Report on the pedagogical congress in Hameln (2017)

Abstract

My report shows only selected issues and trends. I describe lectures on the topics: school of diversity, perspectives of migrant pedagogy, teacher health, appreciative leadership as a key factor for the development of good schools, peer culture at school, Montessori education in inclusive education and potential development through educational regions. How school changes – these are the key topics of all lectures and workshops. The opening lecture (Klaus Hurrelmann Professor of Public Health and Education: Ist Leisten immer mit Leiden verbunden?) shows the current health disorders: the three risk factors – lack of exercise, incorrect stress management and the funding opportunities of the school: strengthening the education and school culture (a lot of travel – fixed rules). Professor Olaf-Axel Burow (PhD) looks into an important topic Positive Pädagogik. Sieben Wege zu Lernfreude und Schulglück. He discusses keys factors that determine successful leadership: Appreciating communication and building an appreciative school culture. Professor Joachim Bauer’s (MD) closing lecture Warum Integration manchmal schwieriger ist als wir gedankt haben? The encounter of communit yoriented and individualistic cultures. Educators, as well as neuroscientists, are interested in this topic because cultures deeply affect the psyche and the human brain. Will the encounter of cultures succeed us? People who seek our help as refugees come almost exclusively from sociotropic cultures. Will we be able to learn from each other? Professor J. Bauer (MD) says that if we want to survive on this globe, we also have to learn from each other.