Ignatianische Pädagogik gilt als eine der wirkmächtigsten Strömungen katholischer Pädagogik weltweit. Im Kontext der deutschsprachigen Erziehungswissenschaft fristet sie jedoch bislang ein Schattendasein und bringt es in Darstellungen zur Geschichte pädagogischen Denkens und Handelns bestenfalls zu einer Randnotiz. Mit vorliegendem Band ist das Anliegen verbunden, erstmals eine Standortbestimmung der ignatianischen Pädagogik aus erziehungswissenschaftlicher Perspektive zu entwickeln und di...

Der Täter, ein gebildeter und musikalisch begabter junger Mann aus gutem Hause, handelte ohne offensichtliches Motiv und passte nicht ins Täterklischee. Das machte diesen Fall kurz nach der Jahrhundertwende zu einer medialen Sensation.

Wie der Unterricht heutzutage auszusehen hat, wird von einem neuen Paradigma bestimmt. Gemäß den Ansprüchen der Kompetenzorientierung werden LehrerInnen damit beauftragt, ihren Fokus auf die Förderung von fach- und lebensrelevanten Kompetenzen zu lenken. Trotz des unleugbaren Erfolgs dieses Paradigmas zieht es eine beunruhigende Folge nach sich: Jene Lehr- und Lernansätze, welche die Möglichkeiten des Unterrichts umfangreicher auffassen als die Vermittlung nützlicher Skills und Problemlösu...

Weird fiction is an incredibly rich and varied genre, running the gamut from supernatural horror to imaginary-world fantasy to psychological terror. This anthology seeks to exhibit the wide range of themes, motifs, and imagery that weird fiction allows, as embodied in the work of some of the leading contemporary writers in the field.The ghost or revenant is a venerable motif, and stories by John Shirley, Lynda E. Rucker, and Reggie Oliver ring fascinating changes on it. Allied to t...

Super science. Madness. Transhumanism.This is the dawn of posthumanity. Some things can’t be unlearned.Gleaming labs whir with the hum of servers as scientists unravel the secrets of the universe. But as we peel away mysteries, the universe glances back at us. Even now, terrors rise from the Mariana Trench and drift down from the stars. Scientists are disappearing—or worse. Experiments take on minds of their own. Some fight back against the unknown, some gi...

Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and integrate themselves into modern economies by creating institutions that reward productivity and entrepreneurship and that establish tribal governments that are capable of providing a stable rule of law. The chapters in this volume do...

Nowhereville: Weird Is Other People is an anthology of urban weird fiction. These are stories of the city, of people interacting with the complexities that are other people. These 19 short stories explore the genre of weird fiction, tales not quite fantasy and not quite science fiction, tales blurring the lines between genres. These are the strange stories of the strange decisions we make and the strange ways the city affects us.And there's an amazing cast of authors:...

Prisms are instruments, mirrors, metaphors, gateways humankind must pass through in order to achieve, to overcome, to realize, to become. Contained herein are nineteen transformative tales from some of speculative fiction's most brilliant minds. So open your eyes and let the light pass through . . .

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we have original science fiction by Carrie Vaughn ("Origin Story") and Matthew Bailey ("The Birth Will Take Place on a Mutually Acceptable Research Vessel"),...