BBW L6

Question 1

types of schools (4)

Answer 1

hauptschule, realschule, gesamtschule, gymnasium

Question 2

Gruendung der Hauptschule: (3pts)

Answer 2

1. in 1953, on the suggestion of Bunespresident Theodor Heuss
2. kept the gegliederten system of secondary school, divided Volkschule in a 4 year ‘Grund” and 5 year “Hauptschule”
3. Meant to be attended by the majority of children

Question 3

Hauptschule,realschule, gymnasium aim

Answer 3

1. ‘grundlegende allgemein bildung’ prepared for a job
2. erweiterte allgemein bildung
3. vertiefende allgemein bildung that prepares u for uni

Question 4

Differentielle Lernmilieus (2pts)

Answer 4

1. based on PISA(2000),even when the personal, intellectual, cultural, social and economic resources of the students are checked, a connection between the composition of the learning group and the learning gains can be established.
2. Hauptschule mosstly attended by kids of very low school competence, overall leads to a disadvantage for the kids

Question 5

Hauptschule Stigmatisation

Answer 5

study by Knigge in 2009

Question 6

Hauptschulabschluss: (2pts)

Answer 6

1. more and more kids are finishing the hauptschule

2. but the value of the degree in the Arbeitsmarkt is going down

Question 7

Realschule, Hamberguer Abkommen

Answer 7

gegrundet in 1964
(tradition is as old as gymnasium and volkschule

originally meant to focus on ‘real’ subjects like: math, science, history, geography

in practice it has bwcome more similar to gymnasium

Question 8

Realscshulabschluss:

Answer 8

1. compulsory 10 years
2. most people end up switching to a dual system of practical teaching and teilzeitberufschule
3. mostly use the Fachlehrerprinzip

Question 9

Realschule, wahlpflicht

Answer 9

extra courses in the following areas (bw 7th-9th grade):
third lang, 
math/science
social/economical 
social science
social paedogogik

2. after 10th year they have option to switch to a gymnaium (esp kids who chose a lang to learn)

Question 10

Gesamtschule:

Answer 10

1. gegrundet in the early 1970s in all states of the BRD
2. idea: all kids study in one type of school
3. many arguments exist that this system is better

Question 11

Gesamtschule FOR arguments:

Answer 11

1. dividing kids in groups at a young age is problematic, 10 is too early to classify what kind of school a child should go in
2. if falsely classified, it’s difficult to correct the mistake
3. gegliederte system does nothing for the people who arent hochqualifiziert anyway
4. gives the opportunity to optimally utilize everybody’s talent
5. early division increases social disparities

Question 12

Actual start of gesamtschule

Answer 12

1. in the 1960s in berlin, based on the us highschool sytstem and the uk comprehensive school system
2. still differentiated from the ‘socialistic’ conccept of the DDR and french, italian and greek systems

Question 13

Empfehlung of the deutschebildungsrat for the Gesamtschulen:

Answer 13

1. in 1969, suggested building of 40 as trial
2. intro of concept of ‘cooperative’ and ‘integrated’ gesamtschule (half and full day variants)
   - integrated: instead of gliederung, diverse unterrichtsorgas
   - cooperative: combining of the 3 traditional school forms

Question 14

Besonderheiten of the gesamtschule (3pts)

Answer 14

1. although not very successful, the sitzenbleibeen and widerholer numbers are below traditional gegliederten system
2. usually very big, so differentiation within the gschool possible
   durchschnittsalter of the teaching staff sign lower than trad school

Question 15

gymnasium

Answer 15

1. vor mehr als 200 j gegrundet
2. word from greek gymnasion
   early only the humanities could get an abitur
3. aim was to regulat access to uni
4. subjects of central bedeutung: math, german, latin, greek
5. the ‘real’ like sciences, modeern fremsprachen were underrepresented

Question 16

Abiturientenquote:

Answer 16

early 20.c: 1%

1930s: 3%
2005: 29%

Question 17

reformed gymnasium from 1972:

Answer 17

1. 2-3 leistungs courses and 3 gruncourses

2. abiturnote composed on 2 years before abitur +actual ffinal exam grades