peter lang mär 2020 (119 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The essays incorporated into this volume share an ambitious interest in investigating death as an individual, social and metaphorical phenomenon that may be exemplified by themes involving burial rituals, identity, and commemoration. The disciplines represented are as diverse as art history, classics, history, music, languages and literatures, and the approaches taken reflect various aspects of contemporary death studies. These include the fear of death, the role of death in shaping human identity, the ¿taming¿ of death through ritual or aesthetic sublimation, and the utilization of death ¿ particularly dead bodies ¿ to manipulate social and political ends.The topics covered include the exhumation and reburial of Cardinal John Henry Newman;the funerary monument of John Donne in his shroud; the funeral of Joseph Stalin; the theme of mutilation and non-burial of the corpse in Homer¿s Iliad; the individual¿s encounter with death in the work of the German Philosopher Josef Pieper; the Requiem by the Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford; the imagery of death in Giovanni Vergäs novel Mastro-don Gesualdo, and the changing attitudes toward death in the writings of Michel Foucault.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 202 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In diaries covering the period of his artistic directorship of the Abbey (2000-2005) Ben Barnes offers a frank, honest, probing account of a much commented upon and controversial period in the history of the national theatre. These diaries also provide fascinating personal insights into the day to day pressures, joys and frustrations of running one of Ireland¿s most iconic institutions. For over a century now the Abbey has conducted its love/hate relationship with the Irish public and the wider international audience, and in Plays and Controversies Ben Barnes illuminates his own eventful chapter in that absorbing story. 502 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The term ¿cyberspace¿ that entered into our lives towards the end of the 20th century is defined as: ¿a global platform that consists of the network containing the infrastructures of information technologies with Internet, communication networks, computer systems, embedded processors and controllers¿. When this term is analysed, it is seen that nearly all informatics systems minimize the human control and at many platforms, they are connected to each other. Although the term ¿cyberspace¿ is very new, it is like a living organism that is coordinated with scientific disciplines such as finance, defence, health, education, transportation and security, in all manned and unmanned areas. Our interaction with this organism covers almost all our lifespan. When looked closer, it is seen that cyberspace must be researched not only from technology side but also from sociology and psychology sides. So, welcome to the cyberspace journey that we prepared for you in our book What¿s Happening in Cyberspace 130 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -El libro analiza los orígenes kantianos de la filosofía de Ortega desde su etapa inicial hasta las más tardías. Ortega descubre la filosofía de Kant cuando era un estudiante universitario, en Bilbao y Madrid, a través de los pocos trabajos sobre Kant y las traducciones de sus obras que entonces existían en España. Tras una primera lectura, y tras descubrir la filosofía germana, decide ampliar sus conocimientos en Alemania. Este viaje está influido también por las circunstancias de la España de la época: la degeneración intelectual y espiritual del país, la aversión por la ciencia y el desprecio por las ideas. En la filosofía alemana, especialmente en la de Kant, permanece la identidad de la filosofía y su carácter científico. Ortega estudió a Kant en Leipzig, Berlín y Marburgo, con grandes especialistas en su pensamiento como Wundt, Simmel, Riehl, Cohen y Natorp. Sin embargo, la ciudad más importante para él no fue ni Leipzig ni Berlín, sino la gótica Marburgo, situada en las orillas del río Lahn, a la que denomina en sus memorias «fuerte neokantiano» y «ciudadela neokantiana», recordando la filosofía que imperaba en su universidad. El hermetismo de la escuela kantiana marburguesa tenía para Ortega una doble vertiente: era, al mismo tiempo, tanto «su hogar y el aire con el que respiraba» como una «cárcel», era, en definitiva, «una adquisición eterna que había que¿conservar para poder ser otra cosa más allá». 246 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Este libro propone un recorrido por las obras publicadas por Francisco Valdés, escritor habitualmente olvidado del primer tercio del siglo XX. En primer lugar, se presenta el contexto literario en que conviene ubicar la obra del autor extremeño: la Edad de Plata. Se examinan a continuación los principales acontecimientos de su trayectoria biográfica y literaria y la incidencia de determinados episodios y circunstancias en sus textos. En el capítulo tercero, se presenta el panorama de creación y crítica en que surge su obra y, finalmente, en los dos últimos capítulos se estudian, en función de su género, los libros que el autor publicó en vida. A partir de estos textos y del estudio derivado de ellos se ofrece una visión concisa de la obra de un escritor poco conocido hoy y se contribuye, además, al estudio de otras voces de la Edad de Plata. 