Wolfgang Nitsch
Wolfgang Nitsch (born June 13, 1938 in Berlin ; † January 27, 2016 in Oldenburg ) was a German social scientist and educator.
From 1957 to 1965 he studied German, history, journalism and sociology at the Free University of Berlin and was involved in the student movement against nuclear armament , in the Argument Club and in the Socialist German Student Union (SDS), of which he was a member of the federal executive committee in 1960/61. As a co-author of the legendary SDS-Hochschuldenkschrift (1961) and several magazines, he was at times one of the influential masterminds of the later so-called '68 movement .
After completing his studies, Nitsch worked from 1965 to 1972 as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, with research stays in the USA, Canada and Mexico. In 1972/73 he was involved in the planning and founding of the University of Bremen , where he received his Dr. phil. received his doctorate. After a visiting professorship at the University of Wisconsin – Madison (USA), he was appointed professor for the theory of science and science didactics at the newly founded University of Oldenburg in 1974. In the 1970s he was chairman of the Joint Commission for Teacher Education and was involved in the conception of the “one-phase teacher training” and in 1996 was one of the founders of the “Center for Educational Studies in the North-South Association”. Until recently he was committed to working with universities in South Africa ; In 2009 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth awarded him the title of Honorary Professor .
Nitsch was a member of the Education and Science Union (GEW) and was a member of the federal executive committee of the Federation of Democratic Scientists (BdWi) from 1993 to 2009 .
Publications
- Round tables at universities, new forms of participation in science (= science in social responsibility , Volume 17), VAS, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-88864-117-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Nitsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Vita at the Center for South-North Educational Cooperation at the University of Oldenburg (last accessed on February 3, 2016)
- Press release of the University of Oldenburg on the death of Wolfgang Nitsch (last accessed on February 3, 2016)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press service January 29, 2016: Social scientist and pedagogue Wolfgang Nitsch passed away - University of Oldenburg. In: www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de. Retrieved February 3, 2016 .
- ↑ BdWi - Wolfgang Nitsch ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nitsch, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 2016 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg (Oldb) |