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Georg Kerschensteiner

Georg Kerschensteiner

German educational theorist (1854–1932)


Georg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner (July 29, 1854 in München January 15, 1932 in München) was a German professor and educational theorist. He was director of public schools in Munich from 1895 to 1919 and became a professor at the University of Munich in 1920. The author of Theorie der Bildungsorganisation (1933), Kerschensteiner is primarily known for developing a pragmatic approach to education, which included the integration of academic study with physical activity and the establishment of a network of vocational schools.

Georg Kerschensteiner

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