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Karl Frankenstein

Karl Frankenstein was an Israeli professor of special education and pedagogy who received the Israel Prize in education in 1965.

1905 to 1990Special education and pedagogyRehabilitative teaching approachFirst juvenile probation officerFounding the journal Magamot

Born: 16 February 1905, Berlin
Died: 22 January 1990, Jerusalem
Occupation: non-fiction writer, educator, social pedagogue, university teacher
Education: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg

Karl Frankenstein was born in 1905 in Berlin

Frankenstein was born in 1905 in Berlin to a Jewish family. His father, Emil, was a merchant, and his mother was Rosa.

He studied philosophy and psychology at the universities of Berlin and Erlangen, completing his studies in 1927. He wrote a doctorate on the philosophy of Franz Joseph Molitor and later studied social work. He was also recognized as a Jungian therapist.

In Berlin he worked in Jewish education and social work and helped found a school for Jewish youth. After Hitler rose to power he left for France, and in 1935 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine.

In 1937 he became the first juvenile probation officer in the country. He headed the Henrietta Szold Institute until 1953 and founded the journal Magamot there. He taught at the Hebrew University and became a full professor in 1962.

He retired from the university in 1969 and then edited Magamot. In 1980 a school project based on his approach of rehabilitative teaching was founded. He died in 1990.