Remo H. Largo

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Remo H. Largo (2015)

Remo Hans Largo (born November 24, 1943 in Winterthur , Canton of Zurich ) is a Swiss pediatrician and author of non-fiction books on education .

Life

According to his own account, Largo learned almost nothing in his first six school years from an overwhelmed and violent teacher.

After studying medicine at the University of Zurich and developmental pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles , Largo completed his habilitation in paediatrics in 1981. Since 1978 he has headed the “Growth and Development” department at the University Children's Clinic in Zurich . From 1987 to 1993 he was head of the general polyclinic there .

Largo published numerous scientific papers as well as popular scientific textbooks and thus became a bestselling author .

Largo is married, has three daughters and now lives in Uetliburg .

Act

As a pediatrician

His research work, including the Zurich longitudinal studies on child development that he led for several decades , received great international attention.

As a specialist book author

In 1993 Largo published his first book, Baby Years , which, like the subsequent volume Kinderjahre (1999), developed into a " long seller " and has been translated into many languages. Largo warns in particular of the fanaticism within the family and the school and states: "The grass does not grow faster if you pull on it." He wants to awaken understanding for the biological conditions and for the diversity of childish behavior in parents and educators. Four more books have followed since then. Largo advocates the abolition of school grades: "They are pedagogically useless."

Awards

Fonts

  • Baby years. Early childhood development from a biological point of view. Carlsen, Hamburg 1993; Revised new edition with subtitle Development and Education in the first four years : Piper, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-492-05826-1 .
  • Childhood years. The individuality of the child as an educational challenge. Piper, Munich 1999; Paperback, ibid. 2000, ISBN 3-492-23218-3 .
  • with Monika Czernin : Happy children of divorce. Breakups and How Children Cope With Them. Piper, Munich 2003; Paperback, ibid. 2004, ISBN 3-492-24158-1 .
  • with Martin Beglinger: student years. How children learn better. Piper, Munich 2009; Paperback, ibid. 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25848-7 .
  • Learning is different. Think about education and upbringing from the perspective of the child. Körber Foundation, Hamburg 2010; Piper, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-492-27411-1 .
  • with Monika Czernin: teenage years. Accompanying children through puberty. Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-05445-4 .
  • The right life. What defines our individuality and how we can live it. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-10-397274-0 .
  • Living together. The fit principle for community, society and nature. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2020, ISBN 978-3-10-397025-8 .

literature

documentary

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Curriculum Vitae: Remo Largo. Accessed July 30, 2020 (PDF)
  2. ↑ a b Katja Thimm, Markus Verbeet: “ Trimmed for performance” . In: Der Spiegel . No. 38 , 2013, p. 54-60 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Julia Schaaf: The child knows exactly what it wants to be. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . August 20, 2012, p. 52.
  4. ↑ Katja Fischer De Santi: Remo Largo, the most famous Swiss pediatrician: “It can't go on like this”. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Jürgen Oelkers: Laudation for Remo H. Largo on the occasion of the award of the education prize of the University of Education Zurich (PDF file; 109 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Largo, Remo H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Largo, Remo Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pediatrician and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur , Switzerland