Lehren und Lernen - aber wie?

Everyone knows what good teaching is. Really? In Germany, anyone who has pneumonia is usually given a highly effective drug that has been tested in many experimental studies for its efficacy. Administering an ineffective drug is considered malpractice. What is standard practice for medicine is met with resistance in education. Many elementary school teachers still use the Reichen method of "reading through writing" with conviction in reading and writing classes, even though this method harms lower-performing students! Without sound empirical evidence, open methods such as free and project work, workshop lessons, weekly plans, and station work are practiced as progressive methods in Germany. These progressive methods are supposed to best take into account the heterogeneity of the students. Students should through these methods.