Inspirational Moments in an Educator´s Life: It is All About Responsible Relationships, Important Learning, Philosophic Imagination and the Will to Move Ahead
Studies in Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Education, Vol. 6
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Beschreibung
The Irish poet and philosopher John O´Donohue writes in his book Anam Cara: `Autumn is one of my favourite times of the year; seeds sown in the spring, nurtured by the summer, now yield their fruit in autumn. It is harvest, the homecoming of the seeds´ long and lonely journey through darkness and silence under the earth´s surface… The fertility of the earth yielded its fruitfulness. Correspondingly, when it is autumn in your life, the things that happened in the past, or the experiences that were sown in the clay of your heart, almost unknown to you, now yield their fruit. Autumntime in a person´s life can be a time of great gathering. It is a time for harvesting the fruits of your experiences´ (p. 207). Anyone who has accumulated wide ranging experiences in teaching faces a creative choice in putting that legacy to paper. The author in this case chose to use a series of photos with text to illustrate formative and inspirational moments from his several decades as a dedicated teacher, and father. His account begins with university studies in special and gifted education, followed by years of teaching school while living a rich family life with his wife and two boys, and it ends with his pedagogical and research activities in the field of higher education coupled, in part, with retrospective reflections during these later years. The author closes the volume with a description of an intergenerational learning project that served to put him in touch once more with his own roots. `Kampen-Sylt, where the idea for this book originated, and Hartland Quay-Devon, where I finished this work, during my walks on the South West Coast Path, in the years 2014 and 2015,´ J.B.
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Joachim Broecher
Already integrated in his studies in the field of educating learners with emotional, social and behavioral difficulties, at University of Cologne, Germany, Dr. Broecher began his work as counselor in summer workshops, e.g., for the HighScope Educational Research Foundation in Michigan, and later as co-director and director of summer programs in Germany, in the fields of gifted education as well as special education or inclusive education. Dr. Broecher then worked in the German school system for 19 years, as teacher in specialized and inclusive school settings, and finally as school principal. During these years he did his habilitation studies and taught classes at the universities of Cologne, Munich, Hamburg, Halle and Gießen. Dr. Broecher was also active in the field of in-service teacher training and school consulting. Since 2008 he served as professor for childhood education at University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Campus Stendal. Here he built partnerships with Lenoir-Rhyne University North Carolina, Hickory, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg and Wheelock College Boston. This included an active exchange of students and faculty members. Several transatlantic workshops and field trips, particularly with Lenoir-Rhyne University, have been operated either in North Carolina or in Germany. 2010 Dr. Broecher went to Wheelock College Boston, as International Presidential Visiting Scholar, to do research and discuss the current educational challenges in the field with the colleagues from the United States. Since 2012 Dr. Broecher is professor and head of department at University of Flensburg, Germany, with the focus on the education of learners with emotional, social and behavioral difficulties, in the school context.
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