Asylum Seekers of the Syrian Conflict: procedures and patterns of settlement in Germany

This paper reports the procedures of asylum and patterns of settlement of asylum seekers in Germany, with special focus on the asylum seekers of the Syrian conflict. Initially prepared for a workshop comparing policy responses and settlement outcomes of the Syrian conflict in several countries, this paper presents the German case addressing the development of refugee intake, asylum application duration and results and access to family unification between the years 2015 and 2017. Based on findings of the project “Addressing the Diversity of Asylum Seekers’ Needs and Aspirations”, the paper highlights the response of German authorities and civil society to the refugee intake on arrival, and exemplifies the diversity of local actors that engage actively in supporting refugee accommodation and integration measures. Additionally, it addresses the different post arrival programs and policies for accommodation and integration and the differential access of asylum seekers to different rights, offers and services. Finally, the paper summarizes the state of research into refugee intake in Germany focusing on Syrian conflict refugees

Zum Einfluss des Hedging auf das Kreditvergabeverhalten der Banken

Die Unsicherheit in bezug auf den kuenftigen Devisenkassakurs fuehrt zu einer Reduktion des optimalen Produktionsvolumens international taetiger Unternehmen . Die Moeglichkeit des Hedging von originaeren Waehrungsrisikopositionen durch Devisentermingeschaefte fuehrt dazu, dass entweder im Rahmen einer sequentiellen Optimierung bei gegebener Produktionshoehe oder im Falle einer Simultanoptimierung bei disponibler Produktionshoehe das optimale Hedgingvolumen und damit die optimale Hedge-Ratio bestimmt wird. Hierbei zeigt sich, dass das optimale Hedgingvolumen im Falle der Simultanoptimierung groeßer ist als im Falle der sequentiellen Optimierung. Weiterhin kann sich auch eine Erhoehung des Produktionsvolumens ergeben, so dass die Existenz von Devisentermingeschaeften nicht nur den Finanzbereich, sondern auch den leistungswirtschaftlichen Bereich tangiert. Dies bedeutet, dass im Rahmen der Simultanoptimierung die durch Unsicherheit induzierte Produktionsverringerung der Tendenz nach wieder rueckgaengig gemacht wird. Die Ermittlung des optimalen Kreditvergabevolumens der Banken erfolgt unter Beruecksichtigung der Hedging-Aktivitaeten der Unternehmen. Hierbei ergibt sich, dass unter bestimmten Bedingungen das optimale Kreditvergabevolumen im Falle des Hedgen der originaeren Währungsrisikopositionen von seiten der Unternehmen groesser ist als im Rahmen nicht vorhandener Hedging-Aktivitaeten. Im umgekehrten Fall ist bei unterstellter Finanzmittelknappheit der Unternehmung keineswegs sichergestellt, dass sich im Rahmen des Hedging eine Erhoehung der Primaeraktivitaet einstellt

Book Review: Governing the Female Body: Gender, Health, and Networks of Power

Review of Governing the Female Body: Gender, Health, and Networks of Power, edited by Lori Reed and Paula Saukko. SUNY Press, 2010

Dressed to Cross: Narratives of Resistance and Integration in Sei Shônagon\u27s The Pillow Book and Yone Noguchi\u27s The American Diary of a Japanese Girl

The Pillow Book by Sei Shônagon, Empress Sadako\u27s lady in waiting from about 993-1000, offers rich detail about the meaning and power of dress during the Heian period [794-1185]. Throughout Yone Noguchi\u27s novel The American Diary of a Japanese Girl (1902), Morning Glory, a newly arrived Japanese immigrant to the U.S., experiments with a multitude of different identities through clothes. Both narratives appropriate (cross-) dressing as a means of overcoming gender, cultural, and class borders. Shônagon and Noguchi engage in authorial crossdressing to inhabit a social, cultural, and national space onto which they only have a precarious hold. It is especially the portrayal of what Marjorie Garber has delineated as a category crisis that links Japanese medieval writing and early fictional accounts by Japanese American authors. This article demonstrates that cross-dressing originates in moments of personal crisis and that its practice is sustained by the anxiety of cultural dislocation. The parallel identified between The Pillow Book and The American Diary-both texts largely ignored by academia-promises to clarify further early Japanese immigrants\u27 experimentation with their bodies, citizenship, and other markers of identity to create a Japanese American subjectivity

Women in STEM Fellowship: An Intersectional and Interdisciplinary Approach to Advancing Inclusion in the Sciences

At our university, women-identified individuals make up 23% of students in STEM fields; less than 15% of them graduate with a STEM degree. Nationally, more than 40% of women who enter a STEM job leave it within fewer than ten years. Gendered issues within STEM industries have been identified, yet we are far from equal opportunities for all genders. In 2018, we—the director of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) with colleagues in Math, Computing Sciences, and Chemistry—received a $45,000 grant to create a “Women in STEM Fellowship.” The inclusion of WGS made the fellowship interdisciplinary, intersectional, and informed our decision-making process via feminist diversity, equity, and inclusion approaches. Through WGS approaches to questioning oppressive systems as well as a community-building focus, we attempted to mitigate prevalent reliance on neoliberal individualism. This article offers insights into the fellowship\u27s activities and programs, challenges and successes, as well as assessment. We call on diversity initiatives in STEM to collaborate with academic and student success units—such as WGS or Black Studies—that house much-needed expertise and to refrain from isolating efforts in STEM departments

Grab ‘em by the Pussy: How Hegemonic Masculinity Encourages Locker Room Talk and Sexual Violence against Women

