Economic Education in Germany

It is rather difficult to describe economic education in Germany: Due to German federalism the sixteen German Länder are independent in terms of educational policy. Thus the German educational system differs slightly from Land to Land, even more heterogenous is the situation of economic education. W...

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Main Author: Birgit Weber
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2003-02-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/267
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description It is rather difficult to describe economic education in Germany: Due to German federalism the sixteen German Länder are independent in terms of educational policy. Thus the German educational system differs slightly from Land to Land, even more heterogenous is the situation of economic education. With regard to this it is impossible to give a detailed picture of the whole, but it is useless to present the situation in only one land. This report tries to do the impossible by giving a rough overview of the situation of economic education in Germany at school as well as at university. Above all it is concerned with outlining the gap between claim and reality of economic education. A summary about the main topics of the didactic discussion can reflect contents and methods, which influence the syllabus construction.
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spelling doaj.art-5e427f30f7bd4abeb38ed31a92e294692022-12-21T19:07:40ZdeuBielefeld UniversityJournal of Social Science Education1618-52932003-02-011210.4119/jsse-267Economic Education in GermanyBirgit WeberIt is rather difficult to describe economic education in Germany: Due to German federalism the sixteen German Länder are independent in terms of educational policy. Thus the German educational system differs slightly from Land to Land, even more heterogenous is the situation of economic education. With regard to this it is impossible to give a detailed picture of the whole, but it is useless to present the situation in only one land. This report tries to do the impossible by giving a rough overview of the situation of economic education in Germany at school as well as at university. Above all it is concerned with outlining the gap between claim and reality of economic education. A summary about the main topics of the didactic discussion can reflect contents and methods, which influence the syllabus construction.http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/267
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