Erben, Marcus: Begriffswandel als Sprachhandlung. Der Beitrag Quentin Skinners zur Methodologie und Funktionsbestimmung der pädagogischen Geschichtsschreibung. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 2013. [Rezension]

Rezension von: Erben, Marcus: Begriffswandel als Sprachhandlung. Der Beitrag Quentin Skinners zur Methodologie und Funktionsbestimmung der pädagogischen Geschichtsschreibung. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 2013, 375 S. ISBN 978-3-631-64355-

Heidrun Alzheimer-Haller: Handbuch zur narrativen Volksaufklärung. Moralische Geschichten 1780-1848. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter 2004 (899 S.) [Rezension]

Rezension von: Heidrun Alzheimer-Haller: Handbuch zur narrativen Volksaufklärung. Moralische Geschichten 1780-1848. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter 2004 (899 S.; ISBN 3-11-017601-7; 198,00 EUR)

Computed tomographic study analysing functional biomechanics in the thoracolumbar spine of horses with and without spinal pathology

To better understand physiological and pathological movement patterns in the equine thoracolumbar spine, investigation of the biomechanics on a segmental level requires a constant moment. A constant moment along the spinal column means that the same torque acts on each vertebral segment, allowing the range of motion of different segments to be compared. The aims of this study were to investigate the range of motion of the equine thoracolumbar spine in horses with and without spinal pathology and to examine whether the pressure between the spinous processes depends on the direction of the applied moment. Thoracolumbar spine specimens (T8-L4) of 23 horses were mounted in a custom-made mechanical test rig to investigate spinal biomechanics during lateral bending, axial rotation, flexion and extension using computed tomographic imaging. Results were compared between horses with spondylosis, overriding spinous processes and specimens free of gross pathology. The interspinous space pressure was additionally determined using a foil sensor. The median lateral bending between T9 and L3 was 3.7°–4.1° (IQR 5.4°–8.0°). Maximum rotational movement with inconsistent coupled motion was observed at T9–T16 (p < 0.05). The dorsoventral range of motion was greatest in segments T9–T11 (p < 0.05). Spondylosis and overriding spinous processes restricted spinal mobility, depending on the severity of the condition. There was no significant difference in interspinous pressure during motion (p = 0.54). The biomechanical study confirmed that the range of motion of intervertebral joints depends on the anatomical position of the joint and the direction of the moment applied. Restricted mobility was evident in the presence of different grades of overriding spinous processes or spondylosis. A better understanding of equine spinal biomechanics in horses with spinal pathology facilitates individual rehabilitation

Freytag-Loringhoven, Konstantin von: Erziehung im Kollegienhaus. Reformbestrebungen an den deutschen Universitäten der amerikanischen Besatzungszone 1945-1960. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2012. [Rezension]

Rezension von: Konstantin von Freytag-Loringhoven: Erziehung im Kollegienhaus. Reformbestrebungen an den deutschen Universitäten der amerikanischen Besatzungszone 1945-1960. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2012, 608 S. ISBN 978-3-515-10240-

Heesen, Kerstin te (Hg.): Pädagogische Reflexionen des Visuellen. Münster / New York / München / Berlin: Waxmann 2014. [Rezension]

Rezension von: Kerstin te Heesen (Hrsg.): Pädagogische Reflexionen des Visuellen. Münster / New York / München / Berlin: Waxmann 2014, 162 S. ISBN 978-3-8309-3031-

Maurer, Michael: Johann Gottfried Herder. Leben und Werk. Köln / Weimar / Wien: Böhlau Verlag 2014. [Rezension]

Rezension von: Michael Maurer: Johann Gottfried Herder. Leben und Werk. Köln / Weimar / Wien: Böhlau Verlag 2014, 195 S. ISBN 978-3-4122-2344-

"Geschichte ist etwas Fließendes." Lion Feuchtwanger\u27s changing understanding of history and the role of the stage: from his earliest theatrical productions to his play Waffen für Amerika (1943/44)

The author shows how Feuchtwanger’s attitude towards educational aspirations changed through his experience with the rise of fascism in Germany. Feuchtwanger’s play Waffen für Amerika (1946), which he wrote after he fled from Nazi Germany to the USA, deals with the Franco-American military alliance of 1778 against the British in the War of Independence. At the same time, he implies certain parallels to current events. For Feuchtwanger, the forging of a military alliance of Britain, the USA, and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany was a callback to this earlier European-American cooperation in transatlantic history. The lesson Feuchtwanger wants his audience to learn from this history is to find confidence in the human progress achieved through the European-American alliance and that despite all chauvinistic abuses, both sides of the Atlantic will in the end prevail. (DIPF/Orig.

Heidemarie Kemnitz / Christian Ritzi (Hrsg.): Die preußischen Regulative von 1854 im Kontext der deutschen Bildungsgeschichte. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2005 (186 S.) [Rezension]

Rezension von: Heidemarie Kemnitz / Christian Ritzi (Hrsg.): Die preußischen Regulative von 1854 im Kontext der deutschen Bildungsgeschichte. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2005 (186 S.; ISBN 3-89676-984-7; 19,80 EUR)

Mark Roche: Was die deutschen Universitäten von den amerikanischen lernen können und was sie vermeiden sollten. Blaue Reihe. Hamburg: Meiner 2014 [Rezension]

Rezension von: Roche, Mark: Was die deutschen Universitäten von den amerikanischen lernen können und was sie vermeiden sollten, Blaue Reihe. Hamburg: Meiner 2014. (297 S.; ISBN 978-3-7873-2492-7; 22,90 EUR)

Schlochtern, Josef Meyer zu (Hg.): Die Academia Theodoriana. Von der Jesuitenuniversität zur Theologischen Fakultät Paderborn, 1614-2014. Paderborn: Schöningh 2014 [Rezension]

Rezension von: Meyer zu Schlochtern, Josef (Hrsg.): Die Academia Theodoriana. Von der Jesuitenuniversität zur Theologischen Fakultät Paderborn, 1614-2014. Paderborn: Schöningh 2014, 667 S. ISBN 978-3-506-77976-2