Wilhelm Wittenbruch

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Wilhelm Wittenbruch (* 1936 in Solingen ) is a German teacher and emeritus professor of educational science at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster .

Life

After studying at the Pedagogical Academy in Cologne , Wittenbruch initially worked for ten years as a school teacher at elementary and secondary schools. He completed a second degree at the University of Cologne in 1971 with a doctorate under Clemens Menze on Wilhelm Rein's pedagogy . Wittenbruch worked both as a scientific assistant and as a scientific advisor and professor at the Duisburg University. In 1976 he was appointed full professor at the University of Education Westphalia-Lippe , Münster department, today Münster University - Institute for Educational Sciences. He has been an emeritus member of the institute since 2001 .

Wilhelm Wittenbruch is married and has three children.

Research priorities

Wittenbruch's field of work is primarily the pedagogy of the school , in which he also wrote his most important publications. They deal with the history of schools, the theory and practice of school life, teacher training, the theory and practice of independent schools as well as the scientific support of schools. Further research focuses on primary school education and the European dimension of curricula and teaching. In addition to his book publications, numerous essays and reviews, including a. published by him in the magazines “ Pädagogische Rundschau ”, “Engagement” and “Katholische Bildung” as well as in the quarterly journal for scientific pedagogy . Together with Rudolf Biermann and Stephanie Hellekamps, he published the series “Studies on School Pedagogy” with over 38 volumes.

Fonts (selection)

  • Wilhelm Rein's pedagogy. An Inquiry into Late Herbartianism. Ratingen 1971.
  • Live in school. Theory and Practice of School Life. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005573-9 .
  • The educational profile of the elementary school. Impulses for the further development of the elementary school. With the collaboration of Dietrich Benner , 3rd, expanded edition. Dieck Agency, Heinsberg 1995, ISBN 3-88852-120-3 .
  • with Norbert Vorsmann: Schools on course for Europe. Reports - school portraits - studies on the European profile of privately owned grammar schools (EPG). Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 1997, ISBN 3-7815-0913-3 .
  • Europe - a new lesson for school? Münster talks on topics of scientific pedagogy. Aschendorff, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-402-04727-6 .
  • with Markus Brenk and Annette Drees: "Promote" and "Read out". Texts and documents from eight decades on the conflict structure in primary schools. Dieck, Heinsberg 2000, ISBN 3-89803-340-6 .
  • with Alice Lennartz: Time to act: advance primary school development! The reform project: Mosaic School Münster; what a college can achieve in dialogue with the university; Reports from practice, studies and ideas for redesigning schools. Dieck, Heinsberg 2003, ISBN 3-89803-341-4 .
  • Trust in school. Floor plan and perspectives of the Catholic school. Aschendorff, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-402-00405-4 .
  • with Stephanie Hellekamps and Wilfried Plöger: School (= Handbook of Educational Science . Volume 2, 1/2). Schöningh, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-506-76496-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Fellsches: Upbringing and intervening action (= studies on school pedagogy . Volume 1). Edited by Rudolf Biermann and Wilhelm Wittenbruch. Peter-Lang-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-8204-6917-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Wittenbruch, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and professor emeritus for educational sciences
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen