Wolfgang Mitter#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1278 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Wolfgang Mitter passed away October 23, 2014.
Positions Held
- Since 1995 Emeritus Professor
- 1974 - 1995 Professor of Education, University of Frankfurt am Main
- 1978-1981, 198719-95 Director, German Institute for International Educational Research, Frankfurt am Main
- 1972 - 1998 Department Head, General and Comparative Education, German Institute for International Educational Research, Frankfurt am Main
- 1964 - 1972 Chair of General and Comparative Education, Paedagogische Hochschule (Teachers College), Luneburg, Professor of Comparative Education, University of Hamburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Comparative education
- Education policy
- Cross-cultural education
Honours and Awards
- 1981 - 1985 President of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE)
- 1985 Award of the Order “Chevalier de Léopold II” (Belgium)
- 1991 - 1995 President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES)
- 1992 the Goethe Plaque of the Land Hessen (Germany)
- 1997 - 2000 President of the World Association of Educational Research (WAER)
- 1998 the Medal “650 years of Charles University Prague”
- 2001 Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c.), Faculty of Education, Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg
- 2010 the "Nummus memorialis argenteus" (Commemorative Silver Medal) of the Charles University
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the Russian Academy of Education
- German Commission for UNESCO, Honorary Member
