Die Geste in Erziehung, Bildung und Sozialisation

Anthropology today. A study on family wellbeing and transcultural insights - A German Japanese study

“…Rituals are social practices in which people learn how to create familial stagings and performances that make other people and themselves happy. In ritual action, all involved acquire the practical knowledge that is required for it (Wulf et al , 2011b.…”

“…Great importance is attributed to them for the emergence of shared attention and human communication and cooperation (Tomasello, 2009). Gestures can contribute to the production and representation of emotions of well-being and happiness FischerLichte, 2010;Wulf et al, 2011b). …”

Innerstädtische Schulen als Kontaktzonen und Orte transkultureller Begegnungen

“…In schulischen Lerngruppen entsteht Diversität auch durch Unterschiede in Geschlecht, Alter und sozioökonomischem Milieu. In der Berliner Ritualstudie konnten wir zeigen, dass Rituale in den vier Sozialisationsfeldern Schule, Familie, Peer Group und Medien eine wichtige Rolle spielen (Wulf et al , 2011. Rituale und rituelle Arrangements sind wie Eisberge: Wir nehmen von ihnen, d. h. von ihren Wirkungen, nur einen geringen Teil wahr, der allerdings ausreicht, ihre zentrale Bedeutung für die verschiedenen Formen des Lernens zu erkennen.…”

Education as Transcultural Education: A Global Challenge

“…Other recent studies on "mirror neurons" have shown that the cognition of situations related to action display the same processes that can be observed during action itself (Rizzolatti/Craighero 2004;Iacoboni 2008). Last but not least, the "Berlin Study on Rituals" was able to prove for all of the four central fields of socialization studied that mimetic processes are of central significance for pedagogy, education and learning (Wulf 2005;Wulf et al 2004Wulf et al , 2007Wulf et al , 2010a.…”

“…In learning, bodily processes play a larger role than is generally perceived. An analysis of gestures in the context of interaction during instruction makes clear the extent to which learning and education are managed through facial expressions, gestures and posture (Wulf et al 2010a). To render knowledge embodied, the staging of the body plays an important role.…”