36 research outputs found
The Heidelberg International Comprehensive School as a Peace School and UNESCO Project School
The essay provides a comprehensive account of the Heidelberg International Comprehensive School as Peace School and UNESCO Project School. First of all there is an outline of the main factors influencing the establishment of the school in 1974, these being certain approaches within the framework of education reforms, as well as the resulting Peace Education aspects. Following this there are some insights into the planning phase, which involved amongst others the Ministry of Education, The Lord Mayor, the Planning Group made up of academics, representatives of the teaching staff and parents. Examples of practice within the school are discussed; the practice is typified by its international character, e.g. links with schools in other countries, above all the high proportion of foreign children who have been integrated, through other forms of international cooperation, and finally through various topic areas pertaining to Peace Education (for instance, English lessons as a means of integrating foreign pupils, co-operation with an old people’s home, environmental projects, mediation incorporating active involvement by pupils). Because of the pioneering efforts of the school in the field of Peace Education and extensive public recognition, the school was granted the status of UNESCO Project School in 2001. Overall, the article gives a differentiated overview of the basic concepts of Peace Education and of opportunities for putting these into practice within a school context. In so doing the essay once again raises our awareness of the fundamental and vital significance of Peace Education for our times, despite efforts towards globalisation. (DIPF/ Orig.
Product of the art market? The representation of silver corncobs at the Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin
In the 1960s two similar silver corncobs attributed to the ChimĂş-Inca period were sold by New York based art dealers to the Museum fĂĽr Völkerkunde in Berlin, now the Ethnologisches Museum, and to the Denver Art Museum. The composition of the Berlin piece shows the use of different alloys, suggesting the reuse of different pre-Columbian objects. Only the hard-solders used to join the different parts of the corncobs contain an amount of zinc that might indicate a modern intervention. The hypothesis of this article is that economic stability in the 1960s combined with the desire to restore Second World War losses in museums collections particularly in Germany paved the way for doubtable purchases including forgeries.En los años 1960 dos mazorcas de maĂz similares, hechas en plata, atribuidas al perĂodo chimĂş-inca han sido vendidas por dos comerciantes de arte de Nueva York al Museum fĂĽr Völkerkunde, hoy Ethnologisches Museum, de BerlĂn, y al Denver Art Museum. La composiciĂłn de las dos piezas muestra el uso de diferentes aleaciones, lo que sugiere la reutilizaciĂłn de diferentes objetos precolombinos. Solo las soldaduras utilizadas para unir las diferentes partes de las mazorcas contienen una cantidad de zinc que podrĂa indicar una intervenciĂłn moderna. La hipĂłtesis de este artĂculo es que la estabilidad econĂłmica en la dĂ©cada de 1960 combinada con el deseo de restablecer las pĂ©rdidas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en colecciones de museos, especialmente en Alemania, facilitĂł el camino para compras dudosas incluyendo falsificaciones.Pendant les annĂ©es 1960, deux reprĂ©sentations d’épis de maĂŻs en argent, semblables, considĂ©rĂ©es comme chimĂş-inca, ont Ă©tĂ©s vendues Ă Berlin au Museum fĂĽr Völkerkunde, aujourd’hui Ethnologisches Museum, et au Denver Art Museum, par deux marchands d’art new yorkais. La composition des deux pièces montre l’utilisation de diffĂ©rents alliages, ce qui suggère la rĂ©utilisation de plusieurs objets prĂ©colombiens. Seul, l’alliage utilisĂ© pour joindre les diffĂ©rentes parties de l’épi de maĂŻs par brasure contient une quantitĂ© de zinc qui fait penser Ă une intervention moderne. L’hypothèse de cet article est que la stabilitĂ© Ă©conomique des annĂ©es 1960 et la volontĂ© de rĂ©tablir les pertes causĂ©es par la Seconde Guerre Mondiale dans les collections des musĂ©es, particulièrement en Allemagne, ont contribuĂ© Ă l’achat d’objets d’art d’authenticitĂ© douteuse et mĂŞme de faux
The impact of Humboldt\u27s concept of the university on the development of American universities
Der Aufsatz deutet den Einfluß der Universitätsidee Humboldts auf die Entwicklung der Universitäten in den USA. Die Einflußlinien laufen verstärkt über George Ticknor, Horace Mann und Abraham Flexner, die das deutsche Bildungssystem studiert hatten. Die Einflüsse werden repräsentativ wirksam mit der Gründung der graduate schools. Die Einrichtung der advanced studies erfordert ein eigenständiges wissenschaftliches Konzept, das in der Auseinandersetzung mit der Humboldtschen Universitätsidee gewonnen wurde. Das geschah modellhaft in Harvard. Die konkreten Umsatzstellen für die klassische Universitätsidee bilden das Konzept der akademischen Freiheit, der Einheit der Lernenden und Lehrenden sowie der Allgemeinbildung. Dieses Konzept bleibt auch im Rahmen einer zunehmenden applied research und einer Pragmatisierung des Studienalltags eine wichtige Orientierungshilfe. (DIPF/Orig.