Zur Situation des Lehrers in beiden deutschen Staaten

Abstract

Vor dem Hintergrund der unterschiedlichen Entwicklungen in den beiden deutschen Staaten und deren Wiedervereinigung gibt der Beitrag uber grundsatzliche Unterscheidungsmerkmale des Lehrerberufs in der DDR und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Naher betrachtet werden hierbei besonders die Aufgabenbereiche und Tatigkeitsfelder, Moglichkeiten des Berufszugangs und Arbeitsmarktchancen sowie bildungspolitische, arbeitsrechtliche und padagogische Bedingungen der Lehrertatigkeit. (DIPF/paul) Different educational goals as well as development of society in the frame of alternative political concepts changed the situation of teachers and their work in the two Germanies during the last 40 years. In the moment of revolutionary changes of society and politics in the GDR in November 1989 it is worth to give an overview on some fundamentals and central topics of the teaching profession, such as aims fixed by legislation law, expectations of society, entrance to the teaching profession, working conditions and social characteristics of teachers in Western and Eastern Germany. Beside all differences similar conditions of historical tradition, educational expansion and its problems since the seventies as well as changed demands by a new generation of pupils give the framework which makes teachers still fell obliged to solve conflicts between the individual and the society as regards the interest of their pupils. On the other hand the development of the past 40 years has produced new circumstances which make teachers often ask for legal solutions and advice in everyday work instead of using their freedom to innovate the educational process. Namely in the GDR there are new conditions to this problem to be expected. (DIPF/Orig.)