The Paper Implementation of the German Educational Standards in Geography for the Intermediate School Certificate in the German Federal States

Autor/in	Schöps, Andreas
Titel	The Paper Implementation of the German Educational Standards in Geography for the Intermediate School Certificate in the German Federal States
Quelle	In: Review of International Geographical Education Online, 7 (2017) 1, S. 94-117Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-0353
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Foreign Countries; Academic Standards; National Standards; Geography Instruction; Program Implementation; Secondary School Curriculum; Research Tools; Case Studies; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Forschungsmittel; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Deutschland
Abstract	Up to the publication of the results of Germany's first participation in the PISA study in 2001, there had been no national educational standards in Germany's 16 federal states. In the aftermath of the discussions about the disappointing outcomes, Germany's federal states decided to develop national standards, yet focusing on "core subjects" and leaving geography disregarded. Consequently, the DGfG, which is the governing body of all professional geography associations in Germany, agreed on solving the problem on its own and published its own Educational Standards in Geography in 2006. Even though there have been countless efforts to foster the implementation of these widely-accepted, yet without legislative validation, standards we do not know exactly to what extent they have been implemented in the particular German federal states. The study presented here addresses this research gap bifid: Firstly, a research tool designed to analyze the paper implementation (i.e., putting into place new policies and procedures with the adoption of an innovation as the rationale for the policies and procedures, Fixsen et al., 2005, p. 6) of standards in curricula is introduced. Secondly, the results of a thorough examination of all curricula valid for the grammar schools in Germany are presented and discussed. As it becomes obvious, the Educational Standards have become increasingly implemented within the past years despite a lack of support by the legislations of the 16 federal states. However, there are some gaps that remain to be closed in order to ensure a complete, entirely successful paper implementation, ranging from particular areas of competence within the curricula in some states that have not adopted standards based geography instruction. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01