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Stieffamilien: Beziehungsqualität und kindliche Kompetenzentwicklung

Susann Kunze untersucht den direkten und indirekten Einfluss der partnerschaftlichen Beziehungsqualität auf die Kompetenzen von Kindern, die in Stieffamilien aufwachsen. Mithilfe von statistischen Strukturgleichungsmodellen ermittelt sie aus den Daten des Beziehungs- und Familienpanels pairfam nicht nur verschiedene indirekte Einflüsse. Sie stellt auch in Gruppenvergleichen unterschiedliche Wirkmechanismen bei leiblichen und sozialen Eltern fest. Auf der Grundlage der Untersuchungsergebnisse und der hinzugezogenen Literatur entwickelt die Autorin einen pädagogischen Handlungsleitfaden für Stieffamilien.

A Sticky Note Guide to Life

LIFE! What does it all mean?

Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis: The military origins of everyday words and phrases

Did you know they started 'hearing through the grapevine' during the American Civil War, that 'ghettos' originated in Venice or that 'deadline' has a very sinister origin? Jam-packed with many amazing facts, Fighting Talk is a fascinating trip through the words and phrases that came to us from the military but nowadays are used by soldier and civilian alike. The sources of many are surprising and their original use is often far removed from that of today. From 'duds' to 'freelancers' and 'morris dancing' to 'bikini' this enthralling book describes the military origins of words and phrases that we use on a daily basis.

Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis: The military origins of everyday words and phrases

Did you know they started 'hearing through the grapevine' during the American Civil War, that 'ghettos' originated in Venice or that 'deadline' has a very sinister origin? Jam-packed with many amazing facts, Fighting Talk is a fascinating trip through the words and phrases that came to us from the military but nowadays are used by soldier and civilian alike. The sources of many are surprising and their original use is often far removed from that of today. From 'duds' to 'freelancers' and 'morris dancing' to 'bikini' this enthralling book describes the military origins of words and phrases that we use on a daily basis.

Sticking to the Union: An Oral History of the Life and Times of Julia Ruuttila (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)

Sticking to the Union relates the vibrant life of Julia Ruuttila (1907-1991), a political radical and labor journalist in the Pacific Northwest. Ruuttila's life of activism provides a much-needed woman's voice in the history of labor and social activism in the twentieth century. Ruuttila worked for civil liberties, civil rights, and peace organizations throughout her life, supporting striking workers, taking part in lunch-counter protests against businesses that discriminated against African Americans, and demonstrating against the Vietnam War. Polishuk provides insightful historical context for Ruuttila's own lively words. A unique and important perspective on American struggles of the twentieth century emerges in this engaging story of an irrepressible, hard-nosed woman.

Sticker (Object Lessons)

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Stickers adorn our first memories, dot our notebooks and our walls, are stuck annoyingly on fruit, and accompany us into adulthood to announce our beliefs from car bumpers. They hold surprising power in their ability to define and provoke, and hold a strange steadfast presence in our age of fading physical media. Henry Hoke employs a constellation of stickers to explore queer boyhood, parental disability, and ancestral violence. A memoir in 20 stickers, Sticker is set against the backdrop of the encroaching neo-fascist presence in Hoke's hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, which results in the fatal terrorist attack of August 12th and its national aftermath. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Sticker (Object Lessons)

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Stickers adorn our first memories, dot our notebooks and our walls, are stuck annoyingly on fruit, and accompany us into adulthood to announce our beliefs from car bumpers. They hold surprising power in their ability to define and provoke, and hold a strange steadfast presence in our age of fading physical media. Henry Hoke employs a constellation of stickers to explore queer boyhood, parental disability, and ancestral violence. A memoir in 20 stickers, Sticker is set against the backdrop of the encroaching neo-fascist presence in Hoke's hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, which results in the fatal terrorist attack of August 12th and its national aftermath. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Stichworte zur Zeit: Ein Glossar (X-Texte zu Kultur und Gesellschaft)

Die Frage »Wie wollen wir in Zukunft leben?« ist in aller Munde. Aber in welcher Welt leben wir eigentlich jetzt gerade? So banal es klingt: Es braucht Abstand, um das eigene Jetzt klarer sehen zu können. Gerade in Krisenzeiten kommt es darauf an, besser zu verstehen, was vor sich geht. Deshalb wiederholt die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung - 40 Jahre nach den »Stichworten zur geistigen Situation der Zeit« - das Experiment und befragt Intellektuelle zu zentralen gesellschafts- und kulturdiagnostischen Stichworten unserer Zeit. Und was im Einzelnen assoziativ ist, wirft als Ganzes Licht auf das Unbekannte und Übersehene unserer Gesellschaft. Von A bis Z mit diesem Buch auf der Höhe der Zeit.

