This open access book discusses the functionality of the use of the language of photography in teachers' initial and ongoing training. It analyzes the nature of photography as a representation system, facilitating inquiry and reflection on its practice for teachers and evocating on theories and beliefs that may guide their work in classrooms. Photography is used to represent symbolically and af…
Der Band stellt die maßgeblichen Theorien der Ethik vor: die Kantische Ethik, den Utilitarismus, die Tugendethik und den Kontraktualismus. Diskutiert werden auch die wesentlichen Probleme der Moraltheorie, wie z.B. die Ursprünge und die Reichweite moralischer...
This open access book provides a complete probabilistic analysis method and a performance-based seismic safety evaluation for high concrete faced rockfill dam (CFRD). Combined with random sample generation and reliability analysis methods, the dynamic response characteristics and reliability level of CFRD under various random factors are comprehensively described. In Chapter 2, a random ground …
The book analyzes the environmental regulation of upstream marine exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, at the international, regional MERCOSUR and Argentine national level. It uses the concept of normative integration as a methodological approach, critically assessing the interaction between the law of the sea, maritime law, environmental law and human rights law in the field of study.…
We would like to dedicate this book to Professor Chris Pickvance, who passed away in autumn of 2021. As an urban sociologist and one of the first scholars to lead a comparative research project on housing movements in Central and Eastern Europe just after 1989, Chris has been a great inspiration for our work. He also generously commented on our draft manuscript as part of our advisory …
We would like to thank our project executing agency VDI/VDE-IT and especially Constantin von Dewitz for their constructive collaboration, as well as the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for its support, especially Katrin Nostadt and Annette Eickmeyer-Hehn. Cornelius Höller participated in the project as a substitute for parental leave, after previously also contributing as an …
Im Zuge der schrittweisen Verlagerung von Gestaltungsspielräumen von der Systemebene auf die operative Ebene (Altrichter und Maag Merki 2010; Füssel und Leschinsky 2008) sind auch Aufgaben der schulischen Personalentwicklung in den Verantwortungsbereich der Schulen übergegangen (Buhren und Rolff 2002; Meetz 2007; Brauckmann und Eder 2019). Dienstvorgesetztenfunktion und Weisungsbefugni…
This volume, The Forum of Federations Handbook on Fiscal Federalism, we consider to be an important contribution to the study of federalism. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from across the globe, it seeks to broaden and update current understandings of the state of fiscal federalism within 11 country case studies, and by so doing attempts to tease out some extrapolatory l…
This chapter provides a brief overview of the history of digital 3D reconstruction. It shows in which contexts the first research projects were undertaken and how the resulting 3D models were presented to the public. It sheds light on the institutionalization of 3D reconstruction in research at universities, presentations at conferences, and specialization of architectural companies
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the reasons behind the 2017 youthquake – which saw the highest rate of youth turnout in a quarter of a century, and an unprecedented gap in youth support for Labour over the Conservative Party – from both a comparative and a theoretical perspective. It compares youth turnout and party allegiance over time and trac…