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2. Identification and Validation of Prior and Informal Learning. Experiences, Innovations and Dilemmas. Discussion Paper = Ermittlung und Validierung von fruher bzw.informell erworbenen Kenntnissen. Erfahrungen, Innovationen, Probleme. Diskussionspapier = Identification et validation de l'apprentissage anterieur et informel. Experiences, innovations et problemes. Document de discussion. CEDEFOP Panorama.
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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). and Bjornavold, Jens
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During the last 5-10 years, a number of countries have introduced methods and systems for identifying, validating, and recognizing prior and nonformal learning that can be viewed as tools for improving the transparency and transfer of skills. In most cases, they have been operational for a comparatively short time, which makes it difficult to decide whether expectations regarding them are justified. Some of the most important initiatives and innovations connected with the identification and validation of prior and nonformal learning include examples from Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, and United Kingdom. The French, Australian, Irish, and British methodologies are based on related principles, introducing different versions of portfolios, dossiers, or passports. Finland, Germany, and Japan have been reluctant to introduce the portfolio method. In spite of similarities in design, countries tend to apply the methodologies in different ways. This difference may be seen as a difference between centralized and decentralized systems. Initiatives and ideas on a European level are the Individual Portfolio Project and the Personal Skills Card and the European Skills Accreditations system. Some basic questions related to the legitimacy of the new methods and systems deal with the institutional basis, flexibility versus fragmentation, transparency and visibility, and transfer. (German, English, and French versions appear in side-by-side columns. Appendixes contain 27 references and 18 notes.) (YLB)
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- 1997
3. Fernstudium im Strafvollzug. Eine Empirische Untersuchung. ZIFF-Papiere 102 (Distance Education in Prison: An Empirical Study. ZIFF Paper 102).
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Fern Univ., Hagen (Germany). Inst. for Research into Distance Education., Ommerborn, Rainer, and Schuemer, Rudolf
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This study examined the educational situation of prisoners enrolled in courses at the FernUniversitat (the German distance teaching university). A survey questionnaire, developed with the help of imprisoned students, was administered to approximately 200 student prisoners. Of the 99 returns, 95 were found usable to base the results of this study. Results included the following: (1) only half of the students had the formal educational qualifications usually required for studying at a German university. About half of the students enrolled for single courses, while the others were either full-time or part-time students of degree programs; (2) the most-cited motivations for studying were in order to make sense of the prison sentence and to improve the chances for getting a job after being released from prison. Some of the students noted preservation of health was cited as an important reason for beginning studies; (3) about half of the students did not get any financial support for their study, and most practical and emotional support came from parents, siblings, friends and teachers in the prison; (4) one third of the students had the opportunity to cooperate with other imprisoned students within the prison; (5) one third of the students had regular contacts with their tutors; (6) very few students were allowed to leave the prison for study purposes; (7) most were only moderately satisfied with their study, but about 75% thought that it helped make their prison time more endurable; and (8) many study problems were cited, partly due to the situation within the prison and partly due to regulations of the FernUniversitat that were perceived as reflecting lack of consideration for prisoners' special circumstances. Contains approximately 100 references. A copy of the survey instrument is appended. (Author)
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- 1996
4. Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics, Volumes I [and] II (17th, Nyborg, Denmark, August 20-22, 1998). Odense Working Papers in Language and Communication.
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Odense Univ. (Denmark). Inst. of Language and Communication., Lindberg, Carl-Erik, and Lund, Steffen Nordahl
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The two volumes of these working papers include articles by linguists from Scandinavia and other parts of the world. Under the heading, "The Use of IT in Grammatical Analysis/Parsing" are five articles: "Creating Inflecting Electronic Thesauri"; "Tagging Speech Data--Constraint Grammar Analysis of Spoken Portuguese"; "A Constraint-Based Tagger for Norwegian"; "Swedish Constraint Grammar"; and "Two Two-Level Models of Norwegian." Under the heading "Functional/Cognitive Linguistics" are 12 articles: "The Subject is Nominative! On Obsolete Axioms and Their Deep Rootedness"; "Negation: A Cognitive Hurdle in Interpreting"; "Inflection Classes, Norwegian Verbs, and Cognitive Grammar"; "Conditionals in Institutional Settings"; "Different Competencies? A Comparison of the Productive and Receptive Languages of a Danish Agrammatic Patient"; "Some Reflections on Syntactic Structure and the Acquisition Process"; "Placement and Scope of Mainland Scandinavian Modal Adverbs"; "On Grammaticalization of Body-Part Nouns: 'Hand' in Finnish and Estonian"; "Some Pragmatic Properties of French Cleft Constructions"; "The Construal of the Scene: Selected Existential Constructions"; and one article each in German and Danish. Under the heading "Language in Interaction" are eight articles: "Overlap Management and Interactional Competence"; "Stereotypes in Action"; "Danish in Greenland -- a new Dialect? Preliminary Results From a Pilot Project"; "Meanings of the Word 'Work' in a Danish Unemployment Office"; "Codeswitching between Persian and Swedish"; and three articles in Danish. Under the heading "Endangered languages" are four articles: "How Fast Will a Language Die When It Is Officially No Longer Spoken?"; "Komi, an Endangered Language?"; "Phonetic Salience and Language Change: Verb Paradigms in Inari Sami"; and "Linguistic and Political Aspects of Alphabet-Making for a Threatened Language." All articles include a brief abstract in English. References appear throughout the articles. (KFT)
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- 2000
5. IFLA General Conference, 1991. Official Opening and Plenary Session, Open Forum on IFLA's Professional Activities, Contributed Papers Session. Booklet 0.
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands).
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The nine papers in this booklet were presented at three sessions of the IFLA General Conference. The text of the first paper, "Presidential Address at the Opening of the IFLA Council and General Conference: Moscow 1991" (Hans-Peter Geh, President of IFLA), is provided in English, German, and Russian. The text of the second paper, "Libraries and Culture," (N. N. Gubenko, Minister of Culture of the USSR) is provided in English, French, and Russian. Six of the seven remaining papers, which include four reports on IFLA's professional activities, are presented in English: (1) "IFLA Core Programme for Universal Availability of Publications (UAP). Medium Term Programme 1992-1997" (Graham P. Cornish); (2) "The Medium-Term Programme 1992-1997 of the UBCIM Core Programme" (Marie-France Plassard); (3) "Medium Term Programme 1992-1997. Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications Core Programme" (Leigh Swain); (4) "The Medium Term Programme 1992-1997 of IFLA's Core Programme for the Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World--ALP" (Birgitta Bergdahl); (5) "Chinese Libraries for the Promotion of International Cultural Exchange and Cooperation" (Li-Yi-Ti, China); and (6) "National Identity and International Knowledge: The Library's Bridging Role" (Alan E. Smith, New Zealand). The final paper, "Aculturacion y Bibliotecas: Analisis y Propuestas de Actuacion" (J. Fuentes Romero, Spain), is presented in Spanish. (MAB)
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- 1991
6. Recognition and Transparency of Vocational Qualifications; The Way Forward. Discussion Paper = Anerkennung und Transparenz von beruflichen Befahigungsnachweisen; Neue Wege. Diskussionspapier = Reconnaissance et transparence des qualifications professionelles; La voie a suivre. Document de discussion. CEDEFOP Panorama.
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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece)., Bjornavold, Jens, and Sellin, Burkart
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The European Union's most important challenge is to establish permanent, reliable methodologies and systems that support transparency and recognition of vocational qualifications. The concept of "transparency of qualifications" has replaced "recognition" and "comparability.""Transparency" points to the need to make national qualifications more visible and understandable to outsiders; the introduction of common standards is an unnecessary implication. In the 4 decades since the establishment of the European Community, the problems of recognition and transparency of vocational qualifications have been addressed in various ways. Three distinct stages have been identified: harmonization of vocational education and training (1957-73); approximation of vocational training levels (1974-92); and convergence of vocational training (1992-present). A number of projects with partners from several countries have been set up through the Leonardo da Vinci program to address core elements of the transparency problem. Other initiatives have addressed the problem of recognition and comparison of nonformal skills. Unfortunately, the exchange of information is too weak, interpretation too poor, and mechanisms supporting exchange of information and interpretation insufficiently developed. Two complementary strategies to increase transparency and mutual trust have been suggested: a European Qualifications' Transparency Network and a general system of binding agreements among the European countries. (Page format using three columns offer German, English, and French language versions.) (YLB)
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- 1997
7. Tyskland--et grat land med et grimt sprog. Oder: die Haltung Danischer gymnasiasten zu Deutsch, Deutschland, und den Deutschen (Germany--a Grey Country with an Ugly Language. Or: The Attitudes of Danish Students to German, Germany, and the Germans). ROLIG Working Paper 43.
