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    Ewald Terhart

    Der spezifische Typus des „Lehrerbildners“ bzw. der „Lehrerbildnerin“ ist eher in der Geschichte der Volksschullehrer*innenbildung und nicht in der Gymnasiallehrer*innenbildung zu verorten. Lehrkrafte als Bildner konnen konsequenterweise... more
    Der spezifische Typus des „Lehrerbildners“ bzw. der „Lehrerbildnerin“ ist eher in der Geschichte der Volksschullehrer*innenbildung und nicht in der Gymnasiallehrer*innenbildung zu verorten. Lehrkrafte als Bildner konnen konsequenterweise dann nur in „Bildnerhochschulen“ auf ihren Beruf vorbereitet werden. Dieses personalistisch-idealistische Konzept, welches immer auch als schoner Schein uber einer durftigen Wirklichkeit schwebte, trat mit der Modernisierung, Akademisierung und Verwissenschaftlichung von Lehrberuf und Lehrer*innenbildung in den Hintergrund. Verlauf  und Probleme dieses Prozesses der Akademisierung werden geschildert; parallel wird der Weg des Verfassers durch das (Diplom-)Studium der Erziehungswissenschaft hindurch und danach als Wissenschaftler bzw. Schulpadagoge in die Erziehungswissenschaft, in die universitare Lehrerbildung sowie schlieslich in die Rolle eines „Experten“ fur Lehrerbildung hinein schlaglichtartig beleuchtet. Der ursprungliche padagogische Idealis...
    Der Autor geht der Frage nach, wie uber die Ursachen der schlechten Ergebnisse der PISA-Studie fur Deutschland bisher diskutiert und gegenwartig diskutiert wird und welche Schlusse man daraus zieht. Dann tragt er vor, „wie man auf der... more
    Der Autor geht der Frage nach, wie uber die Ursachen der schlechten Ergebnisse der PISA-Studie fur Deutschland bisher diskutiert und gegenwartig diskutiert wird und welche Schlusse man daraus zieht. Dann tragt er vor, „wie man auf der Basis von Leistungsvergleichsstudien, (…), zu einer Verbesserung des dergestalt ausgemessenen Systems kommt“. Fur den Autor sind dabei eine doppelte Zielsetzung, die Bezugssysteme des Beurteilens und die Schwachstellen Ansatzpunkte, um sich dem Ganzen mit grundsatzlichen strategischen Orientierungen bzw. Zielperspektiven auf Systemebene zu nahern, wohingegen er im Blick auf die Einzelschule das Lehrpersonal, den Unterricht und das Kollegium als innerschulische Ansatzpunkte untersucht. (DIPF/ ssch)
    Neo-Existentialism as a Theory of Classroom Teaching? Reviewing Gert Biesta’s Re(dis) -covery of Teaching Gert Biesta is well known as a critic of a dominantly psychological interpretation of education and learning. He is also sceptic... more
    Neo-Existentialism as a Theory of Classroom Teaching? Reviewing Gert Biesta’s Re(dis) -covery of Teaching Gert Biesta is well known as a critic of a dominantly psychological interpretation of education and learning. He is also sceptic towards the evidence-based approach to educational reform and administration. Instead of this current dominating paradigm he defends and praises »the beautiful risk of education« based on a non-technological, dialogical interpretation of education. But what about teaching? In his new book Biesta rediscovers and recovers teaching and the teacher. His central idea is to disconnect teaching and learning, to free teaching from learning. Teaching cannot produce or cause learning; measured learning progress of students cannot be regarded as an indicator for successful teaching. This approach resembles former existentialist ideas on education and teaching. In this critical review central elements of Biesta’s approach to teaching and teachers are presented and...
    ... It has the radical chic of a pretentious pedagogical ambition which cannot be a guideline for a profession. ... Looking at formalised codes of ethics for teachers in general, I come to the conclusion that their disadvantages are... more
    ... It has the radical chic of a pretentious pedagogical ambition which cannot be a guideline for a profession. ... Looking at formalised codes of ethics for teachers in general, I come to the conclusion that their disadvantages are greater than their advantages: ...
    ABSTRACT After a long period of paradigmatic stability in the field of general didactics ( Allgemeine Didaktik ) in Germany, the proponents of the 'constructivist didactics' claim to be formulating a new approach on the... more
    ABSTRACT After a long period of paradigmatic stability in the field of general didactics ( Allgemeine Didaktik ) in Germany, the proponents of the 'constructivist didactics' claim to be formulating a new approach on the theoretical as well as practical levels. This claim is analysed and evaluated. Four background theories of constructivist didactics are sketched; the central arguments of these didactics are reconstructed; some examples of practical constructivist teaching recommendations presented; and, finally, constructivist didactics is critically analysed in the context of a theory of learning in schools. The conclusion is that constructivist didactics is not a new paradigm in the sense that its proponents claim it to be.
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    This paper presents two studies adding validity evidence to the assessment of educational knowledge (EK) measured by a recently developed test. The first study compared the test scores of a large sample of graduates from academic teacher... more
    This paper presents two studies adding validity evidence to the assessment of educational knowledge (EK) measured by a recently developed test. The first study compared the test scores of a large sample of graduates from academic teacher education with those of a sample of first-semester teacher students. Results indicate higher scores for graduates in the majority of the test’s six domains. Additionally, we gained validity evidence based on response processes by conducting 46 cognitive interviews in Study 2. Participants with different professional backgrounds stated their response strategies while taking the knowledge test. Among other results, analyses revealed that graduates and advanced students in teacher education were often familiar with item topics and solved items mostly by retrieving academic knowledge from memory. Overall, results add to previously gained evidence suggesting that test scores can be taken to measure EK mainly gained by university studies.

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