Volker Schubert

Volker Schubert (* 1952) is a German educationalist and was professor at the University of Hildesheim until 2018 .

From 1974 Schubert studied educational science, German literature and politics at the Philipps University of Marburg up to the diploma in educational science in 1979 and the state examination for teaching at grammar schools in 1980. In 1984 he was awarded a doctorate in educational science. phil. is doing her doctorate on the topic of identity, individual reproduction and education . From 1985 to 1990 he worked as a lecturer for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the State University of Kumamoto in Japan. 1993 followed the habilitation with the work Die Stzenierung der Harmonie. Education and Society in Japan . Since then he has taught as a private lecturer in the Department of Education in Marburg. From 1993 to 1995 he represented pedagogy in Mainz, especially school pedagogy . In 1996 he became a research assistant at the Institute for General Pedagogy at the University of Hildesheim, and from 2002 until his retirement in 2018 he was an adjunct professor there.

His main focus is comparative education , general pedagogy and aesthetic education . He deepened his experience in Japan in several analyzes of the Japanese education system . Regarding “Education in the East Asian States” he shows (Adick 2013) that the formative gap between subsistence economy and global economy also exists in education; While most of the East Asian countries have compulsory primary schooling, albeit at different times, a class-related strong will for advancement can be seen in secondary schools and universities. For "Education in the Pacific Region", he focuses on the regions of Polynesia , Melanesia and Micronesia . While the elementary school system is often closely linked to the various religious communities and is guided by them, the secondary school sector is usually seen as an opportunity for social advancement.

Fonts

• The pedagogue as an engineer. Educational science with Bernfeld, Makarenko and Dewey , 2019 ISBN 9783779960133
• East Asia, Pacific and Japan, in: Christel Adick (Ed.): Educational developments and school systems in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean , Münster a. a .: Waxmann 2013 ISBN 978-3830931904
• (with Dorle Klika): Introduction to General Educational Science: Upbringing and Education in a Globalized World , Beltz, Weinheim 2013 ISBN 978-3-7799-2899-7
• (with Cornelie Dietrich and Dominik Krinninger): Introduction to aesthetic education , Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, 2012 (2nd, revised edition 2013) ISBN 978-3779921806
• Pedagogy as a comparative cultural science. Education in Japan , VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2005 ISBN 9783531148243
• The staging of harmony: Education and society in Japan , WB, Darmstadt 1992 ISBN 978-3-534-11991-2

Web links

• Website Uni Hildesheim