Wolfgang Bergmann (Pedagogue)

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Wolfgang Bergmann at the presentation of the Matejcek Prize ( Family Network) to Anna Zaborska and Petr Necas in 2009

Wolfgang Bergmann (born October 21, 1944 in Lemgo ; † May 18, 2011 in Hanover ) was a German educator , family therapist, and former journalist and media manager .

Life

Bergmann had to leave high school a year before graduation, did an apprenticeship in publishing and then graduated from high school. He then studied educational science in Berlin. As a co-founder of a free day care center and father, he put what he had learned into practice. Professionally, he initially made a career in the media and publishing sector, was editor-in-chief of the Deutsche Lehrer Zeitung and co-editor of the book series “Tumult” as well as a manager in the Bertelsmann group and in the pedagogical specialist publisher Beltz & Gelberg .

Wolfgang Bergmann was a qualified pedagogue and head of a practice for child and youth therapy, the Institute for Child Psychology and Learning Therapy in Hanover , which he opened in 1995 after completing additional training in family therapy . In 2008, bankruptcy proceedings were opened against the assets of the Institute for Child Psychology and Learning Therapy .

He belonged to the group of child and family scientists and practitioners in Germany. Bergmann was a member of the international expert advisory board of the Vienna Science Center, an association that voluntarily disbanded in 2007 as part of the examination by the City of Vienna's Control Office for the Art & Sciences project . Life in a media-dominated world and the change in family structures as well as a reform pedagogical concept of discipline and authority were among his main themes. In the public debate he took a counter-position to Michael Winterhoff and Bernhard Bueb , who, according to his understanding, raise the demand for more discipline and obedience with their books . When dealing with the “new children”, the author relied on serenity, order and what he called “good authority”.

Bergmann had three children and lived separately from his wife. In 2010 he was diagnosed with incurable bone cancer. In September 2010, Wolfgang Bergmann founded the foundation initiative "For Children". His wish was that his work would be carried on and implemented after his death. Wolfgang Bergmann succumbed to cancer on the night of May 18-19, 2011.

Fonts

  • Leave your children alone !: Against the mania for support in upbringing. Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2011.
  • As mysterious as heaven are the children - what parents can learn from Jesus. Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2010.
  • Why our children are lucky: This is how upbringing works today. Beltz, Weinheim 2009.
  • Computer addict: children in the wake of modern media. Beltz, Weinheim 2008. (with Gerald Hüther)
  • Little boys - great need: How we give them support. Beltz, Weinheim 2008.
  • Good Authority: Principles of Contemporary Education. Beltz, Weinheim 2008.
  • Discipline Without Fear: How To Win Our Children's Respect And Not To Lose Their Trust. Beltz, Weinheim 2007.
  • The art of parental love. Beltz, Weinheim 2006.
  • The modern child's drama: hyperactivity, anorexia, self-harm. Beltz, Weinheim 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in [[Neue Presse (Hannover) |]] from May 21, 2011. Accessed on May 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ Interview. Bayerischer Rundfunk , February 29, 2008 (PDF file; 51 kB).
  3. ↑ Short biography in tabular form ( memento from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Bayerischer Rundfunk, from February 29, 2008.
  4. ↑ Audit report of the Control Office of the City of Vienna , 2007 (PDF file; 91 kB).
  5. ↑ Obedience makes you stupid. Bergmann versus Michael Winterhoff in: Frankfurter Rundschau , July 7, 2008, accessed on April 20, 2011
  6. ↑ To hell with discipline. ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Interview with Wolfgang Bergmann, Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 20, 2009, accessed on April 20, 2011.
  7. ↑ “Well-being and cuddling pedagogy gets on boys' nerves a lot.” Interview with Wolfgang Bergmann, Der Spiegel , April 5, 2008, accessed on April 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ I am dying, therefore I am. Essay by Wolfgang Bergmann, Die Welt , July 23, 2010, accessed April 20, 2011.
  9. ^ Obituary article in: Hannoversche Allgemeine online, May 20, 2011. Retrieved on May 21, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Lemgo
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 2011
Place of death Hanover