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Matthewes, Sönke Hendrik – Centre for Economic Performance, 2020
I study the effects of early between-school ability tracking on student achievement, exploiting institutional differences between German federal states. In all states, about 40% of students transition to separate academic-track schools after comprehensive primary school. Depending on the state, the remaining student body is either directly tracked…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Ability Grouping, Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
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Giesinger, Johannes – Theory and Research in Education, 2017
The philosophical debate on educational justice currently focusses on the Anglo-American situation. This essay brings in an additional perspective. It provides a justice-oriented critique of the segregated education systems in German-speaking countries. First, arguments that are commonly put forward in favour of these systems are rejected. Second,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Justice, School Segregation
Gieseke, Ludwig; Eilsberger, Rupert – 1977
Comprehensive universities, which came into existence in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1970, combine the aims of a number of traditional types of institutions of higher education, particularly universities, colleges of education, and higher vocational and technical colleges. The development of the concept of the comprehensive university and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Education, Comprehensive Programs, Decentralization
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Mitter, Wolfgang – European Journal of Education, 1991
A discussion of the status of the comprehensive secondary school in Germany looks at its history within the overall educational system, curriculum design, the relatively traditional approach taken by West Germany in comparison to other European countries, and the chances for comprehensive schools in a united Germany. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Schlomerkemper, Jorg – Western European Education, 1990
Describes the integrated comprehensive school (ICS) in Germany, where, as of 1988, 90 percent of all students attended traditional schools. Traces the history of comprehensive schools in Germany and examines their philosophy and objectives. States comprehensive schooling cannot create equal social entitlements but can encourage all students to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs, Democratic Values, Educational Change
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Roeder, Peter M. – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1997
Analyzes teachers' attitudes regarding the value and practicality of adapting their teaching to the needs of heterogeneous classes. Surveys teachers and administrators in five German comprehensive schools. Finds that teachers do not support the view that within-class grouping may be a viable alternative to systems of across-class setting by…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development