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Wolfgang Brezinka
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Wolfgang Brezinka in 2011
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| Born | June 9, 1928 Berlin, Germany
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| Died | January 3, 2020 (aged 91) |
Wolfgang Brezinka (born June 9, 1928 – died January 3, 2020) was an important German-Austrian expert in education. He taught as a professor at several universities. These included the University of Würzburg, Innsbruck, and Konstanz. He spent his life studying how people learn and how education works.
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His Journey in Education
Wolfgang Brezinka studied hard to become an expert in education. He earned his first advanced degree, called a doctorate, in 1951 at the University of Innsbruck. He then completed his "habilitation" there in 1954. This allowed him to teach as a university professor.
He taught at the University of Würzburg from 1958 to 1959. Later, he taught at the University of Innsbruck (1960–1967) and the University of Konstanz (1967–1996). His research also took him to famous American universities like Columbia University and Harvard University.
Professor Brezinka was also a guest teacher in other countries. He taught in Italy in 1983 and 1990. He was a guest professor in Switzerland in 1984 and in South Africa in 1985. He was a strong supporter of what is called "scientific pedagogy." This means he believed in studying education using careful research and facts.
After he retired, he continued his research. He focused on the history of education in Austria. He published a large series of books about this topic.
Ideas About Education
In his book "Metatheory of Education," Brezinka explained that there are three main ways to think about education. These are:
- Educational science: This is about studying education using scientific methods.
- Philosophy of education: This looks at the deeper ideas and values behind education.
- Practical pedagogy: This is about the actual methods and ways of teaching.
Wolfgang Brezinka's writings were very popular around the world. His books were translated into many languages. These included Chinese, English, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. This made him one of the most widely read education thinkers from the German-speaking world.
He had a traditional view on how to teach and raise children. In his scientific work, he was influenced by thinkers like Viktor Kraft and Karl Popper. They believed in using logic and evidence to understand the world.
His Family Life
Wolfgang Brezinka was married to Erika Brezinka. They had three children together: Christof, Veronika, and Thomas.
He lived in a town called Telfes in Tyrol, Austria. He passed away there on January 3, 2020.
Awards and Honors
Wolfgang Brezinka received many awards for his work. Some of these include:
- Tyrolean Order of the Eagle in Gold (1984)
- Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class (1989)
- Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (from 1992)
- Honorary Member of the Professional Association of Austrian Psychologists (1993)
- Cardinal Innitzer Prize (1994)
- STAB Prize, Zurich (1995)
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)
- Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Braunschweig (2001)
- Golden Order of Merit for Services to Vienna (2001)
- Honorary degree in educational science from the Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (2014)
Selected Works
Here are some of the books Wolfgang Brezinka wrote:
- Published in English:
- Philosophy of Educational Knowledge: An Introduction to the Foundations of Science of Education, Philosophy of Education and Practical Pedagogics (1992)
- Belief, Morals and Education: Collected Essays on the Philosophy of Education (1994)
- Socialization and Education: Essays in Conceptual Criticism (1994)
- Basic Concepts of Educational Science: Analysis, Critique, Proposals. (1994)
- Educational Aims, Educational Means, Educational Success: Contributions to a System of Science of Education (1997)
- Publications in German:
- Erziehung als Lebenshilfe – Eine Einführung in die pädagogische Situation (1957)
- Von der Pädagogik zur Erziehungswissenschaft (1971)
- Die Pädagogik der Neuen Linken (1972)
- Grundbegriffe der Erziehungswissenschaft (1974)
- Metatheorie der Erziehung (1978)
- Erziehung in einer wertunsicheren Gesellschaft (1986)
- Erziehungsziele, Erziehungsmittel, Erziehungserfolg (1976)
- Aufklärung über Erziehungstheorien. Beiträge zur Kritik der Pädagogik (1989)
- Glaube, Moral und Erziehung (1992)
- Pädagogik in Österreich. Die Geschichte des Faches an den Universitäten vom 18. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert.
- Band 1 – 3, 2000 to 2008
- Bd. 4: Pädagogik an der Vienna University of Economics and Business und der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. Abschließender Überblick und Bilanz. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2014 ISBN: 3700175876
- Erziehung und Pädagogik im Kulturwandel (2003)
- Gesammelte Werke. Collected works in 10 volumes on CD-ROM (2007)
See also
In Spanish: Wolfgang Brezinka para niños
