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Lebensweltbezug

English translation: real life relevance

13:04 May 7, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
German term or phrase: Lebensweltbezug
Der **Lebensweltbezug** stellt in der Unterrichtspraxis eine weitgehend unhinterfragte und selbstverständliche didaktische Maxime dar ...Für die didaktische Inszenierung des **Lebensweltbezugs*** finden sowohl aus der Lebenswelt der Schüler*innen entlehnte Alltagsgegenstände und Realien sowie didaktische Objekte Verwendung. Zudem materialisiert sich der **Lebensweltbezug*** auch in schulischen Textartefakten...

For the English abstract of a scholarly article in German about teacher education in primary schools.
northernice
Germany
Local time: 16:03
English translation:real life relevance
Explanation:
I'd keep "references" to "lifeworld" out of this.

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-05-07 14:46:18 GMT)
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Like this author said - it's practically impossible to write about models of classroom teaching without connecting them to the "real world".

Example: "Here are some other ways to bring real-life relevance to the literacy classroom.." https://www.lexialearning.com/blog/creating-authentic-learni...


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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-05-07 19:31:13 GMT)
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Here's one way how you might translate that sentence:

​"Real-life (real-world) relevance ​has become a largely unquestioned and axiomatic tenet in ​teaching."
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 10:03
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3reference to the lifeworld
Stephan Elkins
4 +3real life relevance
Michael Martin, MA
4with reference to cultural background
Kartik Isaac
4relevance to everyday life
Cillie Swart
3 +1(common) lived experiences
Johanna Timm, PhD
Summary of reference entries provided
fwiw/hth
writeaway

Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with reference to cultural background


Explanation:
Hope this helps


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?query=Lebensweltbezug
Kartik Isaac
Switzerland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
reference to the lifeworld


Explanation:
Lifeworld is a sociological concept (see, e.g., Alfred Schütz or later Jürgen Habermas). At times German-speaking scholars use it without reflecting much on its theoretical substance so that in some cases it can simply be replaced by "everday life" or the like. As for the "Bezug" part, I wouldn't always nominalize but adapt the translation in ways that sounds natural.

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Note added at 12 mins (2019-05-07 13:16:44 GMT)
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Sorry for the typo: everyday life

Stephan Elkins
United States
Local time: 16:03
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PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Not sure about 'bezug'. Experience? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeworld
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Kim!
agree  John O'Brien: You could also replace "life-world" = Lebenswelt with its definition in English, which could be something like "the world of our immediately lived experience"
1 hr
  -> Thanks, John!
agree  writeaway: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lebenswelt
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, writeaway!
neutral  Michael Martin, MA: Lifeworld is a construct; Lebenswelt is primarily an everyday term. That's a mismatch then. And reference seems completely out of place here.
1 day 4 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
relevance to everyday life


Explanation:
something that is real and not abstract


    Reference: http://www.linguee.com
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 16:03
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
real life relevance


Explanation:
I'd keep "references" to "lifeworld" out of this.

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-05-07 14:46:18 GMT)
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Like this author said - it's practically impossible to write about models of classroom teaching without connecting them to the "real world".

Example: "Here are some other ways to bring real-life relevance to the literacy classroom.." https://www.lexialearning.com/blog/creating-authentic-learni...


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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-05-07 19:31:13 GMT)
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Here's one way how you might translate that sentence:

​"Real-life (real-world) relevance ​has become a largely unquestioned and axiomatic tenet in ​teaching."

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 10:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 178
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  A. & S. Witte: Real-world relevance
5 hrs
  -> Yes, keeping it real here.
neutral  Björn Vrooman: Agree with relevance and with your comment on Stephan's answer (same goes for lived experience(s)). However, just because something has real-world relevance doesn't mean it is relevant to my life, i.e., Lebenswelt. Yours is Praxisrelevanz.
1 day 4 hrs
agree  Betty Finn: I get Björn‘s objection but think that could be resolved by writing sth like “relevance(/-t) to the students’ lives“ on one occasion where the term appears and otherwise sticking to this formulation
4 days
agree  Lioba Multer
10 days
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(common) lived experiences


Explanation:
Wenn wir uns mit Lernen beschäftigen, sind die Erfahrungshintergründe der Schüler, ihr Lebensweltbezug einfach ein ganz wichtiger Aspekt, um überhaupt lernen zu können. Die Lernpsychologie geht von fünf Merkmalen selbstgesteuerten Lernens aus, nämlich von selbstgesteuertem, aktivem, kumulativem, einzigartigem und eben auch dem problemorientierten oder situierten Lernen. Man kann das Lebenswelt nennen, man kann das aber auch als Erfahrungshorizont kennzeichnen.
https://www.ganztaegig-lernen.de/unterricht-wird-lebenswelt

In education, we discuss the importance of using students' prior knowledge. What is also important is learning about the "lived experiences" of the children we teach and connecting those experiences to the learning at hand.

Common Lived Experiences
Unearth any information that you can from your students. Take student interest inventories. Have them discuss their favorite musicians, song, sport, activity, video game, or food. Next, as their teacher, research any unfamiliar TV shows, films, singers, or video games that multiple students mentioned. Then ask yourself, "How might I integrate these interests in my daily lessons and units?
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/teach-using-lived-experiences-...
Educator Lisa Delpit coined the term "culturally responsive teaching," and her research showed that students really need to see connection between learning and their lived experiences Therefore, teachers need to create routine situations where students' lives are brought into the learning and connections are made between the stories they share and the content being learned.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/teach-using-lived-experiences-...


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 07:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 258

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Betty Finn
3 days 18 hrs
  -> Thanks Betty, appreciate the agreement:)
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Reference comments


7 hrs
Reference: fwiw/hth

Reference information:
Lebenswelt German noun
Le·​bens·​welt | ˈlā-bəns-ˌvelt
Definition of Lebenswelt
: life world : the world of lived experience
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lebenswelt

writeaway
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