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How Can Intercultural School Development Succeed? The Perspective of Teachers and Teacher Educators
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Kiel, Ewald; Syring, Marcus; Weiss, Sabine – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
The large number of newly arrived individuals from other countries, particularly of young people, has had an enormous impact on the school system in Germany. The present study investigated requirements for successful intercultural school development. The study used investigative group discussions, where the groups were composed of teachers and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research
Entscheidungsstrukturen in Schulen. Eine differenzielle Analyse der Schulorganisation (Decision-Structures in Schools. A Differential Analysis of School Organization).
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Kuper, Harm – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 2002
Presents results of an empirical research project focusing on an explorative analysis of decision structures in schools. Outlines structural patterns of school organizations, taking into account the perspectives of teachers and principals. Provides a starting point for a multi-dimensional modeling of school organizations. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Models
Koedukation oder Geschlechtertrennung = Coeducation or Gender Segregation.
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Baumert, Jurgen – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1992
Presents study results examining recruitment practice differences between coeducational and gender segregated secondary schools in Germany. Discusses the impact of organizational form on teacher judgments, achievement in specific subjects, school subject-related interests, and school commitment. Reports that under conditions of free school choice,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Foreign Countries, School Choice
Cross-Cultural Issues Arising for Four Science Teachers during Their International Migration to Teach in U.S. High Schools
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Hutchison, Charles B. – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
U.S. schools have experienced a perennial shortage of teachers. Recently, many school districts have been inviting foreign veteran teachers to help mitigate such teacher shortages. This study describes the initial cross-cultural issues four international science teachers encountered when they immigrated to teach in U.S. high schools, hi-depth,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Textbooks, Teaching Methods
Relationships and Values among Students and Staff in British and German Higher Education
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Pritchard, Rosalind – Tertiary Education and Management, 2005
Financial stringency and neo-liberal influences in higher education are impacting upon relationships and academic values in higher education. The aim of the present paper was to analyse how these forces operate differentially in the UK and Germany. The British students were significantly more satisfied than were their German counterparts with the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, German, Political Attitudes
Survey of the State-of-the-Art and Likely Future Trends of University Management in Europe: Austria-Germany-the Netherlands.
Bender, Ignaz; Henning, Wolfgang – 1980
The management of universities in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands was studied as part of a 1979 survey of the present and future trends of university management in Europe. The survey addressed the organization of the university and its administration, the structure and process of decision-making, and the opinions of students, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes