The Dispute over the Reform Pedagogue Peter Petersen (1884-1952) in Jena 2010: Review of a "Total Disaster" after Ten Years

Autor/in	Retter, Hein
Titel	The Dispute over the Reform Pedagogue Peter Petersen (1884-1952) in Jena 2010: Review of a "Total Disaster" after Ten Years
Quelle	In: International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 7 (2020) 1, S.54-90 (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2198-5944
Schlagwörter	Laboratory Schools; Community Schools; Educational History; Foreign Policy; Professional Recognition; Educational Change; Teaching Methods; Educational Philosophy; Jews; Political Attitudes; Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Child Safety; Racial Bias; Authoritarianism; Books; Social Systems; Social Change; Death; European History; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Laborschule; Community school; ; Gemeindeschule; Gemeinschaftsschule; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Außenpolitik; Bildungsreform; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Handicap; Behinderung; Ausland; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Autoritarismus; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Social system; Soziales System; Sozialer Wandel; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Deutschland
Abstract	With the reunification of Germany, a Jenaplan School was founded in 1991 in the city of Jena, Thuringia. Since then one place of the city carried Petersen's name. The University School at Jena, refounded by Petersen as Life Community School in 1924 (the traditional purpose as a mere teacher training school goes back to the year 1844) and received international attention during the Weimar Republic. Petersen's attempt to gain recognition in the Hitler state (1933-1945) with his reform pedagogy failed, but the University School was allowed to continue to exist. In 1950 it was closed by the socialist GDR state (East Germany). Ten years ago, a bitter dispute raged in Jena over Petersen because previously unknown racist texts written by him had been discovered. The dispute ended when Petersenplatz was renamed "Jenaplan". A book by Hein Retter, which appeared ten years ago, was highly controversial: it described children of Jewish and socialist origin as well as disabled children - from families who were threatened by Nazi ideology but who saw their children safe with Petersen. Looking back ten years, the author of the controversial book describes the Jena Petersen dispute and what can be learned from it. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present. Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Humanities Social Science & Education, Zschokkestr. 32, 39104 Magdeburg Germany. Web site: https://www.ide-journal.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01