Vodenje reševanja problemov pri pouku

We report on the results of a professional development programme involving four Hungarian teachers of mathematics. The programme aims to support teachers in integrating problem solving into their classes. The basic principle of the programme, as well as its novelty (at least compared to Hungarian practice), is that the development takes place in the teacher’s classroom, adjusted to the teacher’s curriculum and in close cooperation between the teacher and researchers. The teachers included in the programme were supported by the researchers with lesson plans, practical teaching advice and lesson analyses. The progression of the teachers was assessed after the one-year programme based on a self-designed trial lesson, focusing particularly on how the teachers plan and implement problem-solving activities in lessons, as well as on their behaviour in the classroom during problem-solving activities. The findings of this qualitative research are based on video recordings of the lessons and on the teachers’ own reflections. We claim that the worked-out lesson plans and the self-reflection habits of the teachers contribute to the successful management of problem-solving activities. (DIPF/Orig.

Hunting for Stellar Coronal Mass Ejections

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are explosive events that occur basically daily on the Sun. It is thought that these events play a crucial role in the angular momentum and mass loss of late-type stars, and also shape the environment in which planets form and live. Stellar CMEs can be detected in optical spectra in the Balmer lines, especially in Halpha, as blue-shifted extra emission/absorption. To increase the detection probability one can monitor young open clusters, in which the stars are due to their youth still rapid rotators, and thus magnetically active and likely to exhibit a large number of CMEs. Using ESO facilities and the Nordic Optical Telescope we have obtained time series of multi-object spectroscopic observations of late-type stars in six open clusters with ages ranging from 15 Myrs to 300 Myrs. Additionally, we have studied archival data of numerous active stars. These observations will allow us to obtain information on the occurrence rate of CMEs in late-type stars with different ages and spectral types. Here we report on the preliminary outcome of our studies.Comment: 6 pages, submitted to the proceedings of IAU Symposium 328 'Living Around Active Stars

Traduction en hongrois d’OEuvres choisies de Diderot à paraître en 2013

L’objectif de cette nouvelle traduction des oeuvres de Diderot, due à l’initiative des dix-huitiémistes du Département de français de l’Université de Szeged, est avant tout de faire connaître un Diderot jusqu’ici ignoré du public hongrois non francophone. Bien que, pour des raisons éditoriales, il ne s’agisse que d’oeuvres choisies – parfois des extraits, mais aussi des textes intégraux – nous souhaitons remplir certaines lacunes en traduisant des ouvrages de Diderot quasiment inconnus en Hon..

Expériences et leçons de la traduction en hongrois d’œuvres choisies de Diderot : Denis Diderot. Esthétique, philosophie, politique

Même si l’usage du français est répandu chez les littéraires et philosophes européens, une diffusion plus large de l’œuvre de Diderot passe nécessairement par la traduction. Une œuvre que l’on rend disponible pour la première fois dans une autre langue, partiellement ou intégralement, contribue toujours à l’actualité d’un auteur, surtout parce que son message peut être différent dans un autre pays, dans une autre culture. Traduire un auteur comme Diderot est un véritable défi qui doit mobilis..

De la méfiance à une critique raisonnée : considérations sur les voyageurs et les voyages chez Diderot

Dans notre article, nous analysons l’attitude critique de Diderot à l’égard des voyages en dehors de son expérience en Hollande et en Russie. Nous montrons comment il élabore une véritable critique du savoir apporté par les voyageurs et comment il reconsidère l’intérêt du voyage en Europe, au point de tenter de redéfinir les moyens d’un voyage utile.From suspicion to reasoned criticism: Diderot’s considerations on travel and travellersThis article studies Diderot’s critical attitude towards travel, apart from his own experience in Holland and Russia. It shows how he develops a real criticism of the information provided by travellers and re-thinks the usefulness of travels in Europe, finally attempting to redefine the way to travel usefully

Incentives for Securing Water in a Himalayan Town: A Case from Dhulikhel, Nepal

This paper explores the negotiations and the emerging socio-political relationships and alliances that were formed to reach a series of water-sharing agreements between upstream and downstream communities, in order to secure water required for continued urbanisation of the downstream town. The research focused on the socio-political actors and users of the Dhulikhel drinking water supply system of Nepal. Primary data was collected through key informant interviews, focus group discussions and stakeholder workshops to explore the development of the negotiation process and the agreement, and the role of different actors. The qualitative data was analysed through narrative and discourse analyses. During the negotiation process, political leaders from both communities were involved in the formation and acceptance of the agreement. The long- term negotiation that started during the 1980s culminated in a series of agreements, the last of which formally introduced cash incentives to the upstream community in 2011. The downstream urban community has been paying NPR one million per annum to the upstream community for their continued role in the sustainable management of the water catchment. The paper provides insights into the shifting power relations between local rural and urban socio-political actors who play a vital role in water access negotiations, and fundamentally influence the potentials and effectiveness of incentive-based mechanisms to secure water needs.Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programm

Refugees as new Europeans, and the fragile line between crisis and solidarity

This piece draws on recent research focused on the humanitarian politics of the refugee ‘crisis’ and its relationship with European futures. Our aim is three-fold: first, we contextualise the rise of right-wing populism and the politicisation of refugees in Europe. Second, we reflect on how state austerities place precarious refugees alongside marginalised European citizens, with under-explored consequences and tensions. Third, we point to the hopeful practices around the ‘experimental humanitarianism’ that we encountered across the four capital cities in which we conducted research. The paper highlights the limitations of state-centric provisioning and the potential pathways that existing experiments of solidarity can build on the margins of European cities. These are often unseen or off-grid nodes of hope set against a backdrop of generalised European political malaise

What makes a difference? Understanding the role of protective factors in Hungarian adolescents' depressive symptomatology

Depressive symptomatology contributes to morbidity and mortality across the life course. Among factors predicting adolescent depressive symptomatology, it has become increasingly important to identify factors that prevent or minimize it, i.e., protective factors. This study examines protective factors operating in three contextual domains (parental, school-related and individual) that hold promise for explicating their role in the prevention of depressive symptomatology among a non-clinical adolescent population in Hungary. Data from this cross-sectional survey were gathered using self-administered questionnaires from adolescents (N = 881; aged between 14 and 20 years; 44.6% females) from five randomly selected high schools in Szeged, Hungary. Multiple regression analyses revealed that individual level variables (i.e., life satisfaction and optimism) were important predictors of adolescent depressive symptomatology. Among parental variables, social support from the same-sex parents lowered depressive symptoms. In addition, having dinner together with one’s family was a significant protective factor for boys, whereas talking about problems with parents was significant for girls. In our study, school-related factors played only a limited role in reducing depressive symptoms; being happy with school was a protective factor only for boys. As a consequence, our findings draw attention to important gender differences in the structuring of protective factors and their role in reducing depressive symptoms, which will likely continue to be an important part of the prevention conversation