Das Buch enthält historisch-pädagogische Studien, die forschungszentriert auf lokale, regionale und personengeschichtliche Aspekte in der Geschichte des Kindergartens blicken. Dabei bewegt sich die Darstellung vom Ursprungsland des Kindergartens über die USA bis nach Ägypten. Im Anschluss wird ein [...]

englischIt was clear to Schleiermacher that, long before each modern democratic state, whose self-understanding is based on their citizens being able to participate in them politically, is able to develop, the provision of democratic institutions alone is not enough. Historically, the development of [...]

Verschiedene Bildungsoffensiven seit den 60er Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts haben zwar in Deutschland zu einer signifikanten Bildungsexpansion geführt (heute verfügen unter den 20jährigen Deutschen über die Hälfte über eine Hochschulzugangsberechtigung), die Bildungsungleichheit wurde damit [...]

englischLoss can have a tremendous impact on the course of a social work case. Social work institutions, such as welfare services for children, teenagers or homeless people, have been and are still being established as a reaction to one or more losses. At the same time, these institutions tend to [...]

englischIn previous research on Islamic education, the students’ perspective has been largely neglected. Against this background, this study examines the religious attitudes of Muslim children and adolescents with regard to the potential of Islamic education in schools. It shows how Muslim students [...]

englischThe question of the human being is central to pedagogy, as all pedagogical thoughts and actions are based on anthropological ideas. At present, anthropocentric understandings of the self and the world of the human being are generally influential. This work scrutinises these both within [...]

englischIn a time of rapid societal changes around the globe, there is a pressing need for genuine elucidation of Muslim moral values and norms, especially in migration contexts. These rapid changes raise questions about the conservation of the ‘self’ and the adaptation of norms and values to [...]

englischAll educational professions require a professional approach to media: But what are media? Neutral intermediaries? Or does every medium have its own message? Only which one? Are media instruments in teaching? Or do they create conditions for pedagogical practice? Do media represent reality? [...]

englischCurricula are a result of educational policy and pedagogical will. The curriculum development of the upper elementary school and the lower secondary school in Bavaria from 1945 to 2000 is presented to the reader in a longitudinal section. In doing so, continuities and discontinuities are [...]

englischA dialogical examination of the Qur'an as an approach to transcendence is elementary remembering. This book examines topics such as understanding revelation and scripture, gender justice or anthropology exegetically and from the perspectives of textual criticism and the history of religion, [...]

englischHow can inclusivity be implemented in a German international school, a necessarily exclusive type of school which educates children from international expat families and operates according to the particular conditions in the host country? What laws and social conventions have to be taken [...]

englischIn international and national studies on the topic of academic success and drop-outs, the conditions of the university context were given priority in addition to individual competences. Other life domains of the students were rather neglected. This book analyses the influence of important [...]