Stichwort: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft

Der vorliegende Band enthält die besten Stichwortbeiträge der „Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE)“ aus den vergangenen fünfzehn Jahren und gibt damit einen exzellenten Überblick zu relevanten Forschungsgebieten und Schwerpunkten dieser Zeit. Darin enthalten sind theoretische und methodologische erziehungswissenschaftliche Diskurse sowie Abhandlungen über den Wandel von pädagogischer Lernkultur, Institutionen und Professionen.

Stichwort: Ein Ratgeber für Wähler und Kandidaten

Stichproben-Verfahren in der Umfrageforschung: Eine Darstellung für die Praxis

Das Buch gibt einen Überblick über die in der Umfrageforschung üblichen Stichproben-Verfahren. Es wendet sich damit in erster Linie an die Praktiker der Umfrageforschung in der akademischen Sozialforschung, in privatwirtschaftlichen Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstituten und betrieblichen Marktforschungsabteilungen. Das Buch eignet sich ebenso für die praxisorientierte Methodenausbildung an den Hochschulen. Im Mittelpunkt des Buches steht eine umfassende Darstellung desADM-Stichproben-Systems. Nach einem Abriß seiner historischen Entwicklung werden der Aufbau des Systems, die Auswahleinheiten und die neuen Regionalklassifizierungen beschrieben. Daneben werden auch die Möglichkeiten von Zufalls-Stichproben bei telefonischen Umfragen dargestellt. In weiteren Kapiteln werden Quoten-Stichproben, Zeitintervall-Stichproben und Einwohnermeldeamts-Stichproben verhandelt.

Stichproben-Verfahren in der Umfrageforschung: Eine Darstellung für die Praxis

STFU: The Power Of Keeping Your Mouth Shut In A World That Won't Stop Talking

Would our lives, relationships and careers be better if we just STFU for a while?

Stewardship and the Future of the Planet: Promise and Paradox (Routledge Advances in the History of Bioethics)

This volume examines historical views of stewardship that have sometimes allowed humans to ravage the earth as well as contemporary and futuristic visions of stewardship that will be necessary to achieve pragmatic progress to save life on earth as we know it. The idea of stewardship – human responsibility to tend the Earth – has been central to human cultures throughout history, as evident in the Judeo-Christian Genesis story of the Garden of Eden and in a diverse range of parallel tales from other traditions around the world. Despite such foundational hortatory stories about preserving the earth on which we live, humanity in the Anthropocene is nevertheless currently destroying the planet with breathtaking speed. Much research on stewardship today – in the disciplines of geography, urban studies, oceans research, and green business practice – offers insights that should help address the ecological challenges facing the planet. Simultaneous scholarship in the humanities and other fields reminds us that the damage done to the planet has often been carried out in the name of tending the land. In order to make progress in environmental stewardship, scholars must speak to each other across the disciplinary boundaries, as they do in this volume.

Stewardship and the Future of the Planet: Promise and Paradox (Routledge Advances in the History of Bioethics)

This volume examines historical views of stewardship that have sometimes allowed humans to ravage the earth as well as contemporary and futuristic visions of stewardship that will be necessary to achieve pragmatic progress to save life on earth as we know it. The idea of stewardship – human responsibility to tend the Earth – has been central to human cultures throughout history, as evident in the Judeo-Christian Genesis story of the Garden of Eden and in a diverse range of parallel tales from other traditions around the world. Despite such foundational hortatory stories about preserving the earth on which we live, humanity in the Anthropocene is nevertheless currently destroying the planet with breathtaking speed. Much research on stewardship today – in the disciplines of geography, urban studies, oceans research, and green business practice – offers insights that should help address the ecological challenges facing the planet. Simultaneous scholarship in the humanities and other fields reminds us that the damage done to the planet has often been carried out in the name of tending the land. In order to make progress in environmental stewardship, scholars must speak to each other across the disciplinary boundaries, as they do in this volume.