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Roskilde Univ. Center (Denmark). and Bense, Elisabeth
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Two studies are reported that investigated the views of Danish secondary school students studying German. The first, an observational study, revealed that the vast majority of questions Danish students posed during German lessons concerned grammar and vocabulary. The second study was a questionnaire that revealed that the Danish students were studying German for largely practical reasons. It is concluded that Danish students want more information on today's Germany, rather than its historical past or its culture, and that German instruction in Denmark needs to be more connected with the present reality of the students. (DMK)
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- 1988
8. IFLA General Conference, 1990. Official Opening and Plenary Session; Open Forum on IFLA's Core Programmes; Contributed Papers Session. Booklet 0.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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The 15 papers in this collection include opening remarks, reports on core programs of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), and papers from a contributed papers session. Contents are: (1) "Opening Speech of the IFLA General Conference: Stockholm 1990" (Hans-Peter Geh), in German, with an English translation; (2) "The IFLA Core Programme for the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP)" (David Bradbury and Graham P. Cornish); (3) "Core Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), Report to the Open Forum for the IFLA Core Programmes Sunday, 20 August 1990" (Merrily A. Smith); (4) "IFLA UDT (Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications) Core Programme, Open Forum 1990" (Leigh Swain); (5) "How Does a National Library with a Triple Function Operate?" (Martina Sircelj); (6) "The Threat of Illiteracy in Developing Countries: Challenges and Reality" (N. G. Naidu); (7) "Libraries as Partners in the Fight To Eradicate Illiteracy in Sub-Saharan Africa" (Kosi A. Kedem); (8) "Un outil de transfer des connaissances entre le Nord et le Sud: la Banque internationale d'information sur les Etats francophones (BIEF)" (BIEF--The International Bank of Information on French-Speaking Countries--A North-South Knowledge Transfer Tool) (Suzanne Richer); (9) "Das Kalmarmodell: die Bibliothek als informatives und padagogisches Werkzeug im Schulunterricht" (The Kalmar Model: The Library as Information and Teaching Tool in School Instruction) (Brigitte Kuhnel); (10) "Telecottages--Inside or Outside Libraries?" (Tuula Haavisto); (11) "Libraries and Social Structure" (Bengt Goransson); (12) "Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Programme" (Marie-France Plassard); (13) "Opening Address to the 56th IFLA General Conference" (Wolfgang Lohner); (14) "How To Nominate Members for Standing Committees, 1991" (Hope Clement); and (15) opening remarks (in German) by Lars-Erik Sanner. (MAB)
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- 1990
9. Upheaval and Change in Education = Bildung und Erziehung im Umbruch. Papers presented by Members of the German Institute at the World Congress of Comparative Education, 'Education, Democracy and Development' (8th, Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 8-14, 1992).
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German Inst. for International Educational Research, Frankfurt (Germany)., Mitter, Wolfgang, and Schafer, Ulrich
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These conference papers report on interim outcomes of investigations conducted at the German Institute for International Educational Research. An opening address, "Education, Democracy and Development in a Period of Revolutionary Change" (Wolfgang Mitter), is followed by four sets of papers. The first set, "European Community," includes "European Dimension, Multiculturalism, and Teacher Training--Experience in a Network of Training Institutions" (Christoph Kodron) and "Democratic Legitimation and the Educational Policy of the European Community" (Ulrich Schaffer). Next, "Post-Communist Societies" presents "School Development in the East German Federal States and the European Context" (Hans Dobert); "Upheavals in Hungarian Education" (Martas Gutsche); "First Projects of Functional Literacy in the New Federal States of Germany" (Gerhard Huck); "Comparative Education between Ideology and Science on the Self-Concept and the Evolution of the Discipline in the GDR" (Bernd John); and "Global Changes and the Context of Education, Democracy and Development in Eastern Europe" (Botho von Kopp). The third section, "Asia and Africa," offers "Inspiring Achievements and Hard Tasks Ahead: A Study on the Recent Development of Literacy Education in the People's Republic of China" (Fu Li); "UNESCO's Environmental Education Efforts in the Tanzanian Context" (Gerhard Huck); and "The Japanese University in a Changing Context: More Market or More Regulation?" (Botho von Kopp). Finally, "Research Projects in Progress" contains the papers: "School as a Place of Socialization and Learning--an International Comparison on School Reality: Description of the Project" (Peter Dobrich); "Intra-national Comparson of Instructional Time, Time in School, and School-related Time in Bavaria, Hamburg and Hesse" (Wolfgang Huck); "Time for School--Initial Results from an International Comparison" (Wolfgang Huck); "Immigrant Children and Special Education: The Situation in Germany" (Andrea Mertens, Dirk Randoll); "Effects of Mainstreaming in Schools: Results from Empirical Studies in Two European Countries" (Dirk Randoll); and "Recent Trends in All-day Schooling and Child Care in Some European Countries" (Gerlind Schmidt). (LL)
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- 1993
10. IFLA General Conference, 1989. Introduction to IFLA's Core Programmes; Contributed Papers; Plenary Session Papers. Booklet 00.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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This collection contains three papers providing an introduction to the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Core Programs, four contributed papers, and two Plenary Session papers: (1) "The Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging Formats) Program" (Winston D. Roberts); (2) "Le Programme d'acces universel aux publications de l'IFLA (IFLA's Universal Access Program)" (Marie-France Plassard); (3) "IFLA Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Core Programme: IFLA Open Forum 1989" (Leigh Swain); (4) "Searching the Image Data Bank of the Bibliotheque Publique d'Information at the George Pompidou Center via the NUMERIS Network: Economic Aspects" (French and English versions; Luce-Marie Albiges); (5) "Library Funding and Economics: A Framework for Research" (Yale Braunstein); (6) "La Planificacion como incentivo de financiacion de bibliotecas publicas (Planning as an Incentive in Financing Public Libraries)" (Natividad Correas and Magdalena Vincent); (7) "Can we run libraries without books and journals?" (John Davies); (8) "Quelques problemes dans l'implantation de systemes d'information avances dans des pays en voie de developpement (Some Problems Involved in the Installation of Advanced Information Systems in Developing Countries)" (James Robredo, Tania Maria Botelho, and Murilo B. da Cunha); (9) "Priced Business Information Services from the Public Sector: Will They Succeed?" (Sheila A. E. Webber); (10) "Presidential Address: Paris 1989" (German and English versions; Hans-Peter Geh); and (11)"Libraries, Information, Economics" (Jacques Michel). (SD)
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- 1989
11. IFLA General Conference, 1987. Division of Libraries Serving the General Public. School Libraries Section. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Four papers are compiled in the section on school libraries: (1) "Zentrale Dienstleistungen fur Schulbibliotheken in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland am Beispiel der Schulbibliothekarischen Arbeitsstelle der Stadtbucherei Frankfurt am Main = Centralized School Library Services in the Federal Republic of Germany, as Performed at the School Library Service Centre of the Stadtbucherei Frankfurt am Main" (Renate Breithaupt, West Germany); (2) "Excellence on a Budget: School Library Services with Limited Resources" (Anne Mathews, United States); (3) "The Current Situation of School Libraries in South America with Special Reference to Chile" (Teresa Naveillan de Molinare and Yolanda Soto, Chile); and (4) "School Libraries of Norway: A Vital Part of the National Library Net Work?" (Anne Horn, Norway). Both the original German and English versions are given of the first paper, and statistical highlights from a 1985-86 survey of public school libraries and media centers in the United States are appended to the second paper, which also lists five references. (CGD)
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- 1987
12. IFLA General Conference, 1987. Division of Special Libraries. Science and Technology Libraries Section. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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The six papers in this collection focus on science and technology libraries: (1) "Human Aspects of Electronically-Stored Information: The Library User" (A. J. Meadows, United Kingdom); (2) "Untersuchung Menschlicher Aspekte bei den Elektronisch Gespeicherten Informationen: Ansichten des Leiters eines Bibliothekskollektives = Human Aspects of Electronically Stored Information: Point of View of a Director of Library Staff" (Dieter Schmidmaier, East Germany); (3) "Human Factors and Electronically Stored Information: The Publisher's Point of View" (Christine Baldwin, United Kingdom); (4) "Adaptation im Bibliotheksbau--Gilt das auch fur Spezialbibliotheken? = Adaptation in Library Construction: Does This Also Apply to Special Libraries?" (Dieter Schmidmaier, East Germany); (5)"ADONIS: The Experience to Date" (Barrie Stern, the Netherlands); and (6) "ADONIS: The View of the Users" (David Bradbury, United Kingdom). The last two papers were delivered at a joint meeting of the Section of Science and Technology Libraries and the Section of Serial Publications. (CGD)
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- 1987
