Democratic education and dialogic pedagogy: synergies and dissonances

This paper is a republication of an interview between Tina Kullenberg and Ana Marjanovic-Shane, published in the EARLI SIG 25 Interview Series: ”The role of theory and philosophy in Educational Science” (Kullenberg & Marjanovic-Shane, 2020)[2]. In the interview, the authors discuss the reasons democratic schools sometimes support but other times do not support or even limit dialogic pedagogy. In the interview conducted by Tina Kullenberg, Marjanovic-Shane makes a distinction between schooling and education. Finally, in the face of global development, while sharing her comprehensive experiences over time and cultures, Marjanovic-Shane critically reflects on predominant approaches to education and the organization of schooling

Scandinavian experiments in democratic education

This article is the first of four articles exploring democratic schools co-founded by teenage students in Norway and Sweden. Our larger project explores the relationship between democracy in education and educational dialogism. Both democracy in education and educational dialogism are partially rooted in the idea that education should be a personal meaning-making practice where the participants can create and organize their lives in ways that make sense to them and explore their interests, values, and desires. We describe the processes of founding two schools – one in Oslo, Norway, and the other in Gothenburg, Sweden – in which students practiced the right to democratic governance. We describe the process of the founding of these schools against the background of the students’ movements in the late 1960s and the 1970s and the social and political conditions in Norway and Sweden at that time. We explore the students’ perspectives on the possibility, desirability, and legitimacy of the students’ voices in ethical-ontological dialogues in which the participants jointly examine their relationships with the world, with others, and with themselves. Further, we explore the forms of democratic school governance that Norwegian and Swedish students created and identified tensions that appeared between the legitimacy of individual students’ rights to ownership of their learning, teachers’ ownership of teaching, and the conventional normative educational policies in Norway and Sweden

Los Auxiliares de Enlace Comunitario: un puente entre las fuerzas de la paz y las poblaciones locales

Los Auxiliares de Enlace Comunitario podrían ser la mejor herramienta de las fuerzas de la paz de la ONU para la participación comunitaria debido al papel fundamental que pueden jugaren la protección de los civiles. Sin embargo, su efectividad está limitada por la falta de una visión global, por unas respuestas militares dudosas y por las engorrosas estructuras administrativas

Kalkulierte Destabilisierung in der DR Kongo: die Handlungslogik der Kabila-Regierung

Am 19. Dezember 2016 endete die nach der Verfassung der Demokratischen Republik Kongo limitierte Amtszeit von Präsident Joseph Kabila. Seither versucht seine Regierung mit allen Mitteln, an der Macht zu bleiben. Sie verübt massive Menschenrechtverletzungen und eskaliert Gewaltkonflikte, um Wahlen zu verzögern. Mit dieser Strategie hat sie neben einer politischen auch eine akute humanitäre Krise ausgelöst. Expertinnen und Experten sowie Menschenrechtsorganisationen fordern deshalb eine Ausweitung bereits verhängter Sanktionen. Doch diese Forderung scheint die Handlungslogik der Regierung zu verkennen und ihre Entschlossenheit und Kapazitäten zu unterschätzen. Druck von außen wird die Gewalteskalation im Kongo nur dann stoppen, wenn er stark genug ist, die Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung der Regierung zu durchbrechen. Andernfalls wird er trotz guter Absichten eher dazu beitragen, die derzeitige Krise zu verstetigen und ihre desaströsen Konsequenzen für die kongolesische Bevölkerung zu verschlimmern. (Autorenreferat

Utsatta kvinnor i lagens labyrint – en studie av det rättsliga skyddet för våldsutsatta kvinnor i anknytningsrelationer

