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Das Diensttagebuch des NSDAP-Kreisleiters Hermann Oppenländer in Schwäbisch Gmünd (1937-1940)
Get PDFEdition des Diensttagebuchs des NSDAP-Kreisleiters Hermann Oppenländer im Kreis Gmün
Über Johannes Buhl (1804-1882) aus der Schwäbisch Gmünder Presse seiner Zeit
Get PDFGerd Noetzel befasst sich auf breiter Quellengrundlage mit dem Leben und Wirken von Johannes Buhl (1804-1882), der als sich bereits zu Lebzeiten einen überregionalen Ruf als Kaufmann, Turnpionier, Feuerwehrpionier, Techniker und Erfinder erarbeitete hatte. Zudem war Buhl in den politischen Wirren der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts politisch aktiv und setzte sich für die deutsche Einheit, Standesgleichheit und Volkssouveränität ein
Histoire régionale. Recherche et enseignement
Get PDFBeiträge des Tages der Landesgeschichte in der Schule vom 23. Oktober 2017 in Karlsruh
Landesgeschichte in Forschung und Unterricht Beiträge des Tages der Landesgeschichte in der Schule vom 24. Oktober 2018 in Waldkirch
Get PDFBeiträge des Tages der Landesgeschichte in der Schule
vom 24. Oktober 2018 in Waldkirc
Niederschriften über die Verhandlungen des Gemeinderates und die Beratungen mit den Ratsherren in der Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd 1933–1945. Summarisches Verzeichnis
Get PDFSummarische Edition der im Gemeinderat der Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd während der NS-Zeit verhandelten Gegenständ
The Importance of Positive and Negative Affectivity and Mental Health Activities for Positive Mental Health and Work-related Behavior and Experiences
Get PDFThe aim of the present thesis was to shed further light on the relationships between affectivity, mental health activities, and positive outcomes in work and life. For this purpose, three distinct studies were conducted.
Study I aimed to identify the relevance of affectivity in four types of work-related behavior and experiences. These types reflect differences in work-related motivation, coping, and emotions, which are important outcomes in a person’s working life. A quite common method to assess these work-related behavior and experiences is the Work-related Coping Behavior and Experience Pattern (WCEP) Questionnaire (Schaarschmidt & Fischer, 2008). Although positive and negative affectivity are basic traits that affect motivation, coping, and emotions, their relevance in this questionnaire remained unclear. It was found that the combination of positive and negative affectivity could predict the assignment to a specific type of work-related behavior and experiences. Study I also highlighted that beside individual differences in emotionality, environmental factors like the type of profession seemed to be relevant. Hence, future research with the WCEP questionnaire should consider both individual and environmental variables. These findings are also relevant from a health promotion perspective. High positive affectivity and low negative affectivity can be seen as individual resources whereas low positive affectivity and high negative affectivity reflect risk factors. Hence, increasing positive affect and reducing negative affect seem to be useful in order to enhance engagement and well-being in the work context.
One way to increase positive affect or reduce negative affect is to practice everyday activities. Although the promotion of everyday activities has been increasingly recognized for both the reduction of mental impairment and the promotion of positive mental health, a short scale to assess mental health promoting activities was still missing. Hence, the aims of Study II were to evaluate the usefