Izzivi in potenciali uporabe alternativnih prihodnosti pokrajin v obdobju podnebnih sprememb: pregled literature in raziskava

Author(s): Amin Rastandeh / Language(s): Slovenian Issue: 2/2015

Raziskava se osredotoča na možnost uporabe analize alternativnih prihodnosti in scenarijev pri krajinskem načrtovanju v obdobju podnebnih sprememb, kar bi zagotovilo širši pogled in poglobljeno razumevanje tega pristopa ter s tem njegovo boljšo in učinkovitejšo uporabo v prihodnosti. Raziskava vključuje pregled literature in analizo praktičnih projektov, ki so se v zadnjih letih izvajali po svetu. Poleg tega je avtor med marcem in septembrom 2014 opravil elektronsko anketo, v kateri je preučeval vidike uporabe tega pristopa v povezavi z vplivi podnebnih sprememb. Anketiranci so bili izkušeni raziskovalci iz 18 držav, ki so od leta 2000 sodelovali pri vsaj enem praktičnem projektu, povezanem s preučevano temo. Po analizi več kot 40 praktičnih projektov so bili v analizo vključeni tudi rezultati ankete, s čimer je avtor dobil celostno sliko potencialov in omejitev analize alternativnih prihodnosti in scenarijev pri krajinskem načrtovanju s posebnim poudarkom na podnebnih spremembah. Izsledki potrjujejo, da ta metoda spada med najučinkovitejše pristope odločanja, ki se uporabljajo za sprejemanje krajinske politike na območjih, na katerih se pokrajina hitro spreminja pod pritiskom urbanizacije in podnebnih sprememb. Kljub temu obstaja vrzel med napredkom, ki ga ta pristop omogoča na različnih ravneh, in kompleksnostjo vzorcev, negotovosti in pretresov v pokrajini zaradi vplivov podnebnih sprememb v urbanizirajočem svetu. Raziskava kaže, da obravnavani pristop odločevalcem ponuja veliko priložnost, da razširijo svoj pogled in sprejmejo ustrezno krajinsko politiko, še preden z vidika trajnostnega razvoja dosežejo točko, s katere ni več vrnitve. Pri uporabi analize alternativnih prihodnosti in scenarijev za zamišljanje pokrajin, na katere vplivajo podnebne spremembe in urbanizacija, naletimo tudi na določene težave in ovire, ki jih je treba odpraviti. Čeprav je raziskava bolj informativne narave, odpira nova vprašanja o tem pristopu in njegovi uporabi v prihodnosti in daje podlago nadaljnjim raziskavam.

A Polyphony of Stories from 17th and 18th-century Southeastern Europe

Author(s): Jelena Mrgić / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The aim of this paper is to present a selected ensemble of narrative and documentary sources – diaries, memoirs, chronicles, travelogues, business letters, and one confidential report – in order to pursue a sort of polyphonic path in historical research. Connecting these histories, i.e. personal stories from different, at times confronting, yet overlapping Kulturkreisen, shows a less visible web of liaisons between people. They belonged to different social strata – bellatores, oratores, nobility and the emerging third class of entrepreneurs, and stemmed from Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim religious and cultural environments. Differences in their educational, professional or cultural backgrounds seem to diminish while their interconnectedness, in the space of Southeastern Europe, comes to the fore.

Editorial

Author(s): Stelian Tofană / Language(s): German Issue: 1/2015

Mit dem folgenden Band 1/2015 beginnt die Zeitschrift Sacra Scripta eine lose Reihe von thematischen Sonderheften, die jeweils von zwei Mitgliedern des Editorial Board verantwortet werden sollen. Die Reihe wird eröffnet mit einer Gruppe von Artikeln, die sich auf verschiedene Weise der Schekhina, dem Gedanken des Wohnens Gottes unter den Menschen, befassen.

Striving for Change: Video-Based Teacher Education Programmes and Related Research (Editorial)

Author(s): Tomáš Janík,Eva Minaříková,Alexander Gröschner / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

Teaching Science Effectively: A Case Study on Student Verbal Engagement in Classroom Dialogue

Author(s): Ann-Katrin Schindler,Alexander Gröschner,Tina Seidel / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The present case study illustrates a teacher who participated in a oneyear, video-based, teacher professional development (TPD) program on classroom dialogue. This study expands the field of research on TPD by presenting the longitudinal results of Laura’s teaching performance, her students’ engagement in classroom dialogue, and their higher order learning perceptions. Additionally, a reflection of her participation in the TPD provides more insights into the role of TPD programs for individual teacher learning. Results revealed that Laura constantly changed her questioning and feedback behavior in terms of providing her students with more questions that foster elaboration of knowledge and feedback, which scaffolds students’ learning processes. As a consequence, more students in Laura’s classroom elaborated on their knowledge, which was reflected by a positive change in student higher order learning perceptions. Her reflection showed that the video tool and a mindful facilitation of the TPD program were of great value for Laura’s positive learning experience.

Wszyscy jesteśmy archeologami

Author(s): Bjornar Olsen / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

„…ER SELBST WOLLTE IM DUNKEL WOHNEN.“ (1 KÖN 8,12): GOTTES WOHNEN IN JERUSALEM AUS DER PERSPEKTIVE DER GESCHICHTLICHEN ÜBERLIEFERUNGEN IN SAMUELIS UND REGUM

Author(s): Constantin Horia Oancea / Language(s): German Issue: 1/2015

The belief that God dwells in the Temple was the fundamental assertion of the Zion Theology in pre-exilic Jerusalem. Such a conception, often stated in psalms and exemplary reflected in Ps 46 and Isaiah 6, enjoyed not only positive but also critical reaction in the writings of the Old Testament. After an incursion into Early Christian literature about Jerusalem, this paper analyses how the conception about God’s dwelling in Jerusalem is reflected in Samuel (1 Sam 4-6; 2 Sam 6; 2 Sam 7) and Kings (1 Kgs 8).

