Didaktik analysis as the core of the preparation of instruction

The following chapter was first published in the journal Die Deutsche Schule in 19581 and later appeared in several editions of collected papers on instructional preparation, as well as in my book Studien zur Bildungstheorie und Didaktik (1963). The concept I developed was used for about two decades in pre-service teacher education at many universities and colleges in what was then West Germany and, particularly, in the second, school-based phase of initial training. It is still in use in places today.