Stewarding Sustainability Transformations: An Emerging Theory and Practice of SDG Implementation

In the context of the world’s pressing sustainability challenges this new Report to the Club of Rome presents a novel approach to navigating collaborative change in partnerships between governments, research institutions, corporations and civil society activists. With reference to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the Planetary Boundaries it introduces the theory and practice of Collective Stewardship as a management tool that respects the integrity of human and natural systems. Drawing on the work of transdisciplinary scientific scholars and seasoned sustainability practitioners, it shows how transformative change can be built on life’s inherent tendency to generate patterns of vitality and resilience. This ground-breaking monograph shows workable pathways to stewarding patterns of aliveness in social and ecological systems at all levels of the global society. As a highly regarded author and expert in collective leadership, Petra Kuenkel inspires academics and practitioners alike to explore new routes towards co-creating responsible futures in the era of the Anthropocene, where the human footprint has begun to change the course of planetary evolution. She invites decision-makers, researchers, planners and social activists to become stewards of systems patterns, enhance their collaborative competencies and guide life-enhancing socio-ecological interaction at scale. The conceptual architecture the author elaborates builds transformation literacy and boils down to a practical guidance for planning and implementing interventions across all sectors of society. It helps bring about change through a deliberate combination of enlivening narratives, empowering metrics, enabling processes, multi-level governance, guiding regulations, and life-supporting innovation. This comprehensive book sets a new direction in the field of sustainability transformations and will become a foundation for planning collective action and achieving impact at scale.

Steven Spielberg: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Steven Spielberg is hailed as one of the most influential and commercially successful film directors in motion picture history. Through his role in developing, directing, and driving the special effects of many of the biggest blockbusters in movie history, includingJaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and Minority Report, Spielberg changed the way movies are made and left an indelible mark on popular culture. This biography traces his rise from shooting films as a shy young boy with the family's 8 mm camera to his first unpaid job at Universal Studios, to the rise of DreamWorks, the studio Spielberg founded and quickly turned into a filmmaking powerhouse. While Spielberg's best work may lie ahead, this compelling biography puts his legendary career and work to date into perspective by offering analysis and commentary from fans and critics alike.Whether about an alien lost in suburbia or the battles of World War II, Spielberg has directed and produced many of the most talked about movies of the past 30 years. Students interested in the history of film and the filmmaking industry will find this biography endlessly fascinating.

Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners: The Definitive Guide to LGBT Life

A big book of manners for the more than 15 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and Canada and the people who love them, work with them, and live with them. Written by Steven Petrow, the go-to authority on the subject—he&’s the same-sex wedding expert at The New York Times and a columnist for The Huffington Post, Yahoo&’s Shine, GayWeddings.com, and the &“Q&” Syndicate (with distribution to more than 100 LGBT newspapers and websites)—this is the definitive book of LGBT etiquette. Encyclopedic in its approach, filled with practical wisdom, lively wit, and much insight, Steven Petrow&’s Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners covers everything: from coming out to being out in the workplace; from dealing with the joy and complexity of same-sex weddings and commitment ceremonies (including how to propose and write meaningful vows) to handling the legal paperwork every couple needs. There&’s a chapter on sex etiquette, and another on the challenges and opportunities of raising a family, plus sections on travel, bullying, entertaining, meeting new friends, introducing your partner to your family, a primer on gay pride, and so much more. Throughout there are hundreds of questions—some posed by LGBT folk, and others by straight people: What do the mothers of two brides wear to a lesbian wedding? What do you say to an anti-gay joke? How do you answer &“Who&’s the father?&” when there are two mothers? Manners, yes, but with a twist. **In recognition of Quality, Excellence, and Design, this ebook has been granted a QED seal of approval from Digital Book World.**

Steve Tomasula: The Art and Science of New Media Fiction

Steve Tomasula's work exists at the cutting edges of scientific knowledge and literary techniques. As such, it demands consideration from multiple perspectives and from critics who can guide the reader through the formal innovations and multimedia involutions while providing critical scientific, aesthetic, historical, and technical contexts. This book, the first of its kind, provides this framework, showing readers the richness and relevance of the worlds Tomasula constructs.Steve Tomasula's work is redefining the form of the novel, reinventing the practice of reading, and wrestling with the most urgent questions raised by massive transformations of media and biotechnologies. His work not only charts these changes, it formulates the problems that we have making meaning in our radically changing technological contexts. Vast in scope, inventive in form, and intimate in voice, his novels, short stories, and essays are read and taught by a surprisingly diverse array of scholars in fields ranging from contemporary experimental writing and literary criticism to the history of science, biotechnology and bioart, book studies, and digital humanities.