Locker room talk refers to the degrading and sexist narrative about women that is exhibited by some heterosexual males of all ages. The instance of locker room talk is not just confined to actual locker rooms, but invades our politics, educational institutions, and service industries. By researching the origins of how boys are socialized in Western culture, I have seen a correlation between engaging in locker room talk and perpetration of sexual violence. In my extensive analysis, I pieced together how socialization of boys can turn into a hegemonic masculine gender identity which in turn predisposes men to engage in locker room talk that increases their probability of inflicting sexual violence upon women. I searched for supplemental research to support my claims about how toxic masculinity, and locker room talk specifically, can indirectly put women in danger through dehumanizing speech and objectification. This research is important because it could potentially give insight to people into how detrimental words truly can be. This research could be used to help change the overall narrative of what it means to be a man

Self-efficacy and classroom management

Die vorliegende Arbeit beleuchtet die Themenbereiche Selbstwirksamkeit und Klassenführungsqualitäten von angehenden Lehrerinnen und Lehrern. Ausgangspunkt für die Studie, aufbauend auf dem geltenden Experten-Paradigma der Lehr-Lernforschung, ist folgende Forschungsfrage: Haben Selbstwirksamkeit und/oder bereichsspezifische Lehrer-Selbstwirksamkeit und/oder proaktive Einstellung sowie soziodemografische Daten Einfluss auf eine erfolgreiche Klassenführung von Lehramtsstudierenden im Rahmen ihrer schulpraktischen Studien? Aus der Forschungsfrage wurden 13 Hypothesen und 2 Fragestellungen abgeleitet. Das dazugehörige Untersuchungsdesign erstreckte sich als Langzeitstudie über drei Semester und beinhaltete quantitative und qualitative Erhebungen. In die Untersuchung waren 314 Lehramtsstudierende, 161 Lehrende und Schüler/innen aus 60 Schulen eingebunden. Die Studie umfasst fünf Messzeitpunkte mit insgesamt sieben verschiedenen Instrumenten. Die Ergebnisse aus der Selbsteinschätzung belegen: Selbstwirksame Studierende erleben sich erfolgreicher in ihrem pädagogischen Handeln (Linzer Diagnosebogen zur Klassenführung – LDK) als ihre Kolleginnen und Kollegen. Es lassen sich erwartungsgemäß positive und statistisch relevante Zusammenhänge zwischen Selbstwirksamkeit, Lehrer-Selbstwirksamkeit und proaktiver Einstellung errechnen. Selbst- und Fremdeinschätzung zur Klassenführung stimmen bei der Erfolgsdimension Beziehungen fördern gut überein. Für die Konstrukte Unterricht gestalten und Verhalten kontrollieren nähern sich die Selbst- und Fremdeinschätzung im Laufe der Zeit an. Die Studierenden beobachten eine positive Entwicklung ihres pädagogischen Könnens und führen ihren Zuwachs auf drei maßgebliche Faktoren zurück: Begleitung durch die Mentorinnen/Mentoren, Lernzuwachs aufgrund der besuchten Lehrveranstaltungen und eigene Erfahrungen im Rahmen der Schulpraxis.This thesis focusses on the wider themes self-efficacy, classroom management and the relationship between these two variables. Based on the expert-paradigm of contemporary Lehr-Lernforschung (teaching-learning research) the central research question is: Does self-efficacy and/or specific teacher self-efficacy and/or a pro-active attitude as well as sociodemo-grahic data positively influence the classroom management skills of teacher trainees in the context of their practical studies? Underlying the research question there are 13 hypotheses and 2 questions. The corresponding teaching design was a long term study spanning 3 terms and comprising quantitative and qualitative investigations. 314 teacher trainees and student teachers were involved along with 161 teachers and pupils from 60 schools. The study covers five measuring times with altogether seven measuring instruments, one of which has been newly developed, The results show: Self-effective students experience themselves as more successful in their pedagogical activities (Linzer Diagnosebogen zur Klassenführung – LDK) than their colleagues. In addition there are as expected significant interrelations / correlations between self-efficacy, teacher self-efficacy and a pro-active attitude. Significant correlations can be found when comparing self-assessment and assessment by others in connection with classroom management within the success dimension Beziehungen fördern (encouraging relationships). The dimensions Unterricht gestalten (lesson planning) und Verhalten kontrollieren (monitoring behaviour) show converging results in the course of time. Students have observed a progressive development of their pedagogical know-how and attribute their improvement to 3 significant factors: Mentoring, lecturing and their own practical teaching experiences

Findings regarding the predictive validity of an admission procedure for teacher trainees

Mit 2007 wurden zur Professionalisierung der Lehrerbildung in Österreich die Pädagogischen Hochschulen gegründet. Damit einher ging die gesetzliche Einführung von Eignungsverfahren. Um die Prädiktorqualität eines eingesetzten Aufnahmeverfahrens für die Bewährung im Studium (Phase A) und im Lehrberuf (Phase B) zu untersuchen, startete mit 2010/11 eine Längsschnittstudie (N=309; Vollerhebung). Im vorliegenden Artikel werden die Ergebnisse aus Phase A (Studium und Praktika, 2010-2015) diskutiert. (DIPF/Orig.)2007 was a landmark regarding the professionalization of teacher training in Austria as the University of Education was founded and respective statutory aptitude assessment procedures were implemented. To examine the reliability of prediction with respect to the admission procedure applied for the Study Phase (A) and the Vocational Phase (B), a long-term study was launched in 2010/11 (N=309; full coverage survey). This article reports and analyses the findings of Phase A (2010-2015). (DIPF/Orig.