Vocational College Business and Administration

A journey in time – History of the EGB Contents The history of Erich- Gutenberg-Berufskolleg 1.From the beginnings to World War I After 1945 History of vocational education in Buende

1884 Start of business training in Buende by Mr Heinrich Rumbke: 2 evenings per week Target group: employees of the predominant cigar-making industry Subjects: bookkeeping, customs formalities 1893 General introduction of schools for further education in Germany Target group: young people at the age of 14 – 18 years Reason: keeping young people away from socialist ideas between leaving school and military service Aim: youths should become the „emperor‘s willing subjects“ From the beginnings to World War I A journey in time – History of the EGB

1893 Schools of further education (continued) Supported by local merchants Subjects: German, arithmetics, handwriting, shorthand, bookkeeping 6 lessons per week 3 consecutive years Teachers: ordinary teachers with further training Method: reading aloud from the book and talking about it From the beginnings to World War I A journey in time – History of the EGB

1905 School of further education became obligatory for males under 18 years  many employers tried to get round the compulsory school attendance of their young employees 1908Foreign languages and bills of exchange became part of the syllabus Students‘ activities like presentations and independent work are an increasingly important aspect of the lessons 1914 – 1918 Paramilitary exercises in lessons From the beginnings to World War I A journey in time – History of the EGB

Schoolfounder Rumbke and a class at about 1900 From the beginnings to World War I A journey in time – History of the EGB

1921 Introduction of compulsory vocational school attendance for female employees 1929 Subjects: economics, arithmetics, office organisation including special economics of the cigar-making industry and customs formalities, typing, handwriting, domestic science and home economics, gymnastics, politics Method: orientation towards a firm‘s procedures 1932 General education and vocational education are accepted as of equal value: The GSCE can be obtained at vocational schools Technological develepment and increasing division of labour make greater demands on vocational education Period between A journey in time – History of the EGB

1933 After the seizure of power by the National Socialists freedom and individuality were replaced by the ideal of „serving people who subordinate to public necessities“ Focus of the lessons switched to racial hatred and the aim of conveying the NS-ideology School did not only become a place for plain propaganda, but for the subtle influence on students Besides that there were no special NS-methods of teaching Period between A journey in time – History of the EGB

1938 Introduction of a compulsory vocational school attendance for apprentices 1941 First nationwide standardized syllabus for shop assistants Introduction of nationwide vocational competitions Aims: political control of schools and marketing NS-ideas Period between A journey in time – History of the EGB

Period between A journey in time – History of the EGB Typewriters of the 20th century

Our present school was built in 1950s and 1960s This is the school building in 1965: After 1945 A journey in time – History of the EGB

Lessons in typing in the 1970s : After 1945 A journey in time – History of the EGB

Students in the 1970s: After 1945 A journey in time – History of the EGB

Simulation of a dental treatment in the 1970s : After 1945 A journey in time – History of the EGB

Medical assistants at work in school in the 1970s After 1945 A journey in time – History of the EGB

After today A journey in time – History of the EGB Today: division of vocational education into 2 parts Full-time students aiming for a higher degree and after that for an apprenticeship or a place at university Part-time students who serve an apprenticeship with a company and who attend our school just for about 12 lessons a week in order to pass their final exams

Recent developments (since 1995): School development guided by a special group of teachers External school inspections International projects (Leonardo, Comenius) IT: 8 networked computer rooms, plus 200 laptop computers Individual learning support Health management Self-organized learning (SOL) Today A journey in time – History of the EGB

Self-organized learning (SOL): Students are given fixed aims and prepared materials Teachers organize the learning arrangements and change their role into learning advisors Students work according to their individual needs and at their individual speed No 45-minute lessons in German, economics, English, maths (plus others) Regular alternation of individual work, pair work, and group work Opening of the new SOL-storey of our school Today A journey in time – History of the EGB

Our new SOL-storey Today A journey in time – History of the EGB

Our new SOL-storey Zeit von 1945 bis heute A journey in time – History of the EGB

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