170 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Samuel Beckett¿s importance for Universal literature is unquestionable. He has reached the level of cultural icon whose international recognition was established with Waiting for Godot (1953). Beckett translated into French most of the works he wrote in English, making bilingualism a most relevant feature of his creative genius. As a result of this practice, by the end of his life Beckett had created a complex canon in which, from the end of World War II onwards, a consistent difference between original and translation becomes more difficult. Beckett was conscious of the enormous importance bilingualism and self-translation had in his literary production. Despite the international recognition provided by the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature, his works remain somewhat unknown, particularly in Spain. The aim of this book is to analyse Beckett¿s presence in the Spanish cultural life during the last sixty years with special attention to the Spanish renditions of his works. Although almost all his novels, dramatic works, prose and poetic texts have been translated into Spanish, the quality of those versions greatly varies. Apart from that, many of Beckett¿s emblematic texts are now out of print and others are found in very limited editions. The book intends to stimulate debate about the reception of Beckett¿s works into Spanish and other languages, such as Arabic and Japanese, so that the conclusions of the studies presented here may contribute to future research and reception of his works.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 264 pp. Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -La inclusión es un tema de gran actualidad en muchos ámbitos de la vida contemporánea. Son muy amplios los sectores en los que se viene observando un considerable aumento de la sensibilidad social acerca de las circunstancias y condiciones en que se produce. El presente libro tiene dos intereses centrales: analizar la relación entre personas con y sin diversidad funcional en los textos culturales a través de los tres términos clave inclusión, integración, diferenciación; y estudiar en los textos concretos cómo se tratan o incluso se practican la inclusión, la integración y la diferenciación. El campo de estudio se orienta hacia el corpus de los textos literarios, teatrales y audiovisuales. 316 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Teacher education in higher education has been of great interest as a research area in recent years. The discussion focuses on topics such as tertiary pedagogies, professional development, instructional innovative practices as well as technology and instruction.Following these topics, the contributors of this collected volume deal with English as a medium of instruction (EMI) and Content and Language Integrated Language (CLIL). They examine the professional development of lecturers and discuss further topics such as English for academic purposes (EAP), English for special purposes (ESP) and English for vocational purposes (EOP). Finally, they explore the use of technology as an instructional tool. This book is designed as a resource that enriches the knowledge of the teachers and aims to empower them to maintain, develop and increase students¿ critical thinking and problem-solving skills so that teachers can provide better classroom experiences for their students. 388 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Pour encourager les pays africains à promouvoir des cultures de confiance et d¿intégrité, l¿auteur de ce livre recommande trois valeurs morales à intérioriser : confiance, crédibilité et intégrité. L¿intégration effective de ces valeurs dans les réalités organisationnelles dépend de la qualité des résultats de la recherche au niveau local et régional. Elle suppose l¿institutionnalisation de l¿éthique. Ce livre clarifie les notions d¿intégrité, de crédibilité et de confiance dans la vie organisationnelle. Il dégage ensuite des nouvelles pistes de recherche en éthique, des difficultés d¿opérer une réforme morale, des exigences de cette réforme et la nécessité de connaître les forces hostiles à l¿éthique dans les organisations africaines. L¿administration publique et l¿entreprise privée lucrative constituent le point de départ des réflexions de l¿auteur. Les textes utilisés sur ces deux secteurs organisationnels ont été publiés entre 1994 et 2014. L¿auteur entreprend une lecture critique des codes d¿éthique de quatre pays d¿Afrique centrale, avec une attention particulière sur les objectifs des codes, sur leurs valeurs morales et sur leur mise en ¿uvre. Cette critique s¿effectue grâce à la littérature disponible sur les valeurs morales inscrites dans les codes, sur les violations de l¿intégrité morale et de la dignité humaine et sur l¿échec des projets de la lutte contre la corruption. La réflexion s¿applique d¿abord aux valeurs morales clés des codes d¿éthique avant de se tourner vers la résistance à l¿intégration de l¿éthique dans la vie organisationnelle et vers le devoir d¿enraciner les valeurs retenues dans les structures organisationnelles.Ce livre se présente comme un tremplin pour entreprendre la recherche sur d¿autres questions pertinentes, telles que la description des violations de l¿intégrité morale et l¿éthique dans le processus de validation, d¿adoption et de mise en ¿uvre des réformes socioéconomiques. Il doit donc intéresser les chercheurs en éthique et en sciences sociales. Les réflexions de ce livre doivent éclairer les investisseurs des entreprises extractives, les analystes des réformes politiques et économiques et les agents de l¿administration publique en Afrique.