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Classics teaching in Germany |
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Authors:
Hans-Joachim Glücklich,
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Ivo Gottwald,
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1. The federal structure of Germany
Germany is a federal republic of 16 states (Bundesländern). They are, in alphabetical order: Baden-Württemberg; Bayern; Berlin; Brandenburg; Bremen; Hamburg; Hessen; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Niedersachsen; Rheinland-Pfalz; Sachsen; Sachsen-Anhalt; Saarland; Schleswig-Holstein; Thüringen.
These states organise their own education. Each state has its own regulations, its own types of schools, subject matters, curricula, teacher training and holiday periods. Some people criticise this as "Kleinstaaterei", while others think it enhances competition between the states in education. Adresses of the education ministries of the 16 Ländern can be found on this website: http://www.kmk.org/service/home.htm.
http://www.kmk.org/service/home.htm.
2. The organisation of education in Germany
Although there are theoretically 16 different ways to organise schools, in fact the school systems in Germany are remarkably similar. In the so called subdivided school system,
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