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Learning to Read, Learning Religion
Catechism primers are inconspicuous but telling little books for children combining the teaching of reading skills and religious catechesis. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, they have been produced, disseminated and used in huge numbers in many regions of the world, in particular in Europe. Remarkably, similar texts appeared across the continent, spanning confessional traditions that were in other respects highly divergent. In different places, and across the whole period, different denominations used not only similar pedagogical and religious strategies, but also shared the same formats and iconography. This volume, edited by scholars from Finland, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, is the result of a collaborative transnational and interdisciplinary effort including education, language teaching, children’s literature, book history, and religious studies. With contributions on seventeen European countries and regions, it sheds new light on a fascinating but largely neglected part of European cultural heritage, and, by establishing a comprehensive and authoritative summary of the field, offers fresh impetus for further transnational research.
Introducing Quality Assurance of Education for Democratic Citizenship in Schools
On cover: Learning and living democracy
Teachers Matter
Teachers Matter offers the most definitive portrait of teachers’ lives and work to date. At a time when teaching standards are high on the political and social agenda, the quality and commitment of teaching staff is seen as paramount and they are viewed as pivotal to the economic and social well being of society. But: What are the influences that help or hinder teachers’ commitment? Is there an association between commitment and pupil attainment? Why are teachers’ identities important? What are teachers’ needs and concerns in different professional life phases? Does school context count? Based on a DfES funded study of 300 teachers in 100 primary and secondary schools in England, the...
Inklusion als schulischer Transformationsprozess
Die Umsetzung des Inklusionsgedankens konfrontiert das gesamte Bildungssystem mit neuen Herausforderungen. Entsprechend der föderalen Zuständigkeiten sind dafür neben dem Land auch Kreise und Schulträger in der Pflicht, die Entwicklung mitzugestalten. Derzeit gibt es nur wenig systematisierte Informationen über den Stand der inklusiven Bildung im Schulsystem auf kommunaler Ebene. Dies hängt auch mit einer weitgehenden Unklarheit zusammen, welche Bemessungsgrundlagen für eine Einschätzung der Qualität inklusiv arbeitender Schulen zur Verfügung stehen, insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund der lokal höchst unterschiedlichen Formen der Unterrichtsorganisation sowie ungleichen Voraussetzun...
Education and the Values Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
Fundamental educational reform is one of the central elements of the social transformation taking place in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In this volume selected experts and eye witnesses of the radical change taking place in the region provide detailed and graphic presentation of the problems and controversies surrounding reform. They explore how the educational systems have responded to the collapse, and they explain the source of new models, ideas, and values on the part of educational policy makers, researchers and teachers. A focus of attention is the values crisis among the youth. The authors explore the values the socialist systems attempted to convey, the manner in which the youth have responded to the collapse, and the possible sources of new values and ideals.
Visual proficiency - A perspective on art education
Every day, over a million images are uploaded to flickr. This is a striking example of the so-called »flood« of images that emerged with the beginning of the digital age. A generation of adolescents has already been socialised with this flood of images and deals with it on a daily basis, both in their networks and elsewhere. Art education thus faces significant challenges: art is the only school subject that deals with the problems inherent in images as images, making them the focus of pedagogic activity. This volume presents both the foundations for engaging with the phenomenon of the »image« in a competent and historically informed manner as well as the perspectives for art education t...
Governance, Schule und Politik
Aus der Perspektive sozialwissenschaftlicher Governanceforschung werden in diesem Band ausgewählte Teilthemen der Beziehung zwischen staatlicher Politik und Schule untersucht. Diese Beziehung wird als antagonistisch und doch kooperativ verstanden und entsprechend auf der Grundlage des sozialwissenschaftlichen Modells der antagonistischen Kooperation untersucht. Gleichzeitig werden neue Absichten der Bildungspolitik problematisiert, die darauf zielen, den Koordinationsrahmen enger zu ziehen, 'dichtere' Beziehungsformen zu etablieren, die Schulen fester an politische Vorgaben zu binden.
A History Shared and Divided
By and large, the histories of East and West Germany have been studied in relative isolation. And yet, for all their differences, the historical trajectories of both nations were interrelated in complex ways, shaped by economic crises, social and cultural changes, protest movements, and other phenomena so diffuse that they could hardly be contained by the Iron Curtain. Accordingly, A History Shared and Divided offers a collective portrait of the two Germanies that is both broad and deep. It brings together comprehensive thematic surveys by specialists in social history, media, education, the environment, and similar topics to assemble a monumental account of both nations from the crises of the 1970s to—and beyond—the reunification era.
Biographische Profile ostdeutscher Lehrkräfte
Helmut Fiedler rekonstruiert Motive und Motivkonstellationen für die Wahl des Lehrerberufs von Ostdeutschen, die in einem (berufs-)biographischen Prozess zur Waldorfpädagogik und Anthroposophie gefunden haben und an Waldorfschulen unterrichten. Den Befragten gelang mit ihren biographischen Ressourcen ein erfolgreicher biographischer Übergang nach 1989/90. Die Suche nach einem neuen Weltbild begann schon zu DDR-Zeiten und war geprägt durch ein Interesse am Mitmenschen, an der Freiheit sowie an einer Pädagogik, in deren Mittelpunkt das Kind steht. Die befragten WaldorflehrerInnen sind engagiert an ihren Schulen tätig und stehen für einen unverkrampften Umgang mit Anthroposophie und Waldorfpädagogik. Die Biographien machen deutlich, dass die Persönlichkeit des Lehrers zentral ist und in der Aus- und Weiterbildung eine größere Rolle spielen sollte.
