Rainer Dieterich

Rainer Dieterich (born March 20, 1943 in Koethen ) is a German psychologist. From 1978 to 2008 he was professor for educational psychology at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg .

Life

He began his psychology studies in Erlangen in 1963, continued it in Braunschweig and graduated in 1969 with a diploma in Erlangen. In 1969 he became a scientific assistant there, received his doctorate in 1971, became an assistant at the University of Education in Bayreuth, then at the University of Education in Munich - Pasing and the University of Munich, where he completed his habilitation in 1978.

From 1978 he was professor for educational psychology in the department of education of the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. Dieterich taught in the diploma course in pedagogy, later also in the bachelor course in "Educational Science" and was the spokesman (dean) of the department. He has been retired since 2008. Dieterich's main research area was teaching and learning. Further research projects were the regulation of the learning state and simulators as learning media.

Honors

• Honorary Professor at Central Connecticut State University , New Britain, CT (1990)
• Honorary Doctorate from Connecticut State University (2002).

Publications

(only books)

• (1975). Introduction to the methodological basics of educational psychology. Munich: Reinhardt.
• (1977). Psychodiagnostics. Basics and Problems. Munich: Reinhardt.
• (1980). Learning to understand children. An exercise course in educational personality psychology. Paderborn: Schöningh.
• (1981). Integral Personality Theory - Chances and Objectives of an Educational-Psychological Anthropology. Paderborn: Schöningh.
• (as ed.). (1983). Pedagogical competence. On the theory-practice problem in educational science. Paderborn: Schöningh.
• (with Elbing, E., Peagitsch, I. & Ritscher, H.): Psychology of the teacher personality. The teacher in the focus of educational reflection. 1983. Munich: Reinhardt.
• (with Reinert, GB as ed.): Theory and Reality. Studies on teacher action between teaching theory and everyday routine. 1986. Stuttgart: Lang.
• (with others): Psychological perspectives in adult education. Published by the Pedagogical Office of the German Adult Education Association. 1987. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhart.
• (with Pfeiffer, C. as ed.): Freedom and Contingency. On the interdisciplinary anthropology of human freedoms and bonds. 1992. Heidelberg: Asanger.
• (with Rietz, I.): Basic psychological knowledge for school and work. A dictionary. 1996. Donauwörth: Auer Verlag GmbH.
• (2000). Learning in a state of relaxation. Göttingen: Publishing house for applied psychology.
• (2018). History of the meaning of the fraternity Germania Königsberg. Interactions between zeitgeist and corporate student mentality. Two volumes. Kiel: Eick.

Web links

• Literature by and about Rainer Dieterich in the catalog of the German National Library