13. IFLA General Conference, 1987. Division of General Research Libraries. National Libraries Section. University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries Section. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Of the 11 papers in this collection, three are in German and in English translation; one is in French with an English translation and two are in French only; one is in Spanish with an English translation; and four are in English. The papers include: (1) "Europaische Bibliotheksinitiativen = European Library Initiatives" (Gunther Pflug); (2) "Die Zusammenarbeit Wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken in den Sozialistischen Landern = The Cooperation of Academic Libraries in the Socialist Countries in Europe" (Radoslaw Cybulski); (3) "National Libraries in a Time of Change" (Maurice B. Line); (4) "Was Ist eine Nationalbibliothek? = What Is a National Library?" (Gunther Pflug); (5) "The National Libraries of Southern Europe: Present Situation and Probable Development" (Maria Luisa Cabral); (6) "La situation des bibliotheques universitaires au Portugal = The Situation of the University Libraries of Portugal," (Maria Jose Moura, in French only); (7) "Las Bibliotecas de Investigacion y el Sistema Espanol de Bibliotecas = The Research Libraries and the Spanish Library System" (Jeronimo Martines Gonzales); (8) "Automation et Cooperation dans les Bibliotheques Universitaires Italiennes = Automation and cooperation in Italian university libraries" (Giovanni Solimine, in French only); (9) "Guidelines for the Security of Loan Exhibitions" (Henry J. Heaney); (10) "'The Many and the One': Implications of Conspectus Building for Individual University Libraries" (David H. Stam); and (11) "Progress Report on 'The Legislation of the National Libraries of the Countries of the World' for the Period from April 1987 to July 1987" (Lenin State Library of the USSR). (MES)
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- 1987
14. IFLA General Conference, 1987. Conference Opening and Plenary. 'Library and Information Services in a Changing World.' Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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The three papers in this collection were presented at the opening of the conference and the plenary session. The first is the "Presidential Address: Brighton, 1987 = Eroffnungsansprache zur IFLA Generalkonferenz Brighton 1987" (Hans-Peter Geh). These remarks by the President of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) address the theme of the conference--"Library and Information Services in a Changing World"--with: (1) special attention to a view of IFLA since its founding in 1927; (2) recognition of the 110th anniversary of the British Library Association and the appropriateness of holding the conference on British soil; (3) the wide-ranging activities in library work in the Third World by IFLA; (4) education of the present-day librarians who must adapt to a rapidly changing social and technological environment; (5) new professional fields presenting new job possibilities; and (6) a summary of discussions concerning closer coordination between the professional work done in the Sections and Core Programs. Also included in this collection are: "Preservation Is Justified by Access" (Alexander Wilson, formerly of the British Library, United Kingdom), and "Is the Library a Source of Information in the Developing Countries? = Bibliotheque, Source d'information dans les pays en developpement?" (K. M. Aithnard, Director General, New African Editions, Togo). Two of the papers are given in both the original language and English. (CGD)
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- 1987
15. Social Science Libraries Section. Special Libraries Division. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Three papers on the nonconventional literature and social science libraries were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. In "Grey Material: A Scandinavian View," Birgitta Bergdahl (Sweden) outlines the etymology and meaning of the concept of "grey literature" (which can include reports, theses, unpublished conference papers, technical rules and recommendations, translations, articles printed in certain journals, official documents, and industrial advertising literature); describes the results of two 1982 NORDINFO (Nordic Council for Scientific Information and Research Libraries) interlending studies which provided information about grey literature supply and demand in research libraries; and a 1983 NORDINFO study on the availability of grey literature in economics and energy. In "Graue Literatur der Gesellschaftswissenschaften in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Grey Literature in the Social Sciences in the Federal Republic of Germany)," Erwin Heidemann (West Germany--paper in German) outlines the activities of German libraries, particularly government and academic libraries and the Deutsche Bibliothek, in maintaining bibliographic control of German and foreign nonconventional literature in the social sciences, economics, and business. The final paper, "Sozialwissenschaftliche Bibliotheken in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Social Science Libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany)," by Hildebert Kirchner (West Germany--paper in German), describes German parliamentary, government, law, business, and economics libraries. (ESR)
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- 1983
16. Administrative Libraries Section. Special Libraries Division. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Six papers on the theme, "Administrative Libraries in a Technological World: Past, Present, and Future--A General Stocktaking and a State of the Art Report" focus on West German telecommunications and information technology and the use of data processing and other technological aids in West German administrative libraries. These papers, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Conventional Library Work in Administrative Libraries by Means of Modern Technology and Technical Equipment," in which Peter Schweigler (West Germany) outlines applications of "technical aids," such as photocopying machines and electronic typewriters, to the processes of library administration, acquisitions, cataloging, and to user services; (2) "The Statistical Literature Information System (STALIS) of the Federal Statistical Office as Starting-Point of International Networking," in which Hartmut Rahm (West Germany) describes STATLIS shared cataloging, information retrieval, and document delivery services; (3) "Major Developments in Hardware, Software, and Telecommunications in the Field of Information Storage and Retrieval," by D. Morgenstern (West Germany); (4) "Electronic Data Processing in Administrative Libraries: Opportunities, Effects, and Limitation," by Ernst Kohl (West Germany); (5) "Daten- und Textkommunikationsdienste der Deutschen Bundespost (Data and Text Transmission Services of the German Federal Postal Administration)" by Guntram Kraus (West Germany) (paper in German); and (6) "Interactive Videotex Applications in the Library and Information Field: A Look at the Developing West German Scene" by Gary L. Harris (West Germany). (ESR)
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- 1983
17. Information Technology Section. Management and Technology Division. Papers
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Papers on information technology, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Automation's Impact on (Information) Users" by Arja-Riitta Haarala (Finland); (2) "Economics and Politics of Information Technology: Some Trends in Its Application to Information for the Professional," in which John R. U. Page (Austria) describes the impact on libraries of online searching and electronic document delivery; (3) "NEWWAVE: The On-Line Cataloguing System of the Royal Library in Brussels" by Guido C. Goedeme and others (Belgium); (4) "Impact of Technology on Librarians," in which George K. Thompson (Switzerland) suggests that technology has created new information requirements, a shift in library role, and the need for librarians who can adjust to constant change; (5) "Advancing Technology: The Secondary Impact on Libraries and Users," in which Donald B. Simpson (United States) looks at the effect of advancing computer and telecommunications technology on library buildings, on the role of libraries in society, and on the preservation of library materials; (6) "Der Einfluss zukunftiger Informationstechniken auf die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Maschine (The Influence of Future Information Technologies on the Relation between People and Machines)" by W. Heimann (paper in German); (9) "Some Possible Future Effects of Information Technology" by Maurice B. Line (United Kingdom); and (10) "Overview: The Impact of Technology on Libraries," a review by Henriette D. Avram (United States) of the impact of technology on people (both library staff and users) and their environment. (ESR)
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- 1983
18. National Libraries Section. General Research Libraries Division. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Papers on national library services and activities, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The National Library of China in its Gradual Application of Modern Technology," a discussion by Zhu Nan and Zhu Yan (China) of microform usage and library automation; (2) "The Catalogue and Bibliography Hall at the Bibliotheque Nationale: Tradition and Technology," a discussion of online search experimentation by Marie-Louise Bossuat (France); (3) "On the Way to a German National Bibliography of the 16th Century," by Irmgard Bezzel (West Germany); (4) "China's Four Modernizations and Library Service" by Hu Yaohui (China); (5) "Research and Development and Its Contribution to National Library Services," in which B. J. Perry (United Kingdom) reviews forms of government support for library/information science research and development in Great Britain; (6) "Die Bibliotheken des Goethe-Instituts im Ausland und die Bibliotheksarbeit im Ausland als Teil des Kulturpolitischen Auftrags des Goethe-Institut" (The Libraries of the Goethe Institute in Foreign Countries and Library Activities in Foreign Countries as Part of the Cultural Mission of the Goethe Institute) by Dieter Vollprecht (West Germany--paper in German); (7) "Publishing by National Libraries: Results of the (7) "Publishing by National Libraries: Results of the Pilot Questionnaire" by Stephen Green (United Kingdom), with a sample of the 1983 questionnaire provided; and (8) "The Management of Change," in which Guy Sylvestre (Canada) advocates a pragmatic approach to managing technological change in libraries. (ESR)
