Peter Forster
Peter Förster (born November 13, 1932 in Leipzig ) is a German educator and youth researcher who worked at the Central Institute for Youth Research (ZIJ) of the GDR from 1966 to 1990 .
Life
Peter Förster worked as a history teacher from 1953 after the Second World War . From 1959 to 1965 he was a research assistant or senior assistant at the University of Leipzig . From 1966 he worked as a department head at the Central Institute for Youth Research. Förster received his doctorate in 1964 ( doctorate A ) and qualified as a professor in 1971 ( doctorate B ). In 1983 he was appointed professor for educational theory. Förster has been retired since 1999.
Services
Förster participated in numerous studies of youth research in the GDR. He carried out research on youth development in the GDR and in East Germany and on methodological and methodological questions in social research . Since 1987 he has headed the Saxon Longitudinal Study , a panel study that examines the change in political mentality in an identical sample of young East Germans on their way from GDR to German citizens. For more than 30 years, the study has documented the experience of German reunification in more than 400 adolescents and young adults.
Fonts (selection)
- P. Förster, G. Roski: GDR between turning point and election. Pollsters analyze the upheaval . LinksDruck, Berlin 1990, ISBN 978-3-86153-011-4
- P. Förster: Young people in Saxony on the way to a united Germany. Documentation of an interval study 1987–1992 . Friedrich Ebert Foundation , Leipzig 1992.
- W. Friedrich , P. Förster: Youth in the East: political mentality in transition. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation , Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-929994-68-2
- P. Förster, W. Friedrich, H. Müller, W. Schubarth: Youth East. Between hope and violence. Leske & Budrich, Opladen 1993, ISBN 3-8100-1126-6
- W. Friedrich, P. Förster, K. Starke (eds.): The Central Institute for Youth Research Leipzig 1966–1990. History, methods, findings. Edition Ost, Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-932180-53-8
- P. Förster: Young East Germans in search of freedom. Leske & Budrich, Opladen 2002, ISBN 978-3-8100-3452-6
- H. Berth , P. Förster, E. Brähler , Y. Stöbel-Richter: Unity lust and unity frustration. Young East Germans on the way from GDR to German citizens. A long-term social science study from 1987–2006 . Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89806-589-4
- P. Förster, Y. Stöbel-Richter, H. Berth, E. Brähler: The German unity between pleasure and frustration: Results of the Saxon longitudinal study. Workbooks of the Otto Brenner Foundation, Volume 60 (PDF; 1.4 MB). Otto Brenner Foundation , 2009, Frankfurt am Main ISSN 1863-6934
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Förster in the catalog of the German National Library
- Internet pages of the Saxon longitudinal study , accessed on March 12, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forester, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German youth researcher, university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |