General Subject Didactics. Development – theoretical insights – empirical results

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ID21345548
AuthorsHelmut Johannes Vollmer (0000-0002-5040-579X, Universität Hamburg, corresponding author), Martin Rothgangel (0000-0001-5663-5791, University of Vienna)
Year2025
Volume57
Issue5
Pages527-544
Publication date2025-09-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Curriculum Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0272 • E-ISSN: 1366-5839
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220272.2025.2518392
OpenAlexW4411565772
LanguageEN
References cited24

The article deals with a new scientific approach developed under the title of ‘General Subject Didactics’. This concept is based on the existence of several academic disciplines called ‘subject didactics’ or ‘subject(−matter) didactics’. These are linked to certain scientific domains like biology or mathematics and to respective school subjects. The goal was to observe and reflect on how the individual subject didactics explore subject-specific teaching and learning, both by top-down reflections and by bottom-up comparisons. In terms of design, 17 subject didactics within Germany were compared and analyzed on the basis of six impulses. This empirical study allowed us to gain basic insights into the commonalities of all related subject-didactic disciplines and to identify differences among them. In this way, General Subject Didactics was developed step by step in a comparative way. As a result it can be defined as a theory of subject didactics. This innovative approach feeds into an extended content- or knowledge-based philosophy of education

Epistemology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology

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