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Heimkinder

Experiential education is centuries old and remains controversial to this day. When two social educators from the Johannes Petersen Home in Hamburg and a teacher traveled to southern Portugal in March 1984 with "criminally conspicuous" children and adolescents, it was a unique educational experiment for the Federal Republic of Germany at the time. The boys were to live together in tents for three months, learning and improving their social behavior.

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StatusEnded
Original NameHeimkinder
First Air DateJuly 12, 1985
Last Air DateDecember 24, 1987
Seasons1
Episodes5
Episode Runtime 0min
LanguageGerman
Original LanguageGerman
Production CountriesGermany
Production CompaniesCommon Film ProduktionNDR
NetworksNDR/RB/SFB
S01E05

The path of least resistance

Social workers and teachers travel to Portugal with children from Hamburg who, after living in broken families, on the streets, or in criminal circles, have been placed in homes, in order to give them better social experiences and prepare them for graduation.

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