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- 1983
19. Official Publications Section. Collections and Services Division. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Papers on official publications (government documents), automation, and electronic publishing, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The Automation of Documentation as It Relates to Official Publications and Its Importance in a Developing Country" by Ahmed Fassi-Fihri (Morocco), which describes the planned development of a decentralized computer system at Morocco's National Centre for Documentation; (2) "Electronic Publishing: Impact on Libraries," in which David Russon (United Kingdom) outlines types of electronic publishing and its impact on library equipment purchases, library staff, access to information, archival practices, copyright, and related issues; (3) "The Computerization of Administrative Documents in France and Citizen Information," in which Pierre Pelou (France) outlines the conceptual framework of the computerization of French government activities, the categories of telematically available data, and foreseeable data processing developments in the field of information; (4) "Use of International Documents in Developing Countries," a report by Luciana Marulli-Koenig on a survey of libraries and users in Colombia, Malaysia, and Morocco in order to determine the impact of literature produced by United Nations organizations and the effectiveness of their dissemination and bibliographic control practices; and (5) "Amtliche Veroffentlichungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (Official Publications in the Federal Republic of Germany) by Siegfried Detemple (West Germany--paper in German). (ESR)
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- 1983
20. Rare and Precious Books and Documents Section. Collections and Services Division. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Papers on rare and precious books and documents, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Report on the State of Work on the Union Catalogue of Incunabula (GW) and Progress in the International Cataloguing of Incunabula" by Ursula Altmann (East Germany); (2) "Survey of Incunabula in France--Progress So Far" by Ursula Baurmeister (France); (3) "Census of Italian XVIth Century Editions: A Progress Report" by Maria Sicco (Italy); (4) "The Central Catalogue of Historical Libraries in the Castles of Bohemia and Moravia" by Jaroslav Vrchotka (Czechoslovakia); (5) "Buchmuseen: Ihre Probleme und Ihre Beziehungen zu Bibliotheken" (Book Museums: Their Problems and Their Relationship to Libraries) by Jaroslav Vrchotka (Czechoslovakia--paper in German); (6) "Retrospektive, Maschinenlesbare Katalogisierung in Munchen and Gottingen" (Retrospective, Machine-Readable Cataloging in Munich and Gottingen) by Klaus Haller (West Germany--paper in German); (7) "Technological Advances in Librarianship and Printing and the Teaching of the History of the Book" by Richard G. Landon (Canada); (8) "Computer Technology as Applied to Rare Book Cataloging" by Stephen Paul Davis (United States); (9) "The Curator's Point of View," an outline by Karl Dachs (West Germany) of librarians' and curators' concerns related to rare book preservation and conservation; (10) "The Incunabula Catalog of the Bavarian State Library" by Elmar Hertrich (West Germany); (11) "Progress Report on the ISTC [Incunabula Short Title Catalog]" by L. Hellinga (United Kingdom); and (12) "Der Gegenwartige Stand der Handschriftenbeschreibung in Osterreich" (The Present Status of Manuscript Description in Australia) by Otto Mazal (Austria--paper in German). (ESR)
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- 1983
21. IFLA General Conference, 1987. Division of Education and Research. Theory and Research Section. Round Table on Library History. Round Table of Editors of Library Journals. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Four of the 10 papers in this collection are presented in the original language, i.e., either French or German, and English translations are provided for two of them. The papers are: (1) "UAP (Universal Availability of Publications) and Its Relation to Research and Education" (Maurice B. Line); (2) "Zehn Jahre IFLA-Abteilung Ausbildung und Forschung = Ten Years of the Division of Education and Research) (Paul Kaegbein); (3) "La culture orale et les bibliotheques (Oral Culture and Libraries)" (Raphael Ndiaye) (in French only); (4) "Bibliotheks-und Buchgeschichte als Teil der Bibliotheksforschung und Geschichtswissenschaft: Ein Uberregionales Forderungsprogramm (Library and Book History as a Part of Library Research and the Science of History: An Interregional Promotional Program)" (Joachim-Felix Leonhard) (in German only); (5) "Des Geschichte der IFLA als Forschungsgegenstand-Herausforderung und Verpflichtung = The History of IFLA as a Research Theme: Challenge and Commitment" (Klaus Plotz); (6) "Scholarly Writing and Desktop Publishing" (Michael D. R. Lougee); (7) "IFLA and Professional Communication" (Roland Hjerppe); (8) "Brief Summary on the Bibliothecological Researches in Cuba" (Marta Terry); (9) "Education and Research in Preservation and Conservation" (Josephine Riss Fang); and (10) "Computer Networks as a Publication Medium: Implications for Libraries" (Roland Hjerppe). (MES)
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- 1987
22. IFLA General Conference, 1987. International Association of Law Libraries. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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The five papers in this collection focus on computerized legal databases and their content: (1) "Disk and Dat: Recent Developments in Legal Databases and Emerging Information Technologies in the United States" (Howard Hood, United States); (2) "Online Databanken zum EG-Recht und ihr Angebot (Online Databases for European Community Law and Their Content)" (Harald Muller, West Germany, in German only); (3) "Major Developments in Computer-Assisted Legal Research in Canada" (Martin Felsky, Canada); (4) "Computerized Legal Data Bases and Their Contents--Israel" (E. I. Cuomo, Israel); and (5) "Computerised Legal Databases and Their Content: United Kingdom and Ireland" (Diane Raper, United Kingdom). (CGD)
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- 1987
23. IFLA General Conference, 1987. Division of Bibliographic Control. National Bibliographies Seminar. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Two of the papers on national bibliography compiled here are printed in the original language as well as English translation: (1) "Le Congres de Paris sur les bibliographies nationales et ses recommendations: dix ans apres, objectifs partiellement atteints" = "The Paris Congress on National Bibliographies and Its Recommendations: Ten Years Later, Objectives Partially Achieved" (Marcelle Beaudiquez); (2) "The Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) Contribution to the Development of National Bibliographies" (Barbara Jover); (3) "Progress, Problems and Prospects in Current National Bibliographies: Implementations of the ICNB [International Congress on National Bibliographies] Recommendations" (Barbara L. Bell); (4) "Die Anwendung von Klassifikationssystemen in Nationalbibliographien" = "The Usage of Classification Systems in National Bibliographies" (Barbara Kelm and Walther Traiser); (5) "The Future of the National Bibliography" (P. R. Lewis); and (6) "Development of the Tanzania National Bibliography since the 1977 Congress on National Bibliographies" (Theophilus E. Mlaki). (MES)
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- 1987
24. The Training of Modern Language Teachers in Various Countries. Collection d''Etudes linguistiques,' No. 20. Selected papers from the Association Internationale pour la Recherche et la Diffusion des Methodes Audio-Visuelles et Structuro-Globales Seminar (5th, August 27-September 1, 1973).
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Association Internationale pour la Recherche et la Diffusion des Methodes Audio-visuelles et Structuro-globales, Ghent (Belgium). and Nivette, Jos
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Selected papers that address theoretical and practical training of the modern language teacher and language teaching experiments in various countries are presented. Some of the articles included are the following: "Les problemes de la formation linguistique et pedagogique des professeurs de francais en Afrique Subsaharienne" (The Problems of the Linguistic and Pedagogic Training of Teachers of French in Sub-Saharan Africa), R. Bastin; "L'enseignant doit-il etre l'objet d'une formation culturelle particuliere?" (Should the Teacher Undergo a Particular Cultural Training?), C. Borga; "Le micro-enseignement dans la formation des enseignants de francais-langue etrangere au Senegal" (Micro-Teaching in the Training of Teachers of French as a Foreign Language in Senegal), G. Dalgalian;"Sulla formazione linguistica degli insegnanti di lingua italiana presso le universita della Repubblica Federale Tedesca" (On the Linguistic Training of Teachers of the Italian Language at the Universities of West Germany), M. De Matteis; "The University and the Training of Language Teachers," L. K. Engels; "Re-training High School Teachers of English in Brazil: The Experience of the Instituto do Idiomas Yazigi," F. Gomes de Matos; "La formation des professeurs de francais a l'universite Bar-Ilan, Ramat Gan, Israel" (The Training of the Professors of French at the University of Bar-Ilan, Ramat Gan, Israel), R. Herzlich; "Linguistics and the Language Teacher," B. Jordan; "La formation et le recyclage des professeurs de langues vivantes au Quebec 1973-1978" (Training and Retraining of Modern Language Teachers in Quebec 1973-1978), J.-Cl. Lavigne; "La formation psycho-pedagogique et methodologique des professeurs de langues vivantes" (Psycho-Pedagogical and Methodological Training of Teachers of Modern Languages), R. Marechal. (SW)
