‚Ars docendi‘ is an online journal that appeared for the first time in 2019 and is primarily aied at Latin and Greek teachers (prospective and established) and those interested in the subject.
‚Ars docendi‘ is published four times a year, at the end of March, end of June, end of September and end of December. Since 2023, there has been an additional abstract in English for each article.
The editorial team led by Dr Martina Adami, long-time Latin teacher, teacher trainer, long-standing member of the Latin and Greek core group at the Bolzano Department of Education, headmistress at the ‘Walther von der Vogelweide’ grammar school (classical, language and art grammar school with a regional focus on music) in Bolzano, is endeavouring to bring up to date current discussion points relating to the teaching of Latin and Greek in the German federal states, in Austria, Italy and South Tyrol (with its special school autonomy) in German and Italian, and in parts also in English, by giving space to diversity and explaining and passing on important and central moments of development in a wide variety of shorter and longer contributions and putting them up for discussion. Dr Matthias Korn has been an active co-editor since 2023.
The articles are written free of charge at the invitation of the editors and members of the Board of Directors (members: Martina Adami (Bolzano), Pietro Nicodemo Fiorini (Verona), Jörg Freydank (Dresden), Matthias Korn (Leipzig), Renate Oswald (Graz), Rainer Weissengruber (Linz)). It is also possible to submit articles independently.
From 2025, all articles will be evaluated by a separate peer group (members: Margot Anglmayer-Geelhaar (Salzburg), Anna Christoph (Bolzano), Jochen Sauer (Bielefeld)) before publication. The sovereignty over the individual articles remains with the respective authors themselves.
The ‚Centrum Latinitatis Europae‘ (CLE) with its chairman Dr Rainer Weissengruber is the forum for arbitration.
The contributions can be categorised as didactic theories, good teaching ideas and didactic experiences, interpretation of ancient texts (with their reception) and miscellanies.
Exchange across national borders is of central importance to us. In the distant future, we aim to expand our audience beyond the German-Italian language area.
Behind the journal is the ‚Centrum Latinitatis Europae‘, based in Aquileia, a very open association of various schools and teachers, which thrives on the commitment and interest of its individual members in antiquity, ancient texts and their communication today. The CLE is headed by Dr Rainer Weissengruber (Linz) and is the publisher of the internet magazine ‚Ars docendi‘.
As already mentioned, ‚Ars docendi‘ is primarily aimed at teachers of Latin and Greek as well as interested parties and endeavours to establish links and networks between schools and universities as well as between schools in different countries. The journal is non-commercial and does not have its own publisher, but is supported by the CLE as well as school leaders (Dr Martina Adami) and staff from the universities of Leipzig/Dresden (Dr Matthias Korn).
The articles are published openly for 5 years before they are collected in an archive. All contributions are always openly accessible. The editorial team decides which comments are published.