Early education

Location: Konrad-Adenauer-Saal,
Livestream
12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.

Positions and Outlook

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Wassilios E. Fthenakis, Didacta Verband e.V. and guests from political and scientific circles and the practice

We know what role good education plays for the personal development of people - especially for young children. However, education locations for children are currently faced with challenges they are not able to overcome without a social and political change in thinking. Understaffed, too little time for pedagogic work, health burdens - not only as a result of the Corona pandemic. What perspectives are there? What has to change and how do we go about it? Professor Wassilios E. Fthenakis, Honorary President of the Didacta Verband, is inviting guests to take part in an exchange on this topic. In an exchange that ideally not only promotes new cognitions, but beyond this also deeds.

Organisers: Didacta Verband e. V.
Language: German
Participation: Free in connection with a trade visitor ticket ( To the Ticket Shop ), but it is necessary to register!

Location: Konrad-Adenauer-Saal and Rheinsaal

Relationships are important for people, particularly for children. For their further development and to learn well they need a community which they feel at home and safe in. They find this community in the day care centre. Here they all experience, feel, discover, play and try things out together. Not only the relationship between the skilled personnel and the children is of great significance here. The relationships between all protagonists have to be groomed and preserved in spite of the spatial distance that has been experienced over the past months. Interaction plays a key role here. According to Duden it is the interrelated action between two or more people. What does interaction mean, what types of interaction exist and what distinguishes good interaction? An opening lecture and seminars look into these questions.

Organiser: Didacta Verband e. V.
Language: German
Participation: Free in connection with a trade visitor ticket, but it is necessary to register!

Location: Konrad-Adenauer-Saal and Rheinsaal

Communication is talking, listening, understanding and the ability to also express and make oneself understood non-verbally. In addition to the manifold forms of communication, in pedagogic establishments this is also enhanced by complex structures. Various groups of people with different expectations come together. This often leads to misunderstandings and problems between the skilled personnel, children and parents. The exchange and interaction should be defined by clear rules and a communication culture should be developed jointly. How can this be achieved in times when the communication channels are changing more and more rapidly or when the familiar forms of communication are even disappearing? How can I communicate efficiently and contemporarily - as a child and as an adult? The opening lecture and seminars focus on these aspects.

Organiser: Didacta Verband e. V.
Language: German
Participation: Free in connection with a trade visitor ticket ( To the Ticket Shop ), but it is necessary to register!

Location: Konrad-Adenauer-Saal and Rheinsaal

The Corona crisis is causing children and youths psychological and emotional stress. There is increased stress, anxiety and depression. Every fourth child reports that their family argues more often than prior to the Corona crisis. The youngest children are also affected: The parents of babies and toddlers observed an increase in behavioural and emotional problems among their children during the lockdown in the spring of 2020. Against this backdrop, the work of the pedagogic staff in ensuring the well-being of the children is taking on a new dimension. How can this task be mastered when one's own health and well-being is endangered? What support can and must the pedagogic establishments receive to this end? This Kita Seminar Day focuses on these issues. The theme will be addressed in an opening lecture and subsequent seminars.

Organiser: Didacta Verband e. V.
Language: German
Participation: Free in connection with a trade visitor ticket ( To the Ticket Shop ), but it is necessary to register!

Location: hall 7.1, B-49

Day care and school promotion associations are a reliable sensor in the ongoing education process. Their members perceive the changes in everyday care centre and school life that children and youths have to deal with. They close the gaps in the state and municipal provision with their civic commitment and are reliable partners in the further development of the early childhood and scholastic habitat.

Location: Hall 7.1, D-89

The consistent orientation of the Montessori education of the child is manifested in the additional Montessori training of teachers, also in the special learning organisation at Montessori children's homes and schools.

We will give insights into the Montessori practice, i.e. in the form of video sequences and the presentation of Montessori material. We look forward to engaging in a dialogue and informing the visitors about our method of teaching.