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- 1976
25. Mathematics and Experimental Sciences in the FRG-Upper Secondary Schools. Occasional Paper 40.
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Bielefeld Univ. (West Germany). Inst. for Didactics in Mathematics. and Steiner, Hans-Georg
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The mathematics and experimental science courses in the programs of the upper secondary school in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) are discussed. The paper addresses: (1) the two "secondary levels" within the FRG school system, indicating that the Secondary I-Level (SI) comprises grades 5 through 9 or 10 while the Secondary II-Level (SII) comprises grades 10 or 11 through 13; (2) developments in SI, examining curricula, syllabi, the introduction of a tenth grade in the Hauptschule, and other topics; (3) recent reform of the Gymnasiale Oberstufe (GYO), the senior high school, discussing mathematics and science requirements, students' science course selection behavior, areas of concern (such as the problem of incorporating more applications in science and mathemematics curricula), curriculum development issues, and related concerns; and (4) vocational education and the "Kollegschule" of Nordrhein-Westfalen as a model for the integration of profession-oriented and general education. The newly organized GYO provides courses which represent a much broader spectrum of subjects, such as informatics and jurisprudence. In addition, subjects are divided into compulsory and optional domains and are assigned to one of three different areas. They include language, literature, arts (area I), social sciences (area II), and mathematics, sciences, and technology (area III). (JN)
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- 1983
26. Enseignement des langues et theories d'acquisition Sprachunterricht unde Spracherwerbstheorien. (Language Teaching and Acquisition Theories).
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Neuchatel Univ. (Switzerland). Inst. de Linguistique. and Schwarz, Alexander
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This collection of articles on language teaching and language acquisition theories includes: "Enseignement des langues et theories de l'acquisition. Introduction au colloque" ("Language Teaching and Theories of Acquisition. Introduction to the Colloquium") (Rene Richterich); "Apprendre une langue dans l'interaction verbale" ("Language Learning in Verbal Interaction") (Bernard Py); "Processus cognitifs de base dans l'acquisition des langues" ("Basic Cognitive Processes in the Acquisition of Languages") (Daniel Gaonac'h); "L'acquisition du langage: comparer pour generaliser" ("The Acquisition of Language: Comparing for Generalization") (Michele Kail); "Approches comparatives dans l'acquisition des langues: generalisations et applications" ("Comparative Approaches to Language Acquisition: Generalizations and Applications") (Clive Perdue); "Fremdsprachenunterricht auf wissenschaftlicher Grundlage" ("Foreign Language Teaching and Scientific Foundations") (Wolfgang Butzkamm); "Table ronde" ("Round Table") (Anne-Claude Berthoud); and "Recherche et theories en acquisition des langues: quel interet pour les enseignant-e-s?" ("Research and Theories in Language Acquisition: What Interest for Teachers?") (Susanne Wokusch). Individual papers contain references. (MSE)
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- 1996
27. Uberlegungen zu neuen Fremdsprachen-Lerntheorien und zum mediengestutzten Unterricht aus osteuropaischer Sicht (Thoughts on New Foreign Language Learning Theories and Media-Supported Instruction from an Eastern European Perspective).
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Stanglova, Marta
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This paper discusses the increasing use of computers and multimedia since 1989 in the foreign language classroom in the Czech Republic. Three categories of questions are discussed: (1) questions about computer use in classrooms that were common in Germany 10 years ago; (2) questions about computer use in relation to new foreign language acquisition theories and more traditional foreign language instruction; and (3) issues about computer use unique to the economic conditions in the Czech Republic. Drawing upon widely-accepted cognitive theories of language acquisition, the paper recommends the use of computers in the foreign language classroom in combination with learning strategies to enhance and supplement input available to students and their subsequent processing of that input. (AP)
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- 1994
28. Research into Distance Education = Fernlehre und Fernlehrforschung.
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FernUniversitat, Hagen (West Germany). Zentrales Inst. fur Fernstudienforschung Arbeitsbereich., Holmberg, Borje, Ortner, Gerhard E., Holmberg, Borje, Ortner, Gerhard E., and FernUniversitat, Hagen (West Germany). Zentrales Inst. fur Fernstudienforschung Arbeitsbereich.
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The papers (from a symposium held at the Fern Universitat) included in this collection focus on distance education in theory and practice. Contributions are written in English or in German, with summaries available for each in the language not used for the paper concerned. Contributions are: (1) "Distance Education as Communication: The Impact of Research and the Requirements of Practitioners" (Borje Holmberg); (2) "Educational Theory and Its Application to Distance Education" (Borje Holmberg); (3) "The Study of Distance Education: Terminology, Definition and the Field of Study" (Desmond Keegan); (4) "Towards a Better Understanding of Distance Education: Analysing Designations and Catchwords" (Otto Peters); (5) "Distance Education as a Multi-Dimensional System of Communication and Production" (R. Manfred Delling); (6) "Distance Education and Communication Culture: Continuous Counselling and Two-Way Communication" (Gerhard E. Ortner); (7) "Distance Education in the Society of the Future" (Erling Ljosa); (8) "Communication in Distance Education: A Pre-Requisite of Democracy" (Gerhard Stroh); (9) "Independence and Interaction: Getting the Mixture Right for Institutions" (John S. Daniel); (10) "Group Studies and Course Incorporation: The Concept of a Multi-Campus Institution of Distance Education" (Nehemia Levtzion); (11) "Distance Education Research for Distance School Work: Requirements of Practitioners" (Heinrich Dieckmann and Bernd Schachtsiek); (12) "Testing Distance Education Programs: What Administration Expects from Theory" (Michael Vennemann); (13) "The Feasibility of a Predictive Theory of Distance Education: What Are We Allowed To Expect?" (Borje Holmberg); (14) "Autonomous Learning in Distance Education: Methodology and Results" (Helmut Lehner); (15) "Contract Learning: A Contribution To Promoting Autonomous Learning?" (Monika Weingartz); (16) "Drop In and Drop Out: The Need of Definition" (Helmut Fritsch); and (17) "Diagnosis and Therapy: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Drop-Out Research" (Rudolf Schuemer and Herhard Strohlein). Each paper contains its own bibliography. The volume includes a list of the authors and their affiliations. (DB)
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- 1991
29. Die Andragogische Tatigkeit der Volkshochschule vom Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges bis zur Autonomie Kroatiens (Adult Education Activity of People's University from the Beginning of Second World War Until the Independence of Croatia).
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Klapan, Anita
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This paper looks at adult education activity of the Croatian People's University from the beginning of World War II until the independence of Croatia. The People's University was an initiative developed in 1907 by Dr. Albert Bazola, who modeled it after other existing world university extensions. An important characteristic in the work of the People's University is the effort it makes to keep pace with the activities of other universities in world theory, organizational programs, and practices. Now nearly one hundred years old, People's University focuses its efforts in the areas of teaching cultural and educational activities. This work has been performed in Croatia and in other areas of the world. The historical background of the People's University reflects its commitment to providing scientific education to those who lack the opportunity and to developing and satisfying educational and cultural needs for a diverse culture. (Author/MR)
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- 2002
30. Status- und Steuerelemente fur sprachbezoegene Ubungsprogramme (Status and Control Elements for Language Related Training Program).
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Mitschian, Haymo
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To use computers as a medium to learn a language, there is need for some GUI-elements indicating and regulating the actual status of training. These elements have to be separated into obligatory ones, useful in almost all CALL-software, and facultative ones, necessary for most "teachware." Due to a general need of reducing the difficulties to get into the use of a training program for language learning, a standardization, as far as possible, of these GUI-elements should be aimed for. Suggestions for design and function are made on the basis of the training program "Verbindungsarten" (German as a foreign language/for special purposes: mechanical engineering). Pictures of actual computer screens are included. (Contains 3 references.) (Author)
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- 1994
31. 'Themen' und der Computer (Themes and the Computer).