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 210 pp. Französisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -El libro tiene por objetivo central exponer los resultados de una investigación de más de 10 años sobre las reformas educativas que procuraron democratizar la escuela secundaria argentina entre 1983 y 2015. Particularmente, se centra en aquellas políticas que intentaron modificar el orden normativo de la escuela, las formas de autoridad docente y el gobierno escolar con el objetivo de hacer de la propia experiencia educativa una instancia de formación ciudadana de los y las estudiantes. El texto presenta algunos antecedentes históricos de estas reformas, expone las condiciones en que fueron implementadas, analiza la secuencia de normativas mediante las que buscaron instrumentarse y los efectos que alcanzaron en la vida cotidiana de las escuelas de distintos sectores sociales.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 296 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The Resistance, Persistence and Resilience of Black Families Raising Children with Autism presents nuanced perspectives in the form of counternarratives of what Black families who have children with autism experience at the intersection of race, class, disability and gender. It intentionally centers the expertise of Black parents, challenging what is considered knowledge, whose knowledge counts, and how knowledge can be co-generated for learning, sharing and advocacy. The book speaks directly to Black parents on the autism journey. To right systemic racial inequities and to cultivate culturally responsive practices, it is critical for practitioners and professionals to understand what is known about Black families¿ experiences with autism in general and how these experiences differ because of our intersecting identities. University faculty and students in programs involving medicine, speech and language pathology, occupational therapy, nursing, political science, school psychology, teaching, special education and leadership can benefit from the wisdom offered by these parents. This text is perfect for several courses, including those in departments of anthropology, women and gender studies, health sciences, psychology, special education, teacher education and administrative leadership. In addition, given the uniquely Black perspective presented in the text, this text is relevant to other fields, including ethnic studies, cultural studies, urban studies and African American studies. It is relevant to individuals who wish to better understand how issues of race and intra-racial differences shape lived experiences with disability in American society. 224 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Critical Consciousness, Social Justice and Resistance: The Experiences of Young Children Living on the Streets in India reports on an investigation of critical consciousness and social justice conducted with young children living on the streets in Mumbai, India. The book explores how children¿through complex, layered and diverse forms of resistant behaviours¿struggled against, challenged, and at times, transformed the experiences of structural inequality, injustice and oppression they often faced in their everyday lives. Drawing on insights from critical pedagogy, the study argues that educators can work in solidarity with children, families and communities to transform¿rather than simply adapt¿to situations of oppression that exist both within and outside of educational contexts. It is argued that practitioners and policy makers open genuine spaces for educational endeavours that value children¿s dignity, understand resistant behaviour as a form of communication, and focus on transformative resistance as a praxis of citizenship.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 316 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The book draws links between colonial and neo-colonial power structures which have sought to maintain hierarchies of dominance, resulting in cruel practices towards people at the bottom of the hierarchy and animals, who, in a colonial mindset, only exist for human gain. To counter these harm-based ideologies, and practices, veganism, as an ethical movement, is seeking to give voice to all those who support animals, and the rights of animals, while also seeking to give a voice to animals themselves. Additionally, veganism seeks to challenge the old-guard power structures and cruel practices perpetuated by colonial and neo-colonial systems associated with the dominant Ego power structure. Vegan ethics represent a shift from the dominant Ego model of human relations represented by a pyramid of power towards an Eco model of human relationships in which all Beings have equal worth and agency. 