Tough but fair: Goethe or Google, Education Talk – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Perhaps it is unfortunate play out just the alliteration sake Goethe against Google. But perhaps one should also think together both.

Florian Langenscheidt example claimed that he could open up his Goethe using the full text search of Google much better. What the trades and Mietredner helps “the gist of the matter” to find faster, has much to do with fast knowledge – with training now but just nothing. The difference between the two remained strangely underexposed in an evening that brought otherwise much light on the German school system.

Now, the school not only been “Pisa” in this country is a daunting roadworks, on the approximately 750,000 teachers and twelve million pupils are busy trying to do everything right. Input quoted Frank Plasberg the infamous Tweet a student who known in January: “I’m almost 18 and have no idea of ​​taxes, rent and insurance But I can write ‘ne poem analysis in 4 languages…” Are

On display also students who paddled around a bit baffled to questions about scheduling, basic rent or tax return. “They’ve got all the parents,” Josef Kraus echauffiert. The President of the German Teachers’ Association and director of a Bavarian Gymnasium insisted school must provide intellectual skills – and not just explain the pitfalls of a lease: “As I conclude an insurance, I experience elsewhere”, for example, at home

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Mirko Drotschmann is what is called a “YouTube Star”. His “knowledge 2go” -Filmchen be clicked like crazy, it explains the young man in 15 minutes the First World War or the conflict in the Middle East. Basically, this is but chalk and talk to Plasberg surprised. And Drotschmann admits that he only as a supplement, as a kind of buddy or big brother for conveys knowledge piecemeal. Still, he advocates omit what “eh little stuck.” With him was the mathematics, at all he wanted more practical approach.

The true Florian Langenscheidt too passionate, he would immediately wegkürzen “one third” of the “wrecking substance” to “future-proof with school be “. The natural joy of learning would systematically expelled the children. Instead of the “Nuremberg funnel” should occur as wonderful tools like “Facebook, Google, WhatsApp”. Social networks, search engines, short message services, in short, the blessings of the Internet to set up’s. Thus one can relearn joyful, namely “at home when I want and where I want it,” it was namely “more efficient”.

Barbara Eligmann would find the mastery of three-set and percentage efficiently, especially in sales. The TV presenter occurs primarily as a mother who does not torment their children with useless and highly specialized, but wants to be fit for life. What can be the role of the school in any case not as Josef Kraus counters. Current and highly complicated Abitur questions illustrate the problem and intimidate duly. The Hamburger Bildungssensator Ties Rabe (SPD) circumnavigated the cliff: “I am happy that the move at this level and not saying, I have gathered a few flowers” He seconded Kraus with the dry Note: “. The aim of the school is to enter university”

Neoliberal croaking

As soon as the clear, the debate falls back behind this finding. A viewer complained that he had to grapple with “Effie Briest”, rather than receiving tips about successful speculation on the stock market.

Against such neoliberal croaking raven defended his Theodor Fontane then still from the state with a passion and reason, which reveals the way something about true education. As Kraus adds Society Literature School ideally the “transferability” Plasberg can not resist a lout stick ball “that has to do with Switzerland?”

In general, the discussion goes in though controversial, but dissolved atmosphere. A little affects it as good teaching under a friendly teacher who observed his charges and encouraged, “Mr. Raven weighs his head,” Frank Plasberg then determines or “Lord Langenscheidt has an epiphany!” Problems such as the countries sovereignty in cultural matters, the burn-out among students and teachers, G8 or G9 find balanced their pros and cons and be remembered by the audience with applause gießkannenhaftem.

But what really agree to the round when it comes to the latest educational cry that “Schraibm after Gehöa”. Elementary school students should be motivated in this way a low threshold for a lot of writing. Only Hamburg has banned this method. Ties Rabe justified the step so that it is impossible first falsity and only after that the thing can be taught – especially since not all parents can recognize right at home.

Barbara Eligmann told still proud of how strictly it helps their children to a correct spelling. And Josef Kraus, in view of this “language barbarism” only the hands up over your head. First come the “private writing”, he says, the next step is the handwriting will be abolished. Even today, would often only cloze filled, the basic vocabulary is already greatly reduced. Little he holds of RatingBe replacement for notes, since teachers would have enough time for all students anyway. “It must anyway be spent on education a lot more money!” Says Eligmann. Then undertone Plasberg: “I hear here on any topic every week.”

In the end, the opponents must mark each other. They do it mildly, no displacement is at risk.