Gepetto wystrugał Pinokia, a ten uczynił go człowiekiem

Author(s): Marek Krajewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

Practice What You Teach: A Video-Based Practicum Model of Professional Development for Elementary Science Teachers

Author(s): Eric Berson,Hilda Borko,Susan Million,Edit Khachatryan,Kerri Glennon / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

This study examines an innovative professional development program that provides teachers with an opportunity to practice pedagogical strategies in a low stakes classroom context. Elementary teachers participated in a one-week summer Institute and two-week Practicum focused on learning strategies for facilitating scientific discourse and argumentation in their classrooms. During the Practicum, teachers taught lessons in a summer program for elementary school students and engaged in daily video-based discussions to reflect on their instruction. This study identified the instructional practices that were most emphasized during the Institute and examined the extent to which teachers took up those practices during the subsequent practicum experience. A classroom vignette illustrates how one teacher engaged her students in the discourse practices, and a coaching vignette portrays her video reflection group’s discussion of the episode. Findings suggest that the focal instructional practices were taken up to different degrees during the Practicum, and that opportunities for practice and reflection are potentially valuable features of professional development programs. The project illustrates the value of video as a tool for both professional development and research.

Rzeczywista wartość rzeczy

Author(s): Katarzyna Prot-Klinger / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

Prolog

Author(s): Wit Szostak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

Jerzowo znów na zakręcie

Author(s): Zbigniew Rokita / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

Lekcje tolerancji

Author(s): Dominika Kozłowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

VORSTELLUNGEN DER SEPTUAGINTA ZUM WOHNEN GOTTES

Author(s): Martin MEISER / Language(s): German Issue: 1/2015

This study reframes the concept of “God’s dwelling” in the Septuagint and its avoidance in the Septuagint of Exodus and Deuteronomy within the Literature of Second Temple Judaism. Some seemingly avoiding passages are the result not of avoiding anthropomorphism but of intending a sentence in accordance with normal scenery.

Imperium i władza powstrzymująca

Author(s): Massimo Cacciari / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

Katechon i wielość

Author(s): Mikołaj Ratajczak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

Video Clubs: EFL Teachers’ Selective Attention Before and After

Author(s): Eva Minaříková,Michaela Píšová,Tomáš Janík,Klára Uličná / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The paper aims to introduce results of a study of the effects of participation in video clubs on EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers’ selective attention. It is a part of a larger project concerned with EFL teachers’ professional vision. The paper introduces the theoretical background of study on teachers’ professional vision and selective attention and the rationale of video clubs used specifically for EFL teachers. 11 EFL teachers participated in this year-long study and attended video club meetings that aimed to foster their professional vision for conscious development of pupils’ communicative competence. They were interviewed at the beginning and at the end of the programme; video sequences of their own teaching and of other teacher’s teaching were used as prompts. The transcribed data were analysed using a theory-driven system of categories describing the areas of teachers’ selective attention (i.e. aims, context, content, pupil/s, teacher, process). The results suggest that after participating in video clubs the teachers paid more attention to aims and content, and less to the teacher. The results for the category of pupil(s) differed for the own/other video sequence. As the development of communicative competence represents the ultimate goal of EFL teaching, it is encouraging that after the intervention the teachers’ comments were more aim and content oriented.

Człowiek na nowy wiek

Author(s): Mirosława Marody / Language(s): Polish Issue: 724/2015

„UND SALOMO HAT IHM EIN HAUS GEBAUT“ (APG 7,47): KONZEPTE VOM WOHNEN GOTTES IM LUKANISCHEN DOPPELWERK

Author(s): Heike Hötzinger / Language(s): German Issue: 1/2015

This article examines concepts of places of God’s presence in Luke-Acts. As Luke-Acts aims the narration of the proclamation of the gospel with its roots in God’s history with Israel “to the end of the earth” (Luke 2:30-32; Acts 1,8) geographical and religious boundaries are crossed. Therefore questions about religious identity arise constantly as e.g. the reflection about the significance of the temple as God’s place. So the Gospel of Luke presents the temple on the one hand side as a place of God’s presence and thus as a centre of religious identity, on the other hand side as a place of struggling for religious identity. Acts also draws this two-sided picture and shows alternative concepts of God’s dwelling that base in God’s being. For example Acts 6:1-8:3, that marks the threshold to the proclamation outside of Jerusalem, pleads a relativisation of the significance of the temple and at the same time God’s universal presence, particularly mediated by the Son of Men Jesus exalted at God’s right hand side in heaven.

Ability to Notice Mathematics Specific Phenomena: What Exactly Do Student Teachers Attend to?

Author(s): Naďa Vondrová,Jana Žalská / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The aim of this paper is to a) shed light on the nature of student teachers’ noticing of mathematics specific phenomena as observed in a video recorded lesson and to b) compare this nature for student teachers at the beginning of their master studies at the university and those at its end. Our study is based on a thorough examination of student teachers’ written analyses (n = 169) of video recorded lessons. We capture the qualities of these in terms of the author-defined notion of mathematics specific (or MS) phenomena by a) matching the students’ comments against what we view as important issues in the lessons, and b) developing a framework to further characterise the nature of the observations. Both qualitative and quantitative results corroborate the findings of earlier research on pre-service teachers’ lesson analyses in that they pay limited attention to content in the lesson observed. Moreover, it transpires that students tend to notice MS phenomena which are not identified as important by experts and that the demonstrated ability to notice MS phenomena does not show significant differences for students in two distinct stages of a teacher preparation programme.