84 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Against the backdrop of an increasingly globalized business environment, this book provides readers with a pragmatic approach to strategic management of complex issues that arise from the tension between fiduciary and ethical priorities. If the challenge of management is making decisions in situations of uncertainty, Coffee and Conflict in Colombia is the ultimate test of finding business solutions in extremely volatile situations. Based on firsthand experience on-site and years of rigorous research, this book leverages a real-world case of a global coffee consortium facing the challenge of negotiating wages for its farmworkers during a low-intensity conflict in and around Colombia. Beyond the direct consequences of the negotiation, many farmworkers are ready to join local militia if a wage deal cannot be reached, thereby fueling the cycle of local instability and violence. Putting readers in the role of consultants to a client operating in the area lets them experience defining moments of managing this high-stakes situation with limited information and considerable time pressure. Almost as if 'parachuting' into an escalating conflict scenario, readers form critical relationships with characters that introduce them to management tools and techniques they need to arrive at a successful conclusion. The excitement and intensity of Coffee and Conflict in Colombia equips business leaders of today and tomorrow with valuable know-how they can apply to the uncertainties of everyday business in an international context. 104 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Against the backdrop of an increasingly globalized business environment, this book provides readers with a pragmatic approach to international management of complex issues that arise from the tension between financial goals and social imperatives. If the challenge of management is making decisions in situations of uncertainty, Multi-Hazard Disaster in Japan is the ultimate test of finding business solutions in extremely volatile situations. Based on firsthand experience and years of rigorous research, this book leverages a real-world case of a global company responding to a historical mega-disaster to let readers experience defining moments of managing with limited information, time pressure and a dwindling budget. Almost as if 'parachuting' into an escalating disaster scenario, readers form critical relationships with characters that introduce them to management tools and techniques they need to arrive at a successful conclusion. The excitement and intensity of Multi-Hazard Disaster in Japan equips business leaders of today and tomorrow with valuable know-how they can apply to the uncertainties of everyday business in an international context.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book reflects upon the main methodologies used in the studies of representation in the context of migration to suggest new alternatives in which narratives are regarded as part of the corpus. The book looks at social and linguistic representations shared by Haitian immigrants in Rio de Janeiro, through short narratives. The results are part of different identity projections. This book provides data that helps in the development of new methodologies in researches about representation and integrates them into identity studies. The analysis of the information shows that representations change during the migration process and that identities assumed by the subjects contribute to maintenance or changes in these representations.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Against the backdrop of an increasingly globalized business environment, this book provides readers with a pragmatic approach to strategic management of complex issues that arise from the tension between fiduciary and ethical priorities. If the challenge of management is making decisions in situations of uncertainty, Mining Conflict in the Philippines is the ultimate test of finding business solutions in extremely volatile situations. Based on firsthand experience and years of rigorous research, this book leverages a real-world case of a global mining company facing the challenge of doing business in a highly unpredictable environment in which staff and assets are under threat by a local organization that wants the company to leave. Putting readers in the role of consultants to a client operating in the area lets them experience defining moments of managing this potentially explosive scenario under considerable time pressure and only partial information. Almost as if 'parachuting' into an escalating conflict scenario, readers form critical relationships with characters that introduce them to management tools and techniques they need to arrive at a successful conclusion. The excitement and intensity of Mining Conflict in the Philippines equips business leaders of today and tomorrow with valuable know-how they can apply to the uncertainties of everyday business in an international context.