Vorhersage von Lese- und Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten durch frühe Verhaltensauffälligkeiten und Schulreife

Ziel dieser Untersuchung ist es zu schauen, ob einerseits Verhaltensauffälligkeiten und an-dererseits die Schulreife die schon im Kindergarten beobachtet werden, sich auf späte Lese- und Rechtschreibleistungen auswirken werden. Zusätzlich ist es von Interesse, welche wahrgenommenen Verhaltensweisen die Schulreifeeinschätzung der KindergärtnerInnen beeinflussen. Weiters wurde untersucht, ob es Unterschiede gibt bezüglich gemeinsamer und getrennter Betrachtung der Lese- und Rechtschreibleistungen.The purpose of this study is to see whether on the one hand the behaviour deviations and on the other hand the school readiness that can be already identified in the kindergarten, has an impact on later reading and spelling performance. In addition, it is of interest which perceived behaviour pattern has an influence on the judgement of a kindergarten teacher regarding the school readiness. Furthermore research was made to identify whether there are differences in combined and separate analysis of reading and spelling performance

Making large music collections accessible using enhanced metadata and lightweight visualizations

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The Barfie handbook of pedagogical and scientific approaches to children's books and intercultural education

BARFIE (Books and Reading for Intercultural Education) is a European thematic network in intercultural education aimed at teachers, librarians, parents, children and school authorities that uses books and other media for children aged 6 to 16. BARFIE was developed in 2002, 2003 and 2004 with funding from the European Union as a Comenius network, involving at its core 14 European countries, with its teaching institutions, schools, libraries, and school authorities, while reaching out to involve schoolchildren, teachers, researchers, publishers and the public in general not only in those countries but all over Europe. BARFIE has developed a collection and catalogue of books for children and young people on intercultural education, which can be consulted at www.barfie.net and in book form. In the collection there are around 10 books from each of 14 European states that are members or partners of the BARFIE network. The books were carefully selected by experts on children’s books and young adult books, librarians, teachers and educators with the aim of developing ideas and concepts for teaching multiculturality, being European, fighting xenophobia and racism, integrating difference and celebrating similarities. Simultaneously, BARFIE developed an online catalogue of projects on intercultural education and children’s fiction, which pools together resources of European projects developed under the European Union framework, such as The Reader’s Corner. European Style Fairy Tales, at www.autopen.com/euro.fairy.shtml; Children’s Polar Library, at www.barnenspolarbibliotek.com/; Communicating tradition and culture across the internet: Traditional Tales at www.eurotales.eril.net; Europe of Tales, at www.europeoftales.net; Netlibris, at www.netlibris.net; and The European Picture Book Collection, at www.ncrcl.ac.uk/epbc/ . BARFIE further developed pedagogical materials to be used in connection with the books in the collection in the form of seminars for teachers on: Global Citizenship; Getting to Know Central European Countries through Their Books; the European Picture Book Collection; Netlibris International; or Art Basics for Children; A Handful of Stories. In order to reach schoolchildren and teachers BARFIE developed teaching packages at European and local levels on: Learning English as a Foreign Language through BARFIE books; Introducing Portuguese and the Portuguese Culture through BARFIE Books; the BARFIE Picture Book Collection, as well as introductory sessions on particular books of the collection for school use. Finally, BARFIE brought together teachers, librarians, and researchers on its three seminars: the first took place in Vienna and was hosted by the Austrian Ministry of Education and the Kinderliteraturhaus in Vienna; the second venue was Bratislava and the BARFIE seminar joined efforts with the Biennial of Illustration in Children’s Literature and IBBY in Slovakia; the third seminar was held in Warsaw and was sponsored by the IBBY section of Poland and the Polish National Library and the Austrian Kinderliteraturhaus. This collection of articles tells you more about BARFIE, its efforts, aims and achievements. It describes work done under BARFIE inspiration and the enthusiasm of teachers who were keen to take the BARFIE books into their schools and thus broaden national curricula into European spaces of communication, exchange and intercultural learning. It offers you pedagogical materials to work from, ideas to take back into libraries and schools, as well as resources to integrate with your teaching and living. The collection of articles also presents scientific and pedagogical frameworks to think about children’s books, reading and interactive learning in contemporary Europe. In the three sections of the collection – Using the Resources of the BARFIE Network (section 1), From Books into Other Media: Reading, Using & Performing, (Section 2), and Children’s Books and Children’s Literature – Research and Position Papers (section 3) there is material for you to use in the classroom, in the library or at home, as well as material to reflect on and to improve your professional practice. This collection does not, however, describe all BARFIE activities. You can find more about these on the BARFIE webpage, at www.barfie.net, through the BARFIE newsletters, as well as through the contact persons in each European country that are on the partner section of the BARFIE webpage. Feel free to use the BARFIE resources and to join our network!Este documento foi elaborado no ãmbito do programa Comenius 3 Network (Comenius contract 90769-CP-1-2001-1-AT-COMENIUS-C3

