Research Projects
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Research at BBF is mostly organized in projects. Search and browse through our projects from the last few years.Abitur as an Administrative Act
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/abitur-as-an-administrative-act
The post-doctoral (habilitation) project "Abitur as an administrative act - rituals and routines of the German Abitur examination" investigates how the Abitur was organized administratively in the 20th century, what role the Abitur examination played in the German as a school subject and wether and how this changed.No publisherHistory of Education2017-04-30T17:15:00Zprojekt_dxAbitur Examination Practices and Respective Essays From 1882 to 1972
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/abitur-examination-practices-and-respective-essays-from-1882-to-1972
The project "Abitur examination practices and respective essays from 1882 to 1972. Knowledge (re)presentation in a historical-praxeological pilot project" successfully competed in the Leibniz Competition 2016, funding line for innovative projects. The project focused on historic transformation processes of exam practices which were compared across Prussia, Bavaria, Baden and Wuerttemberg.No publisher2017-04-30T17:05:00Zprojekt_dxAchievement as Paradigm – Towards a History and Theory of a Pedagogical Concept
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/achievement-as-paradigm
The book project reconstructs “achievement” as a pedagogical concept in the context of its cultural-historical development and transformations. At the same time, the self-evidence and logic of what counts as “achievement” is deconstructed.No publisher2017-05-11T11:15:00Zprojekt_dxArticulation and Participation of Adolescents at School
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/articulation-and-participation-of-adolescents-at-school
The doctoral thesis “Articulation and participation of adolescents at school. The development of West German student journals in the 1950s and 1960s and their relevance for research on youth and schools“ analyzes how youth cultures entered grammar schools and how contacts between students and teachers became more liberalized. For this purpose, the thesis consulted also historical development of student journals in Western Europe, the USA and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).No publisher2017-05-11T08:10:00Zprojekt_dxAttention. History – Theory– Empiry
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/attention-history-theory-empiry
The publication project taped into attention from a historical, theoretical and empirical perspective.No publisher2017-04-13T12:15:00Zprojekt_dxBecmann’s News From the Royal Joachimsthal Grammar School
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/becmann2019s-news-from-the-royal-joachimsthal-grammar-school
In the project the hand-written history of the Prussian grammar school " Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium" from its beginning in 1607 until 1741, was transcribed and edited. Author of the school chronicle was its deputy director Bernhard Ludwig Becmann (1694–1760).No publisher2017-05-06T18:30:00Zprojekt_dxChange of the Image of 'Abiturienten' Between 1871 and 1933
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/change-of-image-of-abiturienten-between-1871-and-1933
The doctoral project “Change of the image of 'Abiturienten' in Germany between 1871 and 1933: Ritual construction and biographical transitions“ researches the stability and change of the image of “Abiturienten”, as are grammar school graduates called in Germany, from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic on the basis of contemporary expectations of these high school graduates, as tested by the school, among others, as well as biographical transition patterns, as they are reflected in the typical circles of high school graduates.No publisher2018-10-12T13:15:00Zprojekt_dxComplete Edition of Adolf Reichwein's Pedagogical Texts
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/complete-edition-of-adolf-reichweins-pedagogical-texts
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), a five-volume edition of Reichwein’s complete pedagogical texts was compiled and published.No publisher2017-04-29T05:10:00Zprojekt_dxConstruction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 – Educational Historical Insights
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/construction-of-the-berlin-wall-in-1961-2013-educational-historical-insights
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, the BBF and the Devision for the History of Education in the German Eductional Research Association jointly organized a conference to discuss the significance of August 13, 1961, for education, upbringing and socialization in post-war Germany, which had been divided since 1945.No publisher2017-05-08T17:40:00Zprojekt_dxCooperative Development Partnership of two All-day Primary Schools (KEG)
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/co-operative-development-partnership-of-two-all-day-primary-schools-keg
The project "Cooperative development partnership of two all-day primary schools. Tandem development across borders of federal states – a model project for the promotion of co-operative instruction and school development at two all-day primary Schools (KEG)" evaluates the joint development partnership of an East and a West German all-day primary school meant to promote school developmental processes at the levels of school, instruction and professionalism of staff. No publisher2017-05-11T07:55:00Zprojekt_dxExperiences of the Best – The Unique Collection of Pedagogical Lectures at the BBF
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/experiences-of-the-best-2013-the-unique-collection-of-pedagogical-lectures-at-the-bbf
The project focuses on the description and indexing of a collection of ca. 9,000 titles comprising all recognized pedagogical lectures from the GDR, spanning the years 1961 to 1989. Subject to this project, the genesis, development and organization of the lectures will be documented – from their beginning until the end of the GDR.No publisher2018-03-09T08:55:00Zprojekt_dxGrammar Schools and Their Structural Change
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/grammar-schools-and-their-structural-change
The volume on the structural change of grammar schools from the Prussian reforms to the reform of the upper secondary school level (“Gymnasium im strukturellen Wandel – Befunde und Perspektiven von den preußischen Reformen bis zur Reform der gymnasialen Oberstufe“) documents findings from a conference held at the BBF.No publisher2017-05-13T17:35:00Zprojekt_dxHistorical Case Studies on the Change of School and Teaching Cultures – SchiWaHist
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/schiwahist
Substudy of the BBF within the DFG-funded project »SchiWa – Schools in Times of Change« on the change of school and teaching cultures since 1970s.No publisher2023-02-09T16:52:00Zprojekt_dxHistory of Schools in Germany
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/history-of-schools-in-germany
The author is preparing a third, revised and enhanced edition of the standard volume on the history of schools in Germany from their beginning until today, “Schulgeschichte in Deutschland. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart”.No publisher2017-04-21T20:10:00Zprojekt_dxHugo Gaudig – School at the Service of Free-spirited Work
https://bbf.dipf.de/en/research-publishing/research-projects/hugo-gaudig-2013-school-at-the-service-of-free-spirited-work
The volume “Hugo Gaudig – Schule im Dienst der freien geistigen Arbeit. Darstellungen und Dokumente” documents findings from a conference the BBF organized on the occasion of Hugo Gaudig’s 150th birthday. The reform pedagogue’s work is complemented by previously unknown articles from Gaudig‘‘s work at a girl’s secondary school in Leipzig.No publisher2017-05-11T08:45:00Zprojekt_dx