Main areas of work
Political theory and political education
Publications (selection):
- Oeftering, T.: The political as the core of political education? Hannah Arendt's contribution to the didactics of political education. Schwalbach/Ts (Wochenschau) 2013.
- Oeftering, T.: Hannah Arendt's "Wahrheit und Politik" - eine fachdidaktische Lektüre vor dem Hintergrund des aufziehenden Zeitalters der "postfaktischen Politik". In: Deichmann, C.; May, M. (eds.): Orientations of political education in the "post-factual age". Wiesbaden (Springer) 2019, pp. 29-38.
- Oeftering, T.; Meints-Stender, W; Lange, D. (eds.): Hannah Arendt - Lectures on political education. Wiesbaden (VS) 2020.
- Oeftering, T.: "Where speaking stops, politics stops" (Hannah Arendt) - Political education in the mode of the political. In: Oeftering, T.; Meints-Stender, W.; Oeftering, T.; Lange, D. (eds.): Hannah Arendt - Lectures on Political Education. Wiesbaden (VS) 2020, pp. 59-72.
- Oeftering, T.; Schwendemann, W. (eds.): Hannah Arendt - Her thinking, our present. Journal for Christian-Jewish Encounters in Context, 3/2021.
- Oeftering, T.: The Ambivalences of the New Cultures of Participation. Political didactic approaches with Hannah Arendt. In: Journal for Christian-Jewish Encounters in Context, Issue 3/2021, pp. 203-209.
- Oeftering, T.: Social Theory and Political Education. The time-diagnostic approach of political education. In: Barth, J.; Henkel, A. (eds.): Leib. Border. Critique. Festschrift for Gesa Lindemann on her 66th birthday. Weilerswist (Velbrück Wissenschaft) 2022, pp. 255-267.
- Hameister, I.M.;Schulte-Wörmann, N.; Oeftering, T. (eds.): Angegriffene Demokratie(n). Perspectives on political education. Frankfurt/M. 2023.
- Oeftering, T.: Learning democracy and/or learning politics! A didactic debate. In: Schöne, H.; Carmele, G. (eds.): Demokratiebildung in der Schule. Controversies surrounding the educational goal of democracy. Frankfurt/M. (Wochenschau) 2024, pp. 149-161.
Extracurricular political youth and political adult education
Publications (selection):
- Lange, D.; Oeftering, T. (eds.): Politische Bildung als lebenslanges Lernen. Schwalbach/Ts. (Wochenschau) 2014.
- Hufer, K.-P.; Oeftering, T.; Oppermann, J. (eds.): Wo steht die außerschulische politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung? Schwalbach/Ts. (Wochenschau) 2018.
- Oeftering, T.: Political education and public space. A theoretical definition of politics and civic education. In: Extracurricular education. Journal of Youth and Adult Education, Issue 1/2019, pp. 17-22.
- Oeftering, T.: Formal, non-formal and informal learning. In: Achour, S.; Busch, M.; Massing, P.; Meyer-Heidemann, C. (eds.): Dictionary of political education. Frankfurt a.M. 2020, pp. 79-83.
- Hufer, K-P.; Oeftering, T.; Oppermann, J. (eds.): Positionen der politischen Bildung 3. interviews on extracurricular youth and adult education. Frankfurt/M. 2021
- Oeftering, T.: "For me, civic education means helping learners to develop into political people." In: Hufer, K-P.; Oeftering, T.; Oppermann, J. (eds.): Positionen der politischen Bildung 3. Interviews on extracurricular youth and adult education. Frankfurt/M. 2021, pp. 104-116.
- Oeftering, T.: Adult political education as a place for democracy education. In: Beutel, W. et al. (eds.): Handbook of Democracy Education. Frankfurt a.M. (Wochenschau) 2022, pp. 635-643.
Political and cultural education, in particular political music and political education
Publications (selection):
- Gloe, M.; Kuhn, H.-W.; Oeftering, T. (eds.): Music and Politics. Political-cultural education as young people's access to politics! Bonn (BpB) 2014.
