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'homeschooling' in germany

hell_o

hi doea anyone know if there's a specific word/phrase for 'homeschooling' as i need to find some german sources for my coursework. i've tried using 'heimunterricht' but notthing comes up... thanks

Reply 1

Jammertal

Hmmm, really not much: Only found this. Heimunterricht was from my perspective always only an issue for Christian fundamentalists (there was a school in Bavaria I think which quite often hit the headlines in the Spiegel). Sorry.

Reply 2

hell_o

thanks very much. by saying from your perspective it was only an ussue for christian fundamentalists, do you mean homeschooling IS allowed, just not if it's for religious reasons, as i thought it was banned completely according to the law made in 1938?

Reply 3

hobnob

hell_o

As far as I know it's banned, which is basically why those religious fundamentalists made such a fuss some time ago.

Reply 4

cwhit123

hell_o

hi doea anyone know if there's a specific word/phrase for 'homeschooling' ...

homeschooling is generally called 'Nachhilfe'. I am pretty sure it's accurate as I have a german friend who teaches english through Nachhilfe.

Reply 5

lorrybeep

what's Du machst auf Demi Moore mean?

Reply 6

hobnob

cwhit123

homeschooling is generally called 'Nachhilfe'. I am pretty sure it's accurate as I have a german friend who teaches english through Nachhilfe.

No, "Nachhilfe" is the tuition you get when you're afraid/in danger of failing a course.

lorrybeep

what's Du machst auf Demi Moore mean?

Something along the lines of "You're acting like a wannabe Demi Moore."

Reply 7

Jammertal

cwhit123

homeschooling is generally called 'Nachhilfe'. I am pretty sure it's accurate as I have a german friend who teaches english through Nachhilfe.

It is NOT. Nachhilfe means that you take extra private lessons with a private tutor after "regular " schhool. I used to teach a couple of people in one or two subjects. In German you call it Nachhilfe geben.

Reply 8

Jammertal

EDIT: Beaten to it.... hobnob, are you sure that it is banned per se? I mean it is possible to be taught at home (e.g. Tokio Hotel) as long as it is up to the standards in normal schools, which wasn't the case in case of the Christain fundamentalists whose teaching wasn't approved since they didn't cover things like sexual education etc, hence an infringement of the Schulpflicht. There was something in the Spiegel a couple of months ago, I'll try to find out.

Reply 9

lorrybeep

hobnob

Something along the lines of "You're acting like a wannabe Demi Moore."

must be an expression.... danke

Reply 10

hobnob

Jammertal

Ah, yes, you're right, there are exceptions in such cases, so it can't be banned outright... You probably still need somebody who is actually a trained teacher and who sticks to the general curriculum in what he teaches his pupil, though (and for those Christian fundamentalists neither was the case, I suppose). And Germany being Germany, I bet you need to fill in forms and get a special permission even then. :biggrin:

Reply 11

Jammertal

Yep, exactly. :biggrin:

Reply 12

hell_o

because i've been doing my coursework on it, obviously i've researched it quite a lot and there is a total ban on homeschooling in Germany since Hitler banned it in 1938, however it would seem that it only affected Christian fundamentalists, as they are often the people who would prefer to homeschool as they believe state schooling is not very good, eg. sex ed/religion.

what do you reckon would be a better question to base my coursework around..

Is the ban on homeschooling a contradiction of human rights?

OR

Can the ban on homeschooling be justified?

I know they're similar but I can't decide which to pick.

Thanks

Reply 13

hobnob