In Germany, the Realschule was an outgrowth of the rationalism and empiricism of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. While efforts were made to introduce more science into the classical schools generally, the Realschule offered a more scientific emphasis than the Gymnasium, with its emphasis on classics and humanities. In 1747, Hecker established at Berlin an oekonomisch-mathematische Realschule, which may be regarded as the prototype of the Realschule of the twentieth century. The Realschule was a six years' course. The Oberrealschule had a nine years' course.
Gymnasia and Realgymnasia are the classical higher or secondary schools of Germany.
Subject matter
- F. E. Bolton, Secondary School System of Germany, (New York, 1900)
- J. E. Russell, German Higher Schools, (New York, 1907)
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