Steve Tomasula: The Art and Science of New Media Fiction

Steve Tomasula's work exists at the cutting edges of scientific knowledge and literary techniques. As such, it demands consideration from multiple perspectives and from critics who can guide the reader through the formal innovations and multimedia involutions while providing critical scientific, aesthetic, historical, and technical contexts. This book, the first of its kind, provides this framework, showing readers the richness and relevance of the worlds Tomasula constructs.Steve Tomasula's work is redefining the form of the novel, reinventing the practice of reading, and wrestling with the most urgent questions raised by massive transformations of media and biotechnologies. His work not only charts these changes, it formulates the problems that we have making meaning in our radically changing technological contexts. Vast in scope, inventive in form, and intimate in voice, his novels, short stories, and essays are read and taught by a surprisingly diverse array of scholars in fields ranging from contemporary experimental writing and literary criticism to the history of science, biotechnology and bioart, book studies, and digital humanities.

Steuerung unter der Bedingung struktureller Koppelung: Ein Theoriemodell soziopolitischer Steuerung

Die Untersuchung rekonstruiert systematisch die unterschiedlichen Stränge der aktuellen steuerungstheoretischen Diskussion. Resultat ist ein integratives und modular strukturiertes Theorie- und Erklärungsmodell, das als begrifflicher Rahmen für die Erarbeitung einer empirischen Theorie soziopolitischer Steuerung verwendet werden kann. Gleichzeitig wird es möglich, problemspezifische steuerungstheoretische Teilkonzepte auf der Grundlage einer einheitlichen theoretischen Plattform zu verwenden.

Steuerung und Erfolgskontrolle im Strafvollzug: Zur evidenzbasierten Gestaltung freiheitsentziehender Sanktionen (Edition Forschung und Entwicklung in der Strafrechtspflege)

Der Strafvollzug soll Inhaftierte zu einem straffreien Leben befähigen. Dabei gilt die Vermeidung des Rückfalls als zentraler Maßstab zur Beurteilung des Erfolgs oder Scheiterns freiheitsentziehender Sanktionen. Im Zentrum des Buches steht die Frage, ob und wie individuelle Rückfallrisiken der Gefangenen verringert, ihre sozialen Eingliederungschancen gesteigert und die angestrebten Wirkungen auf die Legalbewährung erreicht werden können. Zentrale Forschungsbefunde sowie die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer darauf beruhenden, evidenzbasierten Vollzugsgestaltung werden beschrieben. Abschließend werden Probleme und Perspektiven praxisorientierter Forschung im und über den Strafvollzug skizziert.Das Kapitel “Comparability, Competition and Control: Performance Management in the Correctional Services of Germany and England and Wales” wird unter der Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz veröffentlicht via link.springer.com.

Steuerung lokaler Bildungslandschaften: Räumliche und pädagogische Entwicklung am Beispiel des Projektes Altstadt Nord Köln

​Aufeinander abgestimmte Entwicklungen von Stadtraum und Pädagogik in lokalen Bildungslandschaften erfordern die Kooperation vieler unterschiedlicher Professionen. Meist fehlen den Beteiligten derzeit aber grundlegende Strategien und Ansätze, um die komplexen Aufgaben miteinander zu verzahnen. Die Tragweite einer veränderten Art der Zusammenarbeit zwischen bisher getrennten, fachlichen Bereichen ist groß, so dass sich Fragen nach der Steuerung von lokalen Bildungslandschaften stellen. Wie sind die Handelnden mit den räumlichen Ebenen und Entscheidungen verknüpft? Welche Steuerungsaspekte sind für die Projektdurchführung relevant? Wo liegen besondere Herausforderungen? Die Untersuchung verbreitert die Wissensbasis für lokale Bildungslandschaften und formuliert Empfehlungen für kommunale und privatwirtschaftliche Akteure.