April 12, 1938 in Konzen ) is a German educator and author.

After graduating from high school , Huppertz studied philosophy , pedagogy and classical philology and did his doctorate at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg under the Husserl student Hans Reiner with the topic The Debitum Problem with Thomas von Aquin . He is currently a professor at the Freiburg University of Education .

His main areas of work include theory building in social pedagogy (partial-holistic approach) , elementary pedagogy and the ethical values ​​of pedagogy .

Huppertz is married and has four children.

Research methodological position

Under the direction of Norbert Huppertz, the partial-holistic theory-building concept was developed in 1985/86 at the Freiburg University of Education as part of several research projects. The partial holism (Latin .: pars and Greek .: holon "part of" "the whole") is the study of the observation and study of the details (partial) without its connection to his whole (holistic) ignored to let. The partial-holistic position is characterized by the fact that social problems are treated as such, but are also considered in their social and global connection. The partial-holistic approach takes into account important findings from already existing research lines ( phenomenology , hermeneutics , empiricism , dialectics , action research, etc.). In its implementation, this thinking and research position has a distinctive requirement profile and requires a high level of practical relevance. In social practice, working with this research position means: seeing this and the individual, but always considering the social whole.

The aim of partial-holistic research: to overcome the gap between theory and practice and thus to develop a comprehensive theory.

Kindergarten and pre-school education

Norbert Huppertz founded the life-related approach in 1990. The origin of the life-related approach is based on the knowledge that already existing approaches and kindergarten concepts are not sufficiently structured with regard to a well-founded education in early childhood education . The life-related approach is an early childhood educational approach that focuses on the child's life and learning. This means that through the value-related upbringing and education goals, the child arrives at the following attitudes for his present and future life:

• Global citizenship (earth and world belong to everyone)
• Nature and environmental awareness (appreciate and protect nature and the environment = ecological education)
• Ability to be at peace (enjoyable relationships and reconciliation towards others)
• View of the whole
• Experience in reality (no excessive use of media)

The life-related approach has been tested in numerous facilities and evaluated several times.

The life-related approach is based on partial holism as a scientific basis .

Publications (selection)

• Supervision. Analysis of a problematic chapter of social work. Neuwied: Luchterhand (critical texts on social work, social pedagogy, social problems), ISBN 3-472-58025-9
• Experience and education in kindergarten: the life-related approach as a model for planning work , Herder, 1992, ISBN 3-451-22544-1
• Parent work from kindergarten: didactic and methodological possibilities in social pedagogy , Herder, 1992, ISBN 3-451-09011-2
• After-school education: an introduction to theory and practice , PAIS-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-931992-07-1
• The life-related approach in kindergarten , Herder, 2003, ISBN 3-451-28144-9
• Handbook forest kindergarten: conception - methodology - experiences , PAIS-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-931992-18-7
• The letter of St. Edith Stein . From phenomenology to hermeneutics, PAIS-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-931992-26-2

Web links

• Literature by and about Norbert Huppertz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Norbert Huppertz