Anja Schmidt thematisiert in diesem Buch politikdidaktische Setzungen und Modelle der politischen Argumentations- und Urteilskompetenz unter Bezug auf den theoretischen und empirischen Stand der Fachdidaktik. Die Autorin geht der Frage nach, ob sich theoretische und empirische Lücken ("gap of judgement") in der politischen Argumentations- und Urteilsfähigkeit finden und untersucht die belastbare empirische Bewährung eines aktuellen Theoriemodells der politischen Urteilskompetenz.

Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric volcanic aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality and human health. Using a state-of-the-art global microphysics model, the thesis describes and quantifies the impact of volcanic sulphur emissions on global aerosol, clouds and the radiative forcing of climate. The advanced model enables the first ever estimate of the impact of the emissions on aerosol microphysical properties such as partic...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Didaktik für das Fach Englisch - Pädagogik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,7, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Fehler sind die Stiefkinder des Sprachunterrichts. Möglichst vermieden, von den Schülerinnen1 als Stigma empfunden und im Korrekturvorgang durch die Lehrenden mit leichter Hand durch „Richtiges“ ersetzt, führen sie ein Schattendasein im Unterrichtsgeschehen, sind aber dennoch daraus nicht wegzudenken. Gerade we...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Orientalistik / Sinologie - Chinesisch / China, Note: gut, Universität Hamburg, Veranstaltung: Kommunikative Strategien in Asien und Afrika, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Betrachtet man die Bevölkerung Shanghais etwas näher, so wird ziemlich schnell deutlich, dass sie vor allem eins nicht ist: homogen. In der ganzen Stadt wimmelt es nur so vor Fremdsprachen, Dialekten und Aussprachevarianten. Das ist nicht weiter verwunderlich, da Shanghai nicht...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Université de Paris VII - Denis Diderot, language: English, abstract: Joseph Addison in the disguise of his persona Mr. Spectator is not what his name suggests. Instead of being a mere member of the audience in the theatrum mundi he actively takes part in the century’s favourite pastime: The Reformation of Manners. The eighteenth century saw the rise of the n...

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: The events of September 11th 2001 were crucial in the history of the United States of America because then, according to George W. Bush, “the first generation of students […] witnessed a war fought in America.”1 However, the events that followed were more than a war. Put in the President’s words, “this is good versus evil....

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Hamburg (IAA), language: English, abstract: One major assumption in the study of emotions is the idea that our understanding of emotion metaphors is, to a large extent, based on bodily experience. Although most evidence for this claim has been found in analyses of the English language, Chinese emotions seem to be conceptualised to a large degree in the same w...

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Hamburg (IAA), language: English, abstract: When considering the linguistic situation in Kenya, it becomes quite obvious that it is anything but homogenous. Not only the large variety of different ethnic groups, but also British colonial influences have left their marks on this diverse region. With English as the official language and Kiswahili as the nationa...

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: Set on a North Dakota reservation, Louise Erdrich’s novel Love Medicine1 is first of all a fictitious story. Despite a writer’s Indian heritage2 it is unsound to read novels as a “true accounts” of reservation life, yet it seems to me that Erdrich’s depiction of Chippewa families includes some issues that are very much part of American India...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1+ (A+), University of Hamburg, course: Motivation in Language, language: English, abstract: Linguists studying the syntactic relations of Chinese have often argued that Chinese, being a non-inflectional language, was more reliant on iconic principles than most Western languages. Since Chinese is largely dependent on the use of grammatical particles and word order, it was sought to represent conceptual m...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,7, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Hans Henny Jahnns Drama Medea1 liegt in mehreren Bearbeitungen vor: Eine Prosafassung von 1924 war lange verschollen. Publiziert wurde 1926 eine Versfassung, die von Jürgen Fehling in Berlin aufgeführt wurde, es gibt aber noch eine dritte Variante. Diese wurde von Jahnn selbst einer letzten Überarbeitung unterzogen und erschien anläß...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1+ (A), University of Hamburg, course: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Puritans, language: English, abstract: In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne has not only created an intriguing plot, but also some very “picturesque” characters, among whom the character of Pearl can probably be viewed as the most unique one. Pearl, a composition of demon offspring and elf-child, cannot but raise the question of her i...