The Paper Implementation of the German Educational Standards in Geography for the Intermediate School Certificate in the German Federal States
| Autor: | SCHÖPS, Andreas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 7, Issue: 1 94-117 Review of International Geographical Education |
| ISSN: | 2146-0353 |
| Popis: | Up to the publication of the results of Germany’s first participation in the PISA study in 2001, there hadbeen no national educational standards in Germany’s 16 federal states. In the aftermath of the discussionsabout the disappointing outcomes, Germany’s federal states decided to develop national standards, yetfocusing on “core subjects” and leaving geography disregarded. Consequently, the DGfG, which is thegoverning body of all professional geography associations in Germany, agreed on solving the problem onits own and published its own Educational Standards in Geography in 2006. Even though there have beencountless efforts to foster the implementation of these widely-accepted, yet without legislative validation,standards we do not know exactly to what extent they have been implemented in the particular Germanfederal states. The study presented here addresses this research gap bifid: Firstly, a research tool designedto analyze the paper implementation (i.e. putting into place new policies and procedures with the adoptionof an innovation as the rationale for the policies and procedures, Fixsen et al., 2005, p. 6) of standards incurricula is introduced. Secondly, the results of a thorough examination of all curricula valid for thegrammar schools in Germany are presented and discussed. As it becomes obvious, the EducationalStandards have become increasingly implemented within the past years despite a lack of support by thelegislations of the 16 federal states. However, there are some gaps that remain to be closed in order toensure a complete, entirely successful paper implementation, ranging from particular areas of competencewithin the curricula in some states that have not adopted standards based geography instruction. |
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