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On the other hand, it is highly probable that an influence on their content is exerted by the requirement for the Readings to ensure a sufficient degree of generalisability or innovation. 42 The Centre of Pedagogical Readings has interviewed 25 contemporary witnesses so far, also regarding their motivation to write one or even several Pedagogical Readings. In addition to the handed-down evaluation reports on Pedagogical Readings, these criteria are also underpinned by the evaluation reports published annually by the responsible committees.25 An (educationally) politically motivated exertion of influence is obvious if an essential criterion for quality is the congruence of the chosen topic with the current school policy tasks an assumption that is reinforced by the fact that in the introductory passages of almost every Pedagogical Reading available for examination, there are explanations of the school policy relevance of the considerations included in the document. 
28 Self-censorship is to be understood here as a form of self-control. protecting your privacy and personal information, click here. An der Waldlust 15 Music, Strings, Band, Choir, Dance, Drama, IB Diploma. 44 Katja Koch et al. Tilman Grammes, Henning Schlu and Hans-Joachim Vogler, Staatsbrgerkunde in der DDR. Outside of the classroom, students can also participate and perform with ensemblegroups. 27 Recommendations of the Dresden Central Institute for Further Education of July 1955, quoted from Stolz, Ursprnge und Anfnge pdagogischer Lesungen, 11. Initially, the district and county organs of state school supervision were involved in the elaboration of the transcripts as well as in the organisation of these reviews and the presentation events. 34 The SED was the governing party in the GDR over the entire period during which this country existed. Please contact us about joining band, choir, strings, drama, or dance. This article specifies the individual space the authors had in which to present their own didactic and educational experiences generated out of practical experience. On the Oberursel campus, Grade 5 students can jointhe Beginners' Band tolearn an instrument such as the flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet or trombone. (Oberhausen: Athena, 2013). 2 For information on the Central Days of Pedagogical Readings see Katja Koch, Kristina Koebe, Tilman von Brand and Oliver Plessow, Sozialistische Schule zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit Die Pdagogischen Lesungen als ungehobener Schatz zur Erforschung von Unterricht in der DDR, in Schriftenreihe der Arbeitsstelle der Pdagogische Lesungen an der Universitt Rostock 1 (Rostock: Arbeitsstelle Pdagogische Lesungen 2019). The sub-corpus of Pedagogical Readings which considers the pedagogical treatment of cognitively imparied pupils (presented here) has received the most recent attention from researchers. of the ZIW) and authors of Pedagogical Readings point out that there have been numerous honest efforts at all levels (District and County Pedagogical Cabinets, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences [APW], Central Institute for Further Education [ZIW], Ministry of National Education [MfV]) to provide good quality teaching while taking into account the individuality of the pupils.30 In a certain sense, the Pedagogical Readings format thus seems to have formed a rather idiosyncratic sub-system in the GDR further education system, which was to a large extent demand-oriented. The total corpus covering all pedagogical fields consists of about 9500 Pedagogical Readings. The Amelia Earhart Playhouse offers live theatrical productions including comedies, dramas, musicals, one-act plays, and childrens theater. Ein Dokumentenband, Schriften zur politischen Didaktik 31 (Wiesbaden: Verlag fr Sozialwissenschaften, 2006); Tilman Grammes, Schlerfragen, Wendigkeit und Freiraumdenken. 
It turned out to have the potential on the one hand to add significant new aspects to previous research and on the other to demonstrate the value of the specific source Pedagogical Readings in an optimum way. The Central Days of Pedagogical Readings as an event at which authors finally presented the Readings selected for a dissemination on the national level was accompanied by all the main pedagogical specialist publishing houses in the country. Caprice Schupp (Wiesbaden), Choir Considerations on the work in support facilities, ergo on cognitive impairments of a severe to medium degree, do not exist in the overall corpus and therefore are not the object of investigation here. Spouse Employment Resources
