Education in East and West Germany

A Bibliography

Val D. Rust

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781351004602
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Originally published in 1984. This annotated bibliography is a comprehensive record of English-language materials which focus on Education in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It provides an excellent resource to scholars, beginning with a long introductory chapter about the role of education, formal and non-formal, in the two Germanies. The socio-historical context is presented but also the authors offer discussion of educational research trends. The bibliography is structured in useful thematic chapters and within the categories then split into those relating to East and West Germany.

Chapter 1

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

1.   “Comparative Education Bibliography.” Comparative Education Review.

The Review contains a regular bibliography of all articles in approximately twenty journals. The Review seeks to add journals to those regularly covered, so there is some variation in the journals covered over time. A small number of these journals are in languages other than English. The October, 1980, issue (Vol. 24, No. 3) listed the following journals:

British Journal of Educational Studies

Canadian and International Education

Chinese Education

Comparative Education

Compare

Convergence

Higher Education

European Journal of Education

International Education

International Review of Education

Minerva

Oxford Review of Education

Presence Africaine

Prospects

Revista de Educacion

Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Educativos

Slavic and European Education Review

Soviet Education

Vergleichende Paedagogik

Western European Education

There is no category specifically related to either of the two Germanies in the bibliography, although the European category is broken down to Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and Western Europe.

2.   Deutsche Nationalbibliographie. Leipzig: Deutsche Buecherei.

Published since 1931, it is a union catalogue of literature published in both German states and literature published in the German language in foreign countries. The bibliography is published yearly by the Deutsche Buecherei in Leipzig, which has served as the national archive for German literature since 1913. In its acquisition program are included the complete German literature, including university publications, translations of German works published in other countries and literature about Germany and important people of all German speaking countries.

3.   Deutsche Bibliographie: Halbjahres-Verzeichnis. Frankfurt a/M: Deutsche Bibliothek. Published every six months.

The semi-annual catalogue is divided into two parts. The main part is an alphabetical title catalogue and the second part is a subject index. It is published by the Deutsche Bibliothek in Frankfurt, West Germany, and was created in 1946 by an agreement of the city, the West German Book Traders Association, and the British and American military authorities. In 1969 it was converted into a legal federal institution with claim to deposite copies from the Federal Republic. Its aim is the same as that of the Deutsche Buecherei in Leipzig, East Germany, acting as the central agency for the registration of all new publications.

4.   Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

ERIC is a nationwide American information network for the dissemination of educational information. The ERIC system was begun in 1965 and by 1966 eleven clearinghouses had been established. The first issue of Research on Education was published in 1966. Of greatest value to the researcher is the computer search service. Although foreign materials were not adequately indexed in the beginning, they are becoming more and more complete. The most inclusive descriptor to use for this data set would be the term Germany. No less than 1088 references were indexed from 1972/June 1982.

5.   National Union Catalogue. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.

The National Union Catalogue contains in its present printed version a photoreduced copy of every Library of Congress card plus copies of cards from over 1,100 North American Libraries. It would be of great help to the educational researcher in verifying titles of works, directing the researcher to the actual location of works, and assisting in bibliographical compilations. The third reason is especially valuable here, because of the lack of bibliographies on special educational topics in Germany.

PUBLISHED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

6.   Apanasewicz, Nellie. Education in Eastern Europe: An Annotated Bibliography of English Language Materials, 1965–1976. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, 1980.

East Germany is covered on pages 31–34.

7.   “Bibliography: Education of Minorities.” World Year Book of Education, (1960), 361–91.

8.   “Bibliography of Lifelong Education.” The World Year Book of Education, (1978), 301–311.

9.   Dulac, Claude. “Educational Finance (Primary-Secondary Levels) Bibliography.” Division de l’education, des sciences et de la culture. Ottawa, Canada, November, 1978.

An extensive bibliography which includes a few citations relevant to West Germany.

10.   Gougher, Ronald L. “Comparison of English and American Views of the German University.” History of Education Quarterly. 9 (Wint., 1969), 447–79.

An extensive bibliography is included.

11.   Henderson, James C. “Some sources for the study of German education.” British Journal of educational studies, 9 (Nov, 1960), 48–56.

Bibliographical references, mainly in German.

12.   International Bureau of Education, Geneva.

Series of data publications on specific subjects. More than 300 publications in the series. 1927-present.

13.   International Yearbook of Education.

Geneva: International Bureau of Education, 1933 to date.

14.   World Year Book of Education.

University of London Institute of Education and Teachers College, Columbia University. 1932–40 and 1948 to date.

Chapter 2

SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDIES RELEVANT TO EDUCATION

HISTORICAL STUDIES

GENERAL

15. Barraclough, Geoffry. Origins of Modern Germany. Oxford: Blackwell, 1966. 2nd. Edition.

This historical account covers a wider ground than is found in most recent histories of Germany. The author attempts to uncover the original factors governing modern Germany by going back to Mediaeval Germany and giving considerable attention to the German states and their governments at various periods of time in relationship to other states in Europe. Little attention is given to schooling and education.

16. Bruck, W. F. Social and Economic History of Germany from William II to Hitler: 1888–1938. Cardiff: Oxford University Press, 1938.

Bruck writes a book which is both historical and theoretical in terms of economics.

17. Clapham, J. H. The Economic Development of France and Germany: 1815–1914. Cambridge: The University Press, 1921.

18. Dill, Marshall Jr. Germany, A Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961.

Dill writes a succinct history of Germany which stresses the last century. It is not intended to be a scholar’s book but is addressed to the general educated public. Little attention is given directly to schools and education in this book.

19. Gillis, John R. Youth and History: Tradition and Change in European ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• 1. BIBLIOGRAPHIES
• 2. SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDIES RELEVANT TO EDUCATION
• 3. PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
• 4. HISTORY OF EDUCATION
• 5. ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION
• 6. SPECIAL GROUPS IN SCHOOL
• 7. PRESCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS
• 8. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
• 9. HIGHER EDUCATION
• 10. TEACHER EDUCATION
• 11. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
• 12. ADULT EDUCATION
• 13. SPECIAL TOPICS RELATED TO SCHOOLS
• 14. JOURNAL, NAME AND SUBJECT INDEXES