Deutungskämpfe um das Schulfach Wirtschaft – Eine historische Diskursanalyse zur Pädagogisierung gesellschaftlicher Problemlagen

This article analyses the phenomenon of pedagogization in relation to the implementation of a new school subject. The aforementioned subject is called “Wirtschaft / Berufs- und Studienorientierung” within the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg and was instituted in 2016. Even before the launch, a huge media dispute about the role of economic knowledge in schools ensued. Politicians, the scientific community and foundations weighed in on the design of the school subject. The article presents these actors and their view on the matter as a phenomenon of pedagogization, as the subject was continuously described as a rudimental contribution to solve a multitude of societal problems.