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Schulze, Mathias
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This report describes a project that used the computer-assisted instruction in conjunction with a textbook in a 3-year beginning German language class at a British university. Students received 6 hours per week of German language instruction: 2 hours with a human instructor, 3 hours of self-study in the language laboratory, and 1 hour of self-access to use materials in the language laboratory such as computer programs, newspapers, videos, etc. Because of departmental budget cut-backs, use of a computerized instruction system was surveyed with both students and teaching staff as a possible replacement for teaching staff time. A computer system was suggested as 40% of students at the university had computers and one third had word processors; all instructors had computer access. The computer was a great language learning motivation tool for students, but its use should be limited as a helping tool for instructors in conjunction with textbooks and classroom instruction rather than as the only tool for student language learning. (Contains eight references.) (NAV)
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- 1994
32. Child Care as a Cultural Task = Kinderbetreuung als kulturelle Aufgabe.
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Krappmann, Lothar
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This paper examines the cultural context of day care in Germany and examines the quality of child care within the wider context of child care and education, especially with regard to values defining the roles of families with young children in society. Even parents who use child care question its advantages. Seeking child care is often an exhausting and humiliating experience for parents because of lack of spaces; it is also unpleasant for the day care centers that try to balance the composition of their groups. Parents are considered to be trouble makers if they question day care practices. Problems in day care centers often result from caretaker shortages, training deficits, lack of resources, and administrative inconsiderateness. Insufficient economic means make parents unhappy and force compromises in child care quality. Children's and adults' worlds have become increasingly separate from one another; the cultural underpinnings for a family life connected to day care are missing. Although there have been efforts to form communities within child care settings, day care centers do not conform to hypothesized ideal conditions of home rearing. Those responsible for socialization of offspring are under a great deal of stress. Public subsidies should be offered to parents so they can develop infant care patterns best fitting their personal values and philosophies. (Contains 16 references.) (KDFB)
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- 1994
33. Neue Spiele fuer den Deutschunterricht (New Games for the German Classroom).
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Wolf-Manfre, Eva
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This document includes games and activities for the German as a foreign language class. There are games designed to help students get to know one another, games to help develop vocabulary skills and grammar, and activities for role playing. A list of references and resources is included as well as an index to abbreviations and symbols. (AB)
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- 1993
34. Anticipating Occupational and Qualificational Developments: Recommendations and Conclusions Based on a Review of Recent Innovations in Methods and Instruments Applied in the European Union = Antizipation von Berufs-und Qualifikationsentwicklungen... = Prevoir le developpement des professions et des qualifications.... CEDEFOP Panorama Series.
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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). and Sellin, Burkat
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CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) reviewed vocational education and training trends and innovations to promote "anticipation" in the way, tools, and instruments by which institutions and bodies cope with new challenges to education and training due to changing socioeconomic demands and requirements. Anticipated challenges for systems and provisions are an aging population and increasing acceleration of changes in: (1) attitudinal patterns; (2) technological, communication, and work organizational patterns; (3) behavioral attitudes linked to family building and lifestyles; and (4) new forms of flexible work. These have provoked extension of tasks and improvement or creation of institutes, tools, and instruments for anticipating trends in occupational and qualificational developments. Recommendations are a trade-off between economic performance and concerns of equity and social cohesion; including social partner organizations and professionals; continuous, permanent effort to renew occupational profiles and standards; transparent structure of occupational and training standards and levels; strengthened university research capacity; sectoral, regional, national, or European scenarios and strategies; and European network of institutes and bodies responsible for the technical/professional promotion of vocational education and training and development of new occupational and training standards. (French and German versions are provided. Two appendixes are conclusions from individual country reports and an extract on European trends in the evolution of occupations and qualifications.) (YLB)
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- 2001
35. Erfolg und MiBerfolg von Fernunterricht im 'Wissenszeitalter' = Success and Failure of Distance Education in the 'Age of Knowledge.' Ziff Papiere 115.
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Fern Univ., Hagen (Germany). Inst. for Research into Distance Education. and Lehner, Helmut
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Our increasingly knowledge-based economy and business enterprises depend on education to produce experts who combine knowledge with depth of understanding. Current teaching methods produce students with superficial verbal and technical knowledge, but who may lack the insight of experts. To become experts, learners must have the opportunity to be active and independent. Independent learning can be fostered by an institutional environment characterized by freedom and order, not leading; by problem, not result orientation; by cooperation, not competition. Institutions can create barriers to deeper understanding through the forms of their organization, and assumptions about learning and assessment. Distance education institutions may 'expect independence' (the institution controls the aims and process of learning; teachers are results- and competition-oriented) or 'further independence' (the student is actively involved in developing his or her own program of studies; the institution provides advisors and resources to support the learner). Students who experience institutions that 'further independence' will demonstrate greater motivation, better understanding, more strongly integrated knowledge, and greater creative potential. (Both German and English language versions are provided. There are 54 references.) (YLB/CG)
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- 2000
36. 'Reflections on a Europe of Knowledge': A Working Document from CEDEFOP Discussed by the Management Board at Its Meeting of 13 March 1998 = 'Gedanken zu einem Europa des Wissens': Ein Arbeitsdokument des CEDEFOP vom Verwaltungsrat auf seiner Sitzung am 13. Marz 1998 diskutiert = 'Reflexions sur une Europe de la connaissance': Un document de travail du CEDEFOP examine par le Conseil d'administration lors de la reunion du 13 mars 1998.
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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece).
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The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) supports the aims of European Community (EC) activities and initiatives to promote lifelong learning and access to training. To promote competencies and lifelong learning, CEDEFOP has monitored development of lifelong learning skills, clarified main differences in the approaches to key qualifications in the European Union, and worked on recognizing, validating, and certifying nonformal learning. To monitor developments in vocational education and training in EC Member States, CEDEFOP has provided descriptions of systems and arrangements and analyzed trends. To serve European mobility and exchanges, CEDEFOP has improved understanding of different qualification systems and information about mobility. To promote exchange and dialogue among its partners, CEDEFOP has promoted exchange and dialogue through study visits program and Agora Thessaloniki. To support the EC effectively as a source of reference, CEDEFOP needs to provide four key elements: basic information on vocational education and training systems and arrangements in the Member States and links with the labor market; support for comparative research and overview and analysis of research and initiatives on key issues; support to meet partners' needs; and effective links among policy makers, social partners, researchers, and practitioners to promote the transfer of innovation and best practice. (German, English, and French versions appear in columns. Appendixes include possible future challenges and suggested areas for comparative research.) (YLB)
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- 1998
37. On JALT 95: Curriculum and Evaluation. Proceedings of the JALT International Conference on Language Teaching/Learning (22nd, Nagoya, Japan, November 1995). Section Six: In the Classroom.
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Brown, James Dean
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Texts of conference papers and summaries of colloquia on classroom environment and interaction in second language teaching are presented, including: "Fluency Development" (James Dean Brown); "Learner Development: Three Designs" (in Japanese) (Hiroko Naito, Yoshitake Tonia, Takao Kinugawa, Morio Hamada); "Desirable Japanese Teachers and Classroom Activities: A Survey towards a Learner-Centered Classroom" (in Japanese) (Takako Ishida); "Identity and Beliefs in Language Learning" (Tim Murphey); "Japanese Language Learning Through Structured Group Encounters" (in Japanese) (Shin'ichi Hayashi, Yukari Saiki, Takako Ishida); "Learner Self-Evaluated Videoing" (Tim Murphey, Tom Kenny); "The Learning Journal: An Aid to Reinforcement and Evaluation" (Sophia Wisener); "Using Texts To Understand Texts" (Steven Brown); "Vocabulary and Reading: Teaching and Testing" (David Beglar, Alan Hunt); "Research on Vocabulary Retention" (Guy Kellogg); "Adapting the Shared Inquiry Method to the Japanese Classroom" (Carol Browning, Jerald Halvorsen, Denise Ahlquist); "Literature? Oral English? Or Both?" (Linda Donan); "Adding 'Magic' to an EFL Reading Program by Using Children's Literature" (Linda J. Viswat, Linda C. Rowe); "Reading Activities in the Communicative Classroom" (Gregory Strong); "Cross-Border Peer Journals in EFL" (David George); "Motivating Students To Write: Activities From Three Different Classrooms" (Midori Kimura, Keiko Kikuchi, Joyce Maeda); "Student Publishing: The Value of Controlled Chaos" (Brad Visgatis, Tamara Swenson); "Oral History: A New Look at an Old Subject" (Barbara Valentine Dunkley); "Invent Your Own Soap Opera" (Julia Dudas, Andrew Wright); "Metric Conversion: Acquiring English Rhythm" (Margaret Sharkey, Eiko Ushida); "Problems of Teaching German in Large Classes" (in German) (Alfred Gehrmann); and "Constructive Methods of Dealing with Large Classes" (Thomas L. Simmons, Dawn Yonally, Edward Haig). Individual papers contain references. (MSE)
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- 1996
38. Allein Gegen alle Deutschunterricht in der Grossklasse (Alone against the World: Teaching German to Large Classes).
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Gehrmann, Alfr
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Teacher-centered presentation is generally considered the only way of teaching in large classes, whereas a learner-centered communicative approach is not considered feasible. This applies even more to language teaching, where the difference between the native speaker's knowledge and the students' command of the language hinder communication. In teaching German as a second foreign language in Japan, new approaches have been used successfully. The notion behind them is to use the students' didactic competence by having them work in groups of four throughout the class. Instructors can apply available instructional materials to facilitate these groups. Students can be directed to use a wide variety of methods enabling them to gain active understand of the new language. A combination of group evaluation, homework check, and written testing provides sufficient basis for individual evaluation of students' ability and progress. (Author/MSE)
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- 1996
39. Impulse fur Bibliotheken (Impulses for Libraries). Publications of Essen University Library 19.
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Essen Univ. (Germany). Library., Helal, Ahmed H., Helal, Ahmed H., and Essen Univ. (Germany). Library.
