The Concept of Education according to Wolfgang Klafki. From educational theory to critical-constructive didactics (eBook)

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: 1,3, University of Trier, language: English, abstract: Within the framework of this term paper, it will be explained, according to Wolfgang Klafki, what education-theoretical didactics is and what forms of education exist. The question of the meaning of categorical education and the function of didactic analysis will also be explored.

Before theories and models of didactics can be explained and contexts understood, a basic understanding of what didactics is in the first place and which factors play a role here must first be established. The question of the meaning of didactics is not easy to answer. The word has its origins in the Greek "didáskein", which translates as "to teach" and "to instruct" or "to learn" and "to be taught".

Already here it becomes clear that two elementary processes are interrelated and complement each other, which has not changed until today. Thus didactics is "the theory and practice of learning and teaching". The focus is on the interaction between teachers and learners. Didactics should therefore be a support for mutual interaction between teachers and learners. It is a science of action that is intended to provide teachers with a practice-oriented way of acting. During the 20th century, educationalists such as Erich Weniger, Paul Heimann and especially Wolfgang Klafki (born 1927), who is considered the "father" of didactics, tried to narrow down and define the term in order to finally develop educational theoretical foundations and didactic theories and models.