The Relationship between Social Work and Social Pedagogy – Similarities in Theory and Profession from a German Perspective

Abstract

The contribution focuses on similarities of social work and social pedagogy in the German-speaking area and with relation or reference to International classic authors such as Mary E. Richmond and Alice Salomon. The similarities that were elaborated point in particular to a concentration on “education to maturity” (Adorno, 1969), which should be indispensable in both theoretical traditions. The article is a short version of the study Case Reconstructive Social work developed elsewhere (Kraimer, 2000, 2014) which includes the social-pedagogical perspective as an integral part.