Die Jugendschule

Abstract

Cultural-historical theory characterizes the development between the ages of 12 and 14 as a crisis in which the higher psychological functions are fundamentally rearranged. In the context of this reorganization, it becomes possible and necessary for the individual to think about himself - to search for himself. The development of an individual identity comes to the fore for the individual student and learning at school recedes into the background, becoming an almost unmanageable challenge for some students. The aim of this article is to describe this challenge and, based on this, to ask about possible other paths in school. With the format of the youth school, a possible response from schools to the processes of change among students is formulated..  .