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This collection of 12 papers commemorates the retirement of Bernhard Adams. Adams had a 30-year career at the Bochum University Library (Germany) and advocated innovation and automation in libraries. The papers are: (1) "Gemeinsame Wegstrecken: Bernhard Adams zur Ehre" ("Common Milestones: In Honor of Bernhard Adams") (Harro Heim); (2) "Die Anfange der Bibliotheksautomatisierung in Deutschland" ("The Beginning of Library Automation in Germany") (Gunther Pflug); (3) Katalogisierung mit Hilfe der elektronischen Datenverarbeitung: ein Erfahrungs--und Situationsbericht" ("Cataloging by Means of Electronic Data Processing: Experiences and Current Situation") (Ingeborg Sobottke); (4) "Vom Bandkatalog zum OPAC" ("From Card Catalog to OPAC") (Heinz-Werner Hoffmann); (5) "Automatisierung der Erwerbung--eine Frage intergrierter Bibliotheksautomatisierung" ("Acquisition Automation--A Question of Integrated Library Automation") (Ronald Michael Schmidt); (6) "Virtuelle Bibliothek--Resource Sharing ohne Bibliotheksbestande?" ("Virtual Library--Resource Sharing without Actual Library Holdings?") (Karl Wilhelm Neubauer and Wolfgang Binder); (7) "OSI-Anwendungen in Bibliotheken oder Was ein Bibliothekar von OSI wissen sollte" ("OSI-Applications in Libraries or What Any Librarian Ought To Know About OSI") (Christine Bossmeyer); (8) "Die Essener Symposien--mit einem Ruckblick auf den Bochumer Ursprung" ("The Essen Symposia--With Retrospection on their Beginning in Bochum") (Ahmed Helmi Helal); (9) "Die Funktion des Buroleitenden Beamten in Bibliotheken" ("The Role of the Library Manager in Libraries") (Eberhard Herf); (10) "Wie man in Bochum die rechtlich fixierte Zweigleisigkeit mit bibliothekarischem Leben fullt" ("How the Bochum University Library System Moved From a Model of Coexistence to Coordination") (Horst Rohling); (11) "Uber Namen von Bibliotheken: Aktuelle und historische Betrachtungen zur Umbenennung der Universitatsbibliotheken Bonn, Munster und Dusseldorf in Universitats--und Landesbibliotheken" ("About University Libraries of Bonn, Muenster, and Dusseldorf--and Lohse); and (12) "Bibliotheksgrundung in West and Ost: Nordrhein-Westfalen und Brandenburg im Vergleich" ("Library Foundations in the West and East: Comparing Nordrhein-Westfalen and Brandenburg") (Ulrike Eich). (UJ/DGM)
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- 1995
40. Friedrich Durrenmatt's Tragicomedy of the Grotesque 'The Visit' in an Intermediate German Course.
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Modzelewski, Jozef A.
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A description is provided of "Der Besuch," a written companion to the Houghton Mifflin Company's standard edition of the drama "Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Old Lady's Visit)," written in 1956 by the distinguished Swiss playwright Friedrich Durrenmatt. The drama is an excellent choice for any intermediate or advanced language course that seeks to reinforce or expand students' reading and listening comprehension, and build conversation and composition skills. "Der Besuch" is a study guide, a workbook, and a reference grammar and dictionary that provides students with useful information and study aids. It also offers the instructor helpful teaching suggestions and various materials for classroom utilization. The introductory section of the guide supplies general information about the author and the play. Next, 24 seminars dealing with Durrenmatt's entire text follow, forming the main part of the textbook. An overview of different interpretations of the play by prominent scholars is also provided, as well as a thorough bibliography pertaining to the play and a German-English dictionary of new vocabulary used in the play. The main part of the textbook consists of eight units, each containing three seminars and a review section. This part provides students with tools for preparation for class discussion and the instructor with suggestions for structuring each individual seminar. Several sample pages from "Der Besuch" (in German) are attached. (VWL)
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- 1991
41. Teaching Literature in a Proficiency Oriented Classroom. Pedagogically Prepared Units by Teachers of German, 1991, NEH German Institute, Westminster College, Berlin, Germany.
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Westminster Coll., PA. and Moeller, Aleidine J.
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A number of papers by secondary school German language teachers resulting from an institute on incorporation of literature into classroom instruction jointly sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Goethe Institute of Germany are collected here. They represent classroom methods and materials developed by institute participants for use in their own courses. A brief introductory essay discusses a rationale for the use of literature in the proficiency-oriented language classroom. The following papers are included: "Poetry in the Classroom" (Aleidine J. Moeller); "Meyer's 'Der Romische Brunnen'" (Jake Erhardt); "'Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten' (Bruder Grimm)" (Maureen Helinski); "'Heimkehr' von Kafka" (Kathy Russman); "'Der Stift' von Kafka" (Gracie Jackson);"Mogliche Aktivitaten zu 'Popp und Mingel' von Marie Luise Kaschnitz" (Marilyn Mitchell); "Teaching Literature: A Suggested Unit for High School Students" (James V. Wehner); "'Drei Kamaraden' von Remarque" (Kathy Russman); and "'Beidermann und die Brandstifter' von Frisch" (Deloris DeLapp). These papers are followed by a section called "Writing in the Classroom." Introduced by Aleidine Moeller this section provides an outline of the writing portion of the institute are provided as well as excerpts from the institute newspaper featuring the participant's talents and achievements during the four weeks spent at Westminster College. This document concludes with a paper titled "Compositions the Easy Way" (Carol Heckman). Some papers contain literary excerpts and illustrations, and others are activity outlines or descriptions. All papers are mostly if not entirely in German. A list of contributors' names and addresses is appended. (MSE)
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- 1991
42. Moglichkeiten und Grenzen von Modellen zur Beschreibung der Mundlichen Sprachkonpetenz Bilingualer precher (Possibilities and Limitations of Models for Describing the Oral Language Competence of Bilingual Speakers).
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Kiliari, Angeliki
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A model for describing the oral language competence of bilingual speakers is presented. The model provides for the evaluation of the speaker on the phonological (based on native-speaker judgment), morphological (based on the formal written language), syntactic (based, in part on the complexity of the constructions used) and semantic pragmatic (based on whether the speaker is able to communicate her intentions) levels. In addition, this model measures pauses and repairs as indicators of linguistic uncertainty. (JC)
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- 1991
43. DEUTSCHE WELLE in the Classroom.
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Froehlich, Jurgen
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This paper addresses how German-language teachers in the United States can use broadcasts of the German language television, "Deutsche Welle," in their classrooms. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge gained about Germany and the opportunity to not only hear, but also see, German as it is really spoken in everyday life. Care must taken to select programs where the student must understand the German, not just see the picture, to understand what is happening, and programs must be selected that are not too out of date or boring to students. Once programs have been selected, a sequence of program presentation for maximum student effectiveness is suggested. The greatest value of the Deutsche Welle programs is the challenge that they offer the teacher for classroom use. (NAV)
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- 1995
44. Die Sprache der Hande zu den Handen sprechen (Talking the Language of the Hands to the Hands). DB-LINK.
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National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind, Monmouth, OR. and Miles, Barbara
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This paper examines the importance of hands for the person who is deafblind, reviews hand development, and identifies specific teaching skills that facilitate hand development and expressiveness in persons who are deafblind. It notes that the hands of a deafblind individual serve not only as tools but also as sense organs (to compensate for their missing vision and hearing) and as the primary means of expression. The literature is reviewed on the role of hands in early development in general, hand development in the child who is blind, hand development in the child who is deaf, and hand development in the child who is deafblind. Among 13 suggested teaching strategies are: (1) watch and/or touch the individual's hands and learn to read them; (2) use the teacher's hand under the child's hand to respond to exploration, to initiate topics, and to express feeling; (3) make your hands available for the child to use as he/she wishes; (4) play interactive hand games frequently; (5) make environmental provisions to encourage hand activity; (6) invite the child who is deafblind to have frequent tactual access to the environment; (7) make language accessible to the hands of the person who is deafblind; and (8) become aware of your own hands as carriers of feelings and pragmatic functions. An "afterword" by Harlan Lane suggests that people with deafblindness can teach others how to channel information through the tactile sense. (CR)
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- 2001
45. Deutsch fur Drittklassler: Beschreibung eines 'Schnupperprogramms' an einer Grundschule in Somerville, Massachusetts. (Description of a German in the Elementary School Program in Somerville, Massachusetts).
