Paul Moor (educator)

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Paul Moor (born July 27, 1899 in Basel , † August 16, 1977 in Meilen ) was a Swiss special education teacher .

Live and act

In 1924, Moor received his doctorate in mathematics and taught at a middle school for two years. Inspired by psychological studies with Paul Häberlin , he became a pupil of Heinrich Hanselmann in 1929 . Afterwards he and his wife managed the children's home at Schloss Ketschendorf (with "25 psychopathic boys and girls") near Fürstenwalde . 1931 Moor became head of the newly opened observation station of the country boarding home Albisbrunn . In 1933 he resumed his pedagogical and psychological studies, became Hanselmann's assistant and received his doctorate in autumn 1935 from the University of Zurich . The topic of his dissertation was Responsibility in special educational help. From 1940 to 1961, Moor headed the curative education seminar (HPS) in Zurich, which Hanselmann co-founded, and in 1951 also took over the chair of curative education at the University of Zurich as an associate professor. In 1942 he completed his habilitation with a paper on the theoretical foundation of curative educational psychology . The core of Moors coherent curative educational theory was the idea of ​​an "inner support" and the question of how developmentally inhibited children can be given an external support that allows them to find inner support. Moor enjoyed an international reputation and was President of the International Society for Curative Education for several years from 1955. In 1968 Moor retired and lived by Lake Zurich until his death. Paul Moor published around 100 writings, including the popular textbook Heilpädagogik in 1965 .

Moors basic curative educational rules

  1. “We have to understand the child before we raise it ... Wherever a child fails, we don't just have to ask: What do you do about it? Pedagogically more important is the question: What do you do for it? Namely for what should and could become ... We never only have to raise the developmentally inhibited child as such, but always also his environment ... All those who have no inner support need people who in turn have an inner support, as an outer hold. This can consist of structures, joie de vivre, help with shaping life and coping with everyday life. "
  2. “Not against the mistake, but for what is missing” “... and it should be and remain one of the most important principles of curative education not only to combat the symptoms and to eliminate them quickly (just as the doctor does not remove the red spots with measles directly concerns), but rather to heal the child by doing everything to make him feel better. "
  3. "Not only the child but also those around him must be educated."

Awards

  • 1983: The Frerener special school is named Paul Moor School
  • 2010: Naming of the special educational support center in Nuremberg in the Paul Moor School
  • 2016: Naming of the special needs day care center founded in 1991 in Donauwörth

Fonts (selection)

  • Special educational psychology [2 vol.]. Huber, Bern 1951/1958.
  • Curative education. An educational textbook . Huber, Bern [a. a.] 1965.
  • Child mistakes, childcare mistakes . Huber, Bern [a. a.] 1969.
  • Tire, faith, dare. Incarnation through education . Theological Publishing House, Zurich 1981.

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Naming of the Frerener Sonderschule ( memento of the original from July 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hrs-freren.de
  2. ↑ Naming of the Nuremberg Special Education Center after Paul Moor
  3. ↑ Naming of the Donauwörth special needs day care center on April 15, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Moor, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss educator
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1977
Place of death miles