!!!Brezinka, Wolfgang

Brezinka, Wolfgang, b. Berlin, Germany, June 9, 1928, 
educationist. Habilitated in 1954 at the University of Innsbruck, 
since then resident in Tirol, taught at the universities of Wuerzburg 
(Germany), Innsbruck (1960-67) and Konstanz, Germany (1967-96); 
advocates an empirical analytical approach to academic studies. His 
writings, in particular those on the pedagogical approach of the New 
Left and on the current crisis of education in the context of 
disorientation and the loss of values, enjoy world-wide recognition 
and have been translated into 15 languages. Considered one of the 
leading educational theorists of our time.

!Works
Erziehung als Lebenshilfe, 1957; Erziehung - Kunst des 
Moeglichen, 1960; Von der Paedagogik zur Erziehungswississenschaft, 
1971; Die Paedagogik der Neuen Linken, 1972; Grundbegriffe der 
Erziehungswissenschaft, 1974; Erziehung in einer wertunsicheren 
Gesellschaft, 1986; Paedagogik in Oe., vol. 1, 2000. - Edition: 
Gesammelte Schriften (Collected writings), 1988ff.

!Literature
S. Uhl, Walter Brezinka - 50 Jahre erlebte 
Paedagogik, 1997.


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