Heinemann, Rebecca (2016): Das Kind als Person. William Stern als Wegbereiter der Kinder- und Jugendforschung 1900 bis 1933

Almost Forgotten Research Contexts: William Stern’s Giftedness Research

“…The Breslau chemist Otto Bobertag (1879Bobertag ( -1934 translated the Binet test into German and compiled a complete overview of Binet's work (Bobertag 1909). Stern used the Binet test to conduct intelligence studies at Silesian schools and discussed the methodology and application of intelligence tests in university courses (Heinemann 2016). Numerous further training courses for Silesian teachers' associations also bore witness to his goal of familiarizing teachers with the new intelligence diagnostic.…”

“…His pronounced commitment to the further training of teachers was combined with the openness of this professional group towards school organizational and pedagogical reforms and the interest in further scientific training. In addition to new scientific findings in child and adolescent psychology, the lecture cycles and courses organized by Stern enabled the participating teachers to intensively deal with talent diagnostics and the methods of intelligence testing (Heinemann 2016). A year after the publication of the work "Die Differentielle Psychologie", which served for classifying the topic in a systematic scientific manner, Stern discussed the application of differential research in his book "Die psychologischen Methoden der Intelligenzprüfung und ihre Anwendung an Schulkindern" (Stern 1912).…”

“…The teaching of child psychological knowledge was already an integral part of teacher training in the USA by the end of the 19th century (Heinemann 2016).…”

The world of deviance in the classroom: Psychological experiments on schoolchildren in Weimar Germany

“…After some discussion at the end of the nineteenth century, psychological observation sheets, sometimes also called investigation sheets (Beobachtungsbögen or Ermittlungsbögen), were once again discussed in the 1920s as a way of periodically obtaining mass data on the psychological 14 In the wake of the professionalization of psychology, for example in the context of William Stern's experiments in the emerging field of developmental psychology, it was suggested that the application of psychological observation in schools be expanded, especially in Breslau and Bunzlau (see Schmidt 1991;Heinemann 2016). In Frankfurt and in other German cities, there was much discussion about how to deal with so called "idiot" children and whether a psychological observation sheet could be useful in this context (see Laquer 1902, 17).…”

Die Begabungsforschung von William Stern. Eine Einführung mit Quellentexten und unveröffentlichten Originaltexten

“…Die Hinwendung zu neuen Forschungsinhalten, vor allem aus dem Bereich der Kinder-und der Differentiellen Psychologie, war verknüpft mit der Entwicklung eines Denksystems, das eine "Subjekts-Psychologie"(Stern 1927, S. 141) begründete. Die Entstehung des personalistischen Systems ist aufs Engste mit Sterns Kinderbeobachtungen verbunden, aus denen er die Grundbegriffe des Personalismus gewann(Heinemann 2016, S. 149 f.). Dessen "eigentliche Geburtszeit"(Stern 1927, S. 145) datierte er auf die Zeit vom Sommer 1900 bis 1901.…”