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Martin, Bernhard, Stoessel, Saskia, Frey, Marion, Armen, Jere, Bach, Judith, Kimball, Oliver, Scott, Karel, and Sheehan, Jennifer
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Describes an German in the elementary school program in Somerville, Massachusetts that is an example of university-school cooperation. (Author/VWL)
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- 2003
46. Deutsch-amerikanische Telekollaboration im Fremdsprachenunterricht-Lernede im Kreuzfeuer der institutionellen Zwange (German-American Online Collaboration in the Study of a Foreign Language and Its Institutional Constraints).
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Belz, Julie A. and Muller-Hartmann, Andreas
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Discusses institutional constraints in the foreign language and intercultural learning process within the framework of an online collaboration project between a German and a U.S. university. Shows the benefits and constraints of such a collaboration and provides suggestions for the improvement of similar international computer-supported learning environments. (AS)
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- 2002
47. Kann man Grammatik unterrichten? Antworten aus der Perspektive des Genfer DiGS-Projekts (Can Grammar Be Taught? Analysis of the Genfer DiGS Projects Perspective)
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Studer, Therese
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Discusses perspectives on the teaching of German grammar, with insight from the Genfer-DiGS research project. (Author/VWL)
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- 2002
48. Ethics, Ideals and Ideologies in the History of Adult Education. Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy.
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Nemeth, Balazs, Poggeler, Franz, Nemeth, Balazs, and Poggeler, Franz
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This book, which focuses on how personality, societal values and politics have influenced the mission of adult education, contains 34 papers originally presented at a 2000 conference on the history of adult education. Following a Foreword (Poggeler) and Preface (Nemeth) the papers are: "The Globalization of Adult Education and the One World Concept: Aspects of Their History, Present and Future" (Poggeler); "Adult Education in a Voluntary Social Movement: the Education Work of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1959-94" (Fieldhouse); "Adult Education and Cooperation: The History of a Dutch Walden" (van Gent); "Questions of Value in Adult Education: A Theoretical-Scientific and Methodological Challenge in the History of Adult Education" (Theile); "Influence of Ideas and Institutions on the Culture and Adult Education in Hungary" (Felkai); "The Changes Of Folk ANF Worker's Universities in Slowenia Between 1945-1991" (Jug); "THR Folk High Schools From the View of Political and Social Problems of Poland" (Solarczyk); "Basic Conceptions and Aims in Some Theories of Adult Education Through History" (Popovic); "The Role of Scientific Positivism in European Popular Educational Movements: France and Radical Free Masonry" (Steele); "Samuel Smiles and the Ideology of Self-Help" (Cooke); "How Adult Education Participates in the Making of 'Active Society'" (Bouverne-De Bie); "Local and Global Experiences and Dimensions of German Adult Education" (Hinzen); "Adult Education and the Human Rights Movement: Toward a Global Research Agenda for the History of Adult Education" (Boucouvalas); "The Performance-Directed or Task-Oriented Approach as a Teaching and Learning Concept in Adult Education" (Paape); "The Assimilation Possibilities and Problems of East European Adult Education After the Political Change: The Example of Hungary" (Petho); "Ideological and Paradigmatic Changes in the History of a German Further Education Centre Based on the Centre of Further Education, Aachen" (Putz); "Struggle and Compromise: A History of South African Adult Education from 1960 to 1999" (Aitchison); "Idealists and Liberal Adult Education in the West of Scotland" (Turner); "Through a Glass Darkly: The Seduction of an Adult Education Social Movement" (Benn); "Adult Education and Social Movements: A Century of (Informal) Learning in Social Movements" (Dekeyser);"Grundtvig: From a European and Romanian Perspective" (Sacalis); "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Adult Education as an Ethical Issue" (Cser); "The Social-Historical Conditionality of the Constitution and Activities of Croatian People's and Workers' Universities" (Ceptic); "The Transformation of Adult Education from Culture to the World of Work" (Tosse); "Lloyd Ross and the Education of Australian Workers" (Morris); "From the Workers' Education to the Work Development: Historical Stages and Changing Interests in the Finnish Trade Union Education" (Tuomisto); "Social Based Adult Education: The Development of Workers' Education and Training in Pecs Hungary at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century" (Koltai, Nemeth); "Adult Education An Ideal of Modernity: The End of Adult Education as a Social Movement" (Jarvis); "The History of the Finnish Adult Education System" (Ropponen); "Advanced Teaching Movement in Croatia and Its Influence on National Education" (Lavrnja, Klapan); "Some Changes in the Sphere of Adult Education in Russia in the Transitional Period: Socio-Psychological Aspects" (Mryakina); "Adult Education in Romania in the Last Ten Years Requirements and Realities" (Sava); "Social-Educational Aims and Forms of Adult Education on Distance in the 1980s in Poland: TV Vocational Agricultural School and Radio-TV High School for Working People" (Gajda); "Dutch Andragology in Transformation" (Katus). Some of the papers contain figures and tables. All of the papers contain bibliographies, some of them substantial. (AJ)
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- 2002
49. IFLA General Conference, 1989. Division of Education and Research. Section on Education and Training; Round Table on Library History; Round Table on Research in Reading; Round Table on Continuing Professional Education. Booklet 70.
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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
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There are 10 papers in this collection from the Division of Education and Research: (1) "The Importance of Basic Training in Marketing for Librarians and Information Professionals" (French and English versions; Rejean Savard); (2) "Information Management Education: Some Interdisciplinary Approaches" (Marianne Broadbent); (3) "Educational Implications of Information Development" (Jesus Lau); (4) "The International Role of the Library of Congress: A Brief History" (John Cole); (5) "The Use of Anglo-French Comparisons by the Promoters of the 1850 Public Libraries Act" (Paul Sturges); (6) "Research on Reading and Books: A Jungle of Confusing Terms" (German and English versions; Konrad Teckentrup); (7) "Sociology of Reading and Use of the Library" (French and English versions; Martine Poulain); (8) "International Seminar on Continuing Professional Education: A Report (German and English versions; Horst Hogh); (9) "Mastering Access: The Birmingham MSc Information Management" (Trevor Haywood and Sandi Kirkham); and (10) "Library and Information Research in Yugoslavia" (Dora Secic and Dubravka Stancin-Rosic). (SD)
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- 1989
50. IFLA General Conference, 1989. Division of Collections and Services. Open Forum of the Division; Section on Acquisition and Exchange; Section on Interlending and Document Delivery; Section on Serial Publications; Section on Rare and Precious Books and Documents. Booklet 50.
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There are 20 papers in this collection from the Division of Collections and Services: "IFLA Division of Collections and Services" (Hope E. A. Clement); "Divisional Open Forum Reports" ("Section of Acquisition and Exchange" by Ulrich Montag; "Section of Government Information and Official Publications" by Bernadine Abbott Hoduski; "Section on Serial Publications" by Mary Sauer Price; "Section on Interlending and Document Delivery" by Rudolph Frankenberger; and "Section on Rare and Precious Books and Documents" by Richard Landon); "Collaborative Interdependence: The Human Dimensions of the Conspectus" (Paul H. Mosher); "Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Example of the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris" (French and English versions; Paulette Lordereau); "The International Problem of Differential Pricing for Research Literature" (German and English versions; Rolf Griebel); "Depository System of Storage of Library Collections in the USSR" (Z. P. Sorokina and N. Z. Starodubova); "The Danish Repository Library for Public Libraries" (C. H. Henriksen); "The Problem of the Need" (Maurice B. Line); "Bibliographic Control and Interlending Aspects" (G. Gattermann); "Some Realistic Proposals to Overcome the Financial Barriers to International Document Delivery" (Graham P. Cornish); "Charging for Interlibrary Loans: A Proposal of No Interest?" (Etienne Hustache); "Adopting UNIMARC as a National Format: The Portuguese Experience" (Fernanda Maria Campos); "ISDS (International Serials Data System) Exchange Format" (French and English versions; Slawek Rozenfeld); "Serial Records, International Exchange, and the Common Communication Format" (Peter Simmons); "Forschung in einer Zeit der Sparpolitik und des Bibliotekswandels (Research in a Time of Fiscally Conservative Politics and Transformations of the Library)" (Bernhard Fabian); and "Rare Book Collections under Constraint, a Librarian's Point of View" (Mirjam M. Foot). (SD)
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- 1989
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