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Les traités de manières et les traités artistiques, de même que le discours amoureux dans le domaine littéraire, se sont donnés la tâche de définir, voire de codifier, la gestuelle amoureuse et établissent notamment des relations entre le domaine artistique, littéraire et la vie sociale. Par rapport au « geste écrit », le « geste en image » se manifeste sous une forme plus ambiguë et laisse transparaître, souvent, des rapports de réciprocité, de domination, d¿assujettissement ou d¿inversion des rôles d¿autant plus lorsqüil traduit le sentiment amoureux.Cet ouvrage rassemble des communications, interventions et réflexions menées à l¿occasion d¿un colloque consacré à L¿invention du Geste Amoureux à la Renaissance ainsi que d¿une série de workshops portant sur le même thème pour différentes périodes chronologiques. Quels que soient la période traitée et le support de la représentation, la gestuelle est entendue, au sens large, à la fois en tant que gestes et attitudes corporelles. Il ne s¿agit pas simplement d¿un geste intentionné mais également d¿une posture du corps, celle-ci intervenant soit de façon suffisamment régulière pour être identifiée à un «¿topos¿», soit au contraire de manière si exceptionnelle qüelle mérite qüon s¿y attarde. Les analyses exemplaires réunies dans ce livre abordent, enfin, les questions de la migration de gestes entre le champ du rituel et celui de l¿art, entre le registre du sacré et celui du profane ainsi que les transferts trans-chronologique ou trans-géographique. Elles proposent une étude des postures, attitudes, gestes et expressions qui «¿disent¿» l¿amour dans les arts visuels.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 328 pp. Französisch, Italienisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This volume embraces the critical turn of new materialism in order to address how creative and social practices allow for the definition of alternative subject positions and to examine how power relations operate at an embodied, relatable level: it proposes to think global but act local. The contributions by scholars and artists offer new ways of engaging and understanding Ireland¿s contemporary political, activist and artistic landscape. They open up onto epistemological ways of considering not only the inventions of creative and scholarly research and practice, but also invention and experimentation itself. The volume provides a space for conversation and brings out the potential of non-linear thinking by bringing together artists and scholars to consider the materiality of identity and place through the body, migrancy, ecology and digital technologies. The contributors draw new maps, making new connections, diffracting Irish social imaginaries. This multidisciplinary collection proposes strategies and methods to ethically respond to and engage with the complex situations and urgent challenges that preoccupy our contemporary present. There is something in this book for both the specialist and non-specialist alike and it is essential reading for anyone with an interest in new methodologies in Irish studies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 202 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the amorphous, fragmented and digressive world of George Gordon Byron¿s poetic works, which are pervaded by the themes of change, mutability, deformation and transgression, often presented or described as madness. The blurring of the border between fiction and reality is a matter of the author¿s decisions concerning both his life and his texts, and a conscious process of construction and self-fashioning. It is also a recurring epistemological theme in Byron¿s works, which make take the form of¿narrative dis-orientation and the dismantling of easy cultural pre-conceptions. The Authors study Byron¿s artistic quixotism and his pursuit of creative freedom which reveals itself in the Romantic irony, digressiveness and self-awareness of his writings. 182 pp. Englisch.

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Culture in management is an important issue from both theoretical and practical points of view. Culture is a universal medium, in which people act and organisations are submerged. It is a basis for all processes, such as communication; and it also remains an open and ambiguous phenomenon. This book deals with different visions of culture in management, emphasising epistemological and methodological pluralism, and the need for the development of new, creative concepts of culture. The book presents reflections on the most significant cognitive problems of cultural currents, provides an analysis of well-known and popular functionalist concepts of culture in management and ends with a presentation of less popular perspectives. 278 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This collection of papers explores the concept of constitutional identity in theory and with specific reference to Central and Eastern Europe at a time when many countries across but also beyond the region seem to appeal to an identarian rhetoric in order to justify their illiberal political attitudes. Drawing on law, political science, philosophy or sociology, the contributions address salient questions of constitutional and political theory like the understanding of (constitutional) identity in a post-Westphalian legal order, the extent and the stakes of judicial dialogue between national and supranational (European) judges and the so-called abusive legal transplants. As such, the book also touches upon more general topics such as the rule of law, populism, globalization, legal consciousness and legal culture. 240 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The book contains analyses and interpretations of multidimensional perspectives in philosophical, economical and psychological research on imagination. The authors analyse Russian (N. Bierdiajew) and French philosophy and anthropology (G. Bachelard, G. Durand), German conceptions (I. Kant's, F. Baader's, F. Schiller 's or Heideggerian interpretations) of the role of imagination in art, science and sociopolitical domains. Image and imagination play the main role in the contemporary social world. It is investigated by psychology, sociology and political sciences, and many subdisciplines of philosophy have their own traditions in approaches to image and imagination problem. The authors try to integrate the results of these research efforts. 