- Oeftering, T.: Political music in politics lessons - a contribution of political-cultural education to the emancipation of pupils? In: Lange, D.; Greco, S. (eds.): Emancipation and political education. Schwalbach/Ts. (Wochenschau) 2017, pp. 190-198.
- Oeftering, T.: "I've got a feeling..." - Music, emotions and political education. In: Besand, A.; Overwien, B.; Zorn, P. (eds.): Political education with feeling. Bonn (bpb) 2019, pp. 380-394.
- Oeftering, T.: Music, politics and civic education. In: Political education. Journal for Civic Education. H. 3/2020, PP. 6-11.
- Gloe, M.; Oeftering, T.: Political education meets cultural education. Exploring intersections. Name the domain-specific! In: Gloe, M.; Oeftering, T. (eds.): Politische Bildung meets Kulturelle Bildung. Baden-Baden (Nomos) 2020, 7-16.
- Oeftering, T.: Political music and civic education. In: Gloe, M.; Oeftering, T. (eds.): Political education meets cultural education. Baden-Baden (Nomos) 2020, pp. 75-90.
- Oeftering, T.; Schewe, M.: More than just a medium. Political music in political-economic education. In: Teaching economics + politics. Issue 4/2021, pp. 48-51.
- Dunkel, M.; Oeftering, T. (eds.): Music, Sound and Politics as a Field of Action for Political and Musical Education. Münster (Waxmann) 2023.
Lifeworld orientation and political education
Publications (selection):
- Oeftering, T.; Oppermann, J., Fischer, A.: Gestaltbarkeit aller Lebensbereiche. The educational value of lifeworld orientation for socio-economic education. In: GSÖBW (ed.): Socio*economic Education and Science. Wiesbaden (VS) 2018, 163-184.
- Fischer, A.; Oeftering, T.; Hantke, H.; Oppermann, J. (eds.): Lebensweltorientierung und lebensweltorientierte Lernaufgaben. How much lifeworld-orientation is possible in the classroom? Subject didactic approaches. Hohengehren (Schneider) 2019.
- Oeftering, T.: "Lebensweltorientierte politische Bildung ist Ausdruck einer didaktischen Haltung" Lebensweltorientierte Lernaufgaben - Anmerkungen aus der politischen Bildung. In: Fischer, A.; Oeftering, T.; Hantke, H.; Oppermann, J. (eds.): Lebensweltorientierung und lebensweltorientierte Lernaufgaben. How much lifeworld-orientation is possible in the classroom? Subject didactic approaches. Hohengehren (Schneider) 2019, pp. 99-110.
- Oeftering, T; Oppermann, J.; Fischer, A.; Hantke, H.: Lifeworld-orientated construction of learning tasks in socio-economic education. In: Fridrich, C.; Hedtke, R.; Tafner, G.: Historicity and sociality in socioeconomic education. Wiesbaden (Springer) 2019, pp. 265-291.
- Jansen, A.; Oeftering, T.: Extracurricular encounters in the conflict area of agriculture and food - empirical findings and recommendations for political education practice. In: Wochenschau Sek. I + II, H. 06/2024: Education for sustainable development, p. 41 - 45.
Civic education and human rights education
Publications (selection):
- Oeftering, T.: Hannah Arendt and the "Aporias of Human Rights". In: Oeftering, T.; Schwendemann, W. (eds.): Human rights education and memory learning. Berlin (LIT) 2011, pp. 31-47.
- Oeftering, T.: Universality vs. controversy? On the relationship between human rights education and civic education. In: Education and Teaching. Austrian Pedagogical Journal. H. 7-8/2018, PP. 668-675.
- Gloe, M./ Oeftering, T.: Didactics of civic education. An overview of the aims and foundations of inclusive civic education. In: Meyer, D./Hilpert, W./ Lindmeier, B. (eds.): Grundlagen und Praxis inklusiver politischer Bildung (bpb) 2020, pp. 87-132.
- Oeftering, T.: Human dignity in times of multiple crises. University sermon on 07.04.2024 in the Lambertikirche Oldenburg, online: https://uol.de/f/4/inst/theologie/proj/unipredigten/Die_Wuerde_des_Menschen_in_Zeiten_multipler_Krisen.pdf?v=1712752033