Georg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner (July 29, 1854 in München – January 15, 1932 in München) was a German professor and educational theorist. He was director of public schools in Munich from 1895 to 1919 and became a professor at the

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in 1920. The author of ''Theorie der Bildungsorganisation'' (1933), Kerschensteiner is primarily known for developing a pragmatic approach to education, which included the integration of academic study with physical activity and the establishment of a network of vocational schools.

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Georg Kerschensteiner in der Datenbank der Reichstagsabgeordneten

auf der Website der Archivschule Marburg
Kurzbiographie

Kolloquium anlässlich des 150. Geburtstags von Georg Kerschensteiner, WiSe 2004/2005 an der LMU München
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''Preise der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft''
(darunter auch der Georg-Kerschensteiner-Preis) * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerschensteiner, Georg Michael 1854 births 1932 deaths People from the Kingdom of Bavaria German Roman Catholics Progressive People's Party (Germany) politicians Members of the 13th Reichstag of the German Empire Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich German male writers