208 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -On the Music Front. Socialist-Realist Discourse on Music in Poland, 1948¿1955 is a monograph on one of the key aspects of Poland¿s musical culture during the Stalinist period. Among the many texts analysed in this book are addresses given by leading party officials, minutes of musical meetings and conferences, talks before informal ¿get-to-know-the-music¿ concerts, and papers on aesthetics and music history. Detailed discussion is devoted to the musicological works of Zofia Lissa, to productions of Stanis¿aw Moniuszkös operas directed by Leon Schiller, to museum exhibitions on music history, and to the mega-production of the Polish Socialist-Realist film, Chopin¿s Youth, directed by Aleksander Ford. 296 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Translating Audiovisuals in a Kaleidoscope of Languages¿addresses the challenges involved in translating multilingualism in film and TV fiction. It shows the complexity of fictional characters 'speaking in tongues' in different genres and for different audiences. It includes individual contributions and team project work on a range of audiovisual translation modes, such as dubbing, subtitling and audio description. The types of products analyzed go from musicals to detective stories, including comedy, adventure and drama. The methodologies embrace case studies, corpus studies and reception studies. This book also allows the profession to let its voice be heard, through interviews and discussions with film-makers, producers, actors and translators working with audiovisual multilingualism. 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Understanding Peace Holistically: From the Spiritual to the Political argues that spiritually rooted and morally oriented peacefulness is relevant to the socio-economic¿political structures that provide the conditions for a culture of peace. As the authors build up a theory of peace from the spiritual to the relational and communal towards the socio-political, this book also identifies key principles that characterise international and institutional processes that nurture peace. The holistic conception of peace developed in this book may guide and inspire individuals, institutions, and international organisations with regards to how to make peace.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 250 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -There has been growing concern about the gradual segregation of Muslims living within the United Kingdom. Since the 2001 riots in the north of England, several government reports identified the lack of social integration as a critical factor. This book explores how and why some Muslim individuals and communities seek to live apart in isolated enclaves, providing a compelling new perspective from which to understand the lives of contemporary British Muslims. The author examines everyday life in Muslim enclaves. By framing Muslim experiences around different generational perspectives, he is able to illustrate the cultural gaps between first- and second-generation Muslims, adding to the complexity of everyday Muslim life. The social reality of Muslim segregation appears to evolve in accordance with the needs of each historical period. In essence, each generation has its own distinct set of conflicts that influence the development of Muslim identity, belonging and segregation. 264 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This volume contains contributions from the international and interdisciplinary scientific conference 'Ethics and the Law in Medicine ¿ in Research and Healthcare', which took place at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä and at the Poznan University of Medical Sciences. The contributions to these proceedings encompass a broad spectrum of current medico-ethical questions that arise in particular disciplines. Compared to monographic works, interdisciplinary anthologies have the advantage of bringing together scientists from different disciplines into conversation on controversial issues from different scientific perspectives. The aim is an interdisciplinary discussion on challenging questions in medicine ¿ conducted from different viewpoints. The volume's contributions also highlight differences in the analysis and assessment of medico-ethical dilemmas due to socio-cultural differences. 256 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In this book, the author investigates a central issue in language testing research: What are the key features that contribute to item difficulty in a reading test Results of various statistical analyses of the multiple-choice reading items from the Austrian 2009 baseline reading test show a significant correlation between empirical item difficulty and both cognitive processes and metacognitive strategies. The findings thus provide evidence of the construct validity of the baseline reading test on the one hand, but are equally relevant to teaching practice on the other hand. The teaching of reading at lower secondary level in the Austrian context needs to focus more on cognitive processes of different complexity and the active teaching of metacognitive reading strategies. 210 pp. Englisch.