Kvinnors rätt till frihet från könsbaserat våld är en del av kvinnors mänskliga rättigheter. Trots att det under de senaste årtiondena vidtagits åtgärder i svensk lagstiftning för att uppmärksamma att särskilt kvinnor riskerar att utsättas för våld, återstår dock mycket arbete för att helt utrota könsbaserat våld och uppnå full jämställdhet mellan könen. Migrerande kvinnor som beviljas uppehållstillstånd på grund av anknytning till en i Sverige bosatt man är en särskilt sårbar grupp om de utsätts för våld i relationen. Den skyddslagstiftning som finns i utlänningslagen för kvinnor i anknytningsrelationer är både rättsosäker och oförutsebar, vilket bidrar till kvinnornas utsatthet. Skyddslagstiftningen präglas dessutom av en okunskap om våldsutsatta, immigrerande kvinnors situation. Eftersom lagstiftaren inte har tagit kvinnornas utsatta situation i beaktande vid utformningen av lagen har resultatet blivit att det är svårt för kvinnorna att beviljas uppehållstillstånd enligt skyddslagstiftningen. I den internationella rätten påpekas att migrerande och asylsökande kvinnor befinner sig i en särskilt utsatt situation. Det framhålls att förebyggande åtgärder och en implementering av ett intersektionellt perspektiv krävs för att bekämpa könsbaserat våld och diskriminering av migrerande kvinnor. Mot bakgrund av att det i svensk rätt inte vidtagits särskilda åtgärder för att garantera migrerande kvinnors möjlighet att åtnjuta den svenska lagens skydd, behandlas kvinnor i anknytningsrelationer i praktiken annorlunda jämfört med övriga svenska kvinnor. Detta i kombination med att ett intersektionellt perspektiv inte har implementerats visar på att Sverige inte till fullo uppfyller sina åtaganden enligt internationell rätt.Women’s right to freedom from gender-based violence is a part of women’s human rights. Measures have been taken in Swedish legislation during the latest decades in order to pay attention to the fact that women in particular are exposed to violence. However, a great deal of work still needs to be done to extinguish gender-based violence and to achieve complete gender equality. A group, who risks to be exposed to violence, is migrant women who are granted residence permit because of a relationship to a man living in Sweden, a so called attachment relationship. The legislation in the aliens act to protect women from violence in attachment relationships is characterized by legal uncertainty and unpredictability which contributes to the vulnerability of these women. The legislation is also characterized by lack of knowledge about the actual situation of the abused women. Since the legislator has not taken into account these women’s vulnerable situation, it has become difficult for migrant women to be granted residence permit under the legislation for protection from violence in the aliens act. The international law has pointed out that migrant and asylum-seeking women are particularly exposed to violence. According to international law prevention of violence and an implementation of an intersectional perspective are required to counteract gender-based violence and discrimination against migrant women. The fact that Swedish legislators have not taken special measures to guarantee migrant women’s possibilities to obtain the same protection from Swedish law as native Swedish women, have resulted in discrimination of migrant women. The different treatment of migrant women in combination with the lack of implementation of an intersectional perspective lead to the conclusion that Sweden does not completely fulfil its obligations according to international law

A Study of the Sales Process of ERP Systems: Wasteful Management or Managing the Wasteful?

A description and analysis of the sales process of ERP systems is presented; also the consequences for the parties involved are discussed. The chosen methodological basis is an inductive research design consisting of a case study based on interviews. The analysis of the empirical data is done with a proposed analytical framework. Based on the agency theory, the analysis is tightly knitted together with opportunism. There are three controlling factors: relationships (relationship marketing), contracts (principal-agent theory), and competition. Three results are proposed: First, two factors forms opportunism-safeguarding and fringe selling. Second, two possibilities of minimizing opportunism exist, the contract and the relationship, the former largely being overlooked, and the latter not being what it is thought to be. Third, there is a need for a feedback loop to correctly address opportunism

Surface modification of Ti-6Al-4V powder during recycling in EBM process

Surface and Interface Analysis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Electron beam melting is an additive manufacturing technology in vacuum that suits Ti-6Al-4V parts, which has a high affinity with oxygen. Since the high cost of the feedstock powder, the un-melted powder is often recycled in the subsequent process. In this study, the influence of powder reuse on the surface characteristics of Ti-6Al-4V powder is examined using a variety of technology including scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Auger electron spectroscopy. The modification of surface morphology and chemistry either generally or locally are revealed and discussed, which helps the creation of powder recycling strategy. Compared with fresh virgin powder, “worn” and rougher powder particles are observed after recycling. Meanwhile, the average oxide thickness is slightly increased, and less Al enrichment was found at the surface. Locally varied chemistry/oxide thickness on different powder particles or different location on the same particle is observed

Туристическая индустрия в Беларуси: регионально-национальные особенности

Материалы II междунар. науч. конф., 23-24 мая 2001 г. - Гомель, 2001. - С. 118-119