Education in Weimar Germany

Question 1

3 Main aspects of education?

Answer 1

Structure
Curriculum
Teachers

Question 2

What political affiliation were most Weimar teachers?

Answer 2

Right wing- in 1933, 300 university professors signed an appeal to the German people to vote Nazi.

Question 3

What led to their increased support of Nazi party?

Answer 3

Low pay- meant the Nazi idea of education underpinning the New Reich was therefore appealing.

Question 4

Who was education controlled by? What did this mean? in WG

Answer 4

The Lander; that there was a diverse range of education and schools.

Question 5

What determined career? in WG

Answer 5

The Tripartite system: Realschule, Gymnasium, Haptschule

Question 6

What was WG’s aim for religious schools?

Answer 6

To phase them out, though by 1931 80% of schools were faith based.

Question 7

What did secondary school curriculum depend on? in WG

Answer 7

The type of school attended- eg. those attending a haptchule were taught to work in trade and apprenticeships

Question 8

What did students need to pass to attend university? Who dominated university? in WG

Answer 8

The Abitur exam; mostly middle and upper class students- only 2.3% of those at university were working class.