Prof. Dr Hilbert Meyer (Institute of Educational Sciences), Carola Junghans
(Oldenburg Teacher Training College), Dr Andreas Feindt (Comenius Institute
Münster)

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Some people think that school lessons are only really fun when there’s a bit of a racket. But is that true? After all, lessons only provide lasting enjoyment when something meaningful comes out of them. That’s why, in this lecture, we’ll be looking at the following questions: When are lessons good? When is it poor? And what was it actually like in the past? We’d like to re-enact with some of you on stage what lessons were like 100 years ago in Oldenburg and East Frisia. To do this, you’ll need to come with clean fingernails and bring a fresh handkerchief. We’ll then think about what you liked and didn’t like about this old-fashioned teaching. Who would like teachers today to be just as strict as they were 100 years ago? Who would like to be punished for giving the wrong answers? And what do the researchers say about this? They’ve discovered that good teaching is like a jigsaw puzzle. It consists of lots of little pieces. And the puzzle is only completed when teachers and pupils work on it together. Presenter: Anke Genius, NDR Wednesday, 1 October 2008
4.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Audimax, Lecture Centre