Qualitätsmesssysteme für Reinigungs- und Pflegedienste

Die Masterthese setzt sich mit dem Thema Qualitätsmesssysteme und ergebnisorientierte vs. leistungsorientierte Reinigungs- und Pflegedienste auseinander. Es werden die Ausgangsituation, Umsätze in der Reinigungsbranche und der Anteil der Reinigungs- und Pflegedienste auf die Betriebskosten beschrieben. Erörtert werden: Normen und Richtlinien; Darstellung der Begriffe der Reinigungs- und Pflegedienste z.B. Grund- und Unterhaltsreinigung; Darstellung der Formen der Reinigungs- und Pflegedienste (leistungsorientierte und ergebnisorientierte Reinigung). Beschrieben werden die gängigsten Qualitätsmesssysteme wie: das Qualitätsmesssystem des Bundesinnungsverbands des Gebäudereiniger-Handwerks (BIV-System) in Deutschland, das VSR-System aus den Niederlanden, das dänische System, das CTIP-System aus Frankreich, das FIGR-System aus Deutschland und zum Schluss das DOQUM-System aus Deutschland, deren Abläufe und die Funktionsweise. Es wird der theoretische Ablauf des BIV-Systems genau beschrieben, da der Autor dieses als Referenz und Basis für sein Best-Practise-Beispiel für eine leistungsorientierte Ausschreibung verwendet. In diesem Kapitel werden Service Level Agreements als Exkurs behandelt. Der Einsatz eines Qualitätsmesssystems bei Beauftragung bzw. Einsatz von ergebnisorientierten Reinigungs- und Pflegediensten ist aus Sicht des Qualitätsmanagement unbedingt erforderlich. Aus dem Gesichtspunkt des Autors wird in den nächsten Jahren die ergebnisorientierte Reinigung und der damit verbundene Einsatz eines Qualitätsmesssystems eine untergeordnete Rolle in Österreich spielen. Diese wurde mit einer Umfrage in der Reinigungsbranche untermauert. Das Controlling der Leistungen ist aufwendiger. Für leistungsorientierte Reinigungs- und Pflegedienste ist der Einsatz eines Qualitätsmesssystems jedenfalls zu empfehlen, um spätere Diskussionen und Streitigkeiten zwischen Aufraggeber und Auftragnehmer zu vermeiden. Eine höhere Qualität durch den Auftragnehmer sollte durch den Einsatz eines Qualitätsmesssystems möglich sein.11

Towards a web based transportation infrastructure

The level of digitalization within transport companies is much higher than the level of digitalization across organization boundaries. This fact suggests that there is room for improvement. However, this situation is not likely to change as long as there is no financial incentive for the whole sector to cooperate in establishing a shared communication infrastructure. In this paper, we present our approach for building such an infrastructure using the method of design science. The goal is an open, Web based, de-centralized network operated by transport organizations themselves. Based on expert interviews, we argue that the current situation causes frictions that our approach may help reduce, thereby providing the incentive to participate. The proposed system is described in terms of its existing technologicial base, the Web of Needs, and the extensions needed to provide the required functionality, giving an overview of the current state of implementation