Civilian Employment Assignment Tool (CEAT), Little Italy Restaurant & Catering Center, Little Italy Restaurant and Catering Center, https://webtrac.mwr.army.mil/webtrac103/wbwsc/wiesbadenrectrac.wsc/wbsplash.html?wbp=1. +49 (0)6171-2024-0, Alfred-Lechler-Str. Nevertheless, in view of the high significance of the Pedagogical Readings to the educational policy of the GDRs further education system, the quality of this source has to be considered. As a rule, these evaluation reports (very appreciatively and constructively, by the way) focus on technical aspects, and often also on purely formal aspects (from outline to suggested wording). 3 For information on the selection process: see footnote 2 above. First of all, the selection process must be considered which leads to the question of the criteria used to make the selection. 33 Herbert Altrichter, Thomas Brsemeister, and Jochen Wissing, edd., Educational Governance: Handlungskoordination und Steuerung im Bildungssystem (Wiesbaden: VS, 2007); Marcelo Parreira Do Amaral, Der Beitrag der Educational Governance zur Analyse der Internationalen Bildungspolitik, Bildung und Erziehung 68, no. 39 Verordnung ber die Beschulung und Erziehung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit wesentlichen physischen und psychischen Mngeln (1951). 49 Florian Bunke `Wir lernen und lehren im Geiste Lenins Ziele, Methoden und Wirksamkeit der politisch-ideologischen Erziehung in den Schulen der DDR`in Oldenburger Beitrge zur DDR- und DEFA-Forschung, vol. Our Upper School course options include music, drama, performance theatre, dance andIB (Standard and High) music, dance, and theater. The Pedagogical Readings are a comprehensive historical source, which, published successively over the period 19551989, accompanies almost the entire period of the GDRs existence and deals with all relevant pedagogical fields of work in the GDRs educational system. The partial corpus in focus here represents, analogous to the corpus as a whole, a unique base of experience reports on the pedagogical treatment of disabled or impaired children and young people in the GDR educational system. Students in Grades 25 who love to sing have the opportunity to performwith the Elementary School Choir. Nevertheless, there are surprisingly open critical passages in various Readings, for example when the optimism prescribed by the socialist education system is questioned with regard to its own educational effectiveness, in this case moral education: it is not clear from the pupils opinions reported by our current members [of a literary circle] whether the moral educational intentions of our work are recognised and accepted as necessary. Furthermore, it would not be correct to classify the source as a reflection of practised GDR pedagogy either in terms of the reality of teaching or the reality of everyday activities in a wide range of pedagogical fields. The support of underachieving pupils is part of the teaching.48 Furthermore, the Pedagogical Readings on the work at special needs schools show a considerable effort to achieve methodological diversity, which as repeatedly articulated is fed above all by the effort that meet the needs of these pupils with their very different social and cognitive needs both pedagogically and didactically. the foundations of socialism could not be criticised, but certain shortcomings in the everyday implementation of socialism could). As reform education was received extremely critically in the GDR over a long period of time, and in some cases was even actively rejected,50 the lack of explicit references to such sources is not surprising. Eine Einfhrung (Munich: Reinhardt, 2008).
third-party websites and applications, click here. 21 Katja Koch and Kristina Koebe, Jenseits des normalen Lebens Held*innen mit Beeintrchtigungen in der Jugendliteratur der DDR und ihre volksbildende Wirksamkeit, in Schriftenreihe der Arbeitsstelle der Pdagogische Lesungen an der Universitt Rostock 6 (Rostock: Arbeitsstelle Pdagogische Lesungen, 2020). This is where the immense value of these field reports lies: the Pedagogical Readings complement the existing range of sources of specialist literature, educational policy documents and contemporary witness reports. ", Enjoy an evening of 20th century classical music. In this context, one expressly strives to use teaching methods and materials that enable clear lessons and engage the pupils in a variety of self-activities. The significant deviation is above all that of the teaching and learning methods chosen.
It shows through example how the source can be positioned towards previously implemented research on the history of GDR education and illustrates how far the Pedagogical Readings can differentiate the picture drawn by other sources. Instead, special needs schools seem to have shaped a kind of biotope, whose everyday pedagogical practice (beyond the structural features of the education system) bears clear features oriented towards reformed educational ideas. The majority of the Pedagogical Readings in the subcorpus deal with children with slight intelligence impairments (debility), a small subset explicitly refers to classes of the B and C lines or to those of Division II. 24 The value of a reading should be measured primarily in terms of whether and to what extent the experience and knowledge gained from practice and presented in the reading can be generalised and used creatively by other educators in their work (Notes on assessing pedagogical readings, DIPF/BBF: APW 9017). Students in Grades 612 may audition for the AMIS festivals (Honor Choir, Band, or Orchestra), which take place on a rotating basis at international schoolsaround the world. Soledad Chinchilla (Wiesbaden), Assistant to the Performing Arts (FISO) Offensive and/or critical statements concerning the (educational) system are therefore not to be expected in the Pedagogical Readings. 1 Pedagogical District Cabinets, called Pdagogische Kreiskabinette (PKK), and County Cabinets for School Lessons and Further Education, called Bezirkskabinette fr Unterricht und Weiterbildung (BUW). the opportunity to act freely within a predefined overall ideological and political framing. Table 1.
Different source categories have been explored: Firstly, the official papers issued by the GDR educational system, such as education policy papers, curricula and didactic guidelines - have to be considered as binding for all GDR educators. +49 (0) 6127-9940-0, An der Waldlust 15 in the title, refer to work with children with disabilities, impairments or developmental problems. You are now exiting an Army MWR NAF-funded website and linking to a commercial advertiser's website. 
acting classes class acting theatre The necessity of such an approach is based on developmental psychology research of the time, and on the cognitive difficulties experienced in practice by the pupils in coping with the more theoretically presented learning material. 
wiesbaden The Playhouse is centrally located for your convenience: only ten minutes drive from the Hainerberg Housing Area and five minutes from Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhopf. Weekly string classes aretaughtduring lunch/recess at no extra charge. 43 Josephine Whler an Sabine Reh `Das Zentralinstitut fr Weiterbildung der DDR 1962 bis 1990/1991 in `Erziehen und Bilden: Der Bildungsstandort Struveshof 1917-2017` ed. FIS is a member of theAssociation for Music in International Schools (AMIS). Rosalind Klein (Wiesbaden), Strings 31 Katja Koch and Felix Linstrm, Die Pdagogischen Lesungen im Rahmen der DDR-Lehrer*innenweiterbildung I. FISW's new ACE Center features atheater area for the entire campus to use for rehearsals and performances. This format includes not only the written records of pedagogical and didactic experiences, but also the ways in which these written texts were used in the GDRs comprehensive further education programme in the form of oral presentations. The number of Readings circulated annually, incluced in the holdings of the Central Pedagogical Library of the GDR (Berlin) has risen continuously since the early 1960s. Fields of tension and the resulting scope for action could therefore also have arisen where constellations of actors from different systemic levels acted in self-interest. 
For these children who are assessed as incapable of attending school and not eligible for support, visiting school was just as impossible as that of a support institution.41 The system outlined here in brief is very similar to the West German system, both in its diachronic form and in the stage of development reached in the mid-1970s. 61440 Oberursel, Germany A total of about 9500 have been preserved to date in the Library for Education History Research, a source unique in the history of education that has hardly been appreciated until now. 
To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. Furthermore, it is possible that fewer Pedagocial Readings were centrally selected, but this cannot be proved due to the lack of information on non-selected texts. An evaluation of these guidance documents allows an abstraction of the following content and formal requirements for Pedagogical Readings: (1) the problems dealt with correspond to current school policy tasks; (2) the presentations have a high political-ideological, subject-specific and pedagogical-methodological quality; (3) the experiences provided there are very suitable for generalisation and, thus, transfer;24 (4) they are applicable to concrete educational and upbringing processes or to the management of such processes. Previous research work on the GDR education system often does not give a positive report on GDR teaching. 
3099067 Mark Fields(Oberursel) 37 Anordnung ber den organisatorischen Aufbau des Sonderschulwesens (1952); Verordnung ber die Beschulung und Erziehung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit wesentlichen physischen und psychischen Mngeln (1951).[AQ. 5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG. Landesinstitut fr Schule und Medien Berlin-Brandenburg (Ludwigsfelde: LISUM 2017), 13166. Using the part of the corpus that refers to the pedagogical work with cognitively impaired pupils, it shows, through examples, that a closer analysis of this highly original source material has the potential to give new impulses to social narratives concerning GDR pedagogy as well as to the related academic discussion.
Programs The Pedagogical Readings format and its significance in the GDR further education system, Scientific analysis and investigation of the complete corpus, The Pedagogical Readings as a historical source: originality, potentials and limits, The subcorpus of the pedagogical readings on the treatment of cognitively impaired pupils, First research results on the corpus at a glance, https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2021.1984590, https://www.pl.uni-rostock.de/schriftenreihe/neues-archiv/, https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00002727, https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00002722, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health, Intelligence impairments (special needs schools). As part of the curriculum,Middle School students are required to take music, choir, or band, as well as drama. They were excluded from school as incapable of attending school and received pedagogical support at the support facilities established from around the mid-1970s onwards. For example, documents from 1980 show that DDM 121,000 was spent on bonus payments. Within this, however, there were many informal spaces and options for action, and both critical reflection and discussion of possible innovations were possible. In addition to music classes, the Elementary School on both campuses offers extra-curricular performing arts opportunities. Nor was there any evidence of systematic checks by the national security service Staatssicherheit (Stasi), either in the context of the transcripts or of the discussion events. This continuous increase is interrupted by a few fluctuations (for example, in the periods 1973 to 1975 and 1981/82), the exact causes of which are (so far) unknown, but probably had organisational causes. 19 Katja Koch and Kristina Koebe, Die anderen Kinder in der DDR Zeitgenssische Quellen und literarische Texte als Quelle fr die Illustration, Ergnzung und Relativierung der Diskussion zum Umgang mit geistig behinderten Kindern, in Schriftenreihe der Arbeitsstelle der Pdagogische Lesungen an der Universitt Rostock 4 (Rostock: Arbeitsstelle Pdagogische Lesungen, 2019). Additionally, certain shows are intended for mature audiences -- please use our ratings system to decide if a show is appropriate viewing for your children.