Heinz Sünker

Prof Heinz Sünker is director of the interdisciplinary research institute ’Childhoods, Societies’ at the University of Wuppertal.

Heinz Sünker

Strong children, strong democracy

Heinz Sünker 3rd March 2020

Educational research models children as autonomous actors. Education policy, notably in Germany, still however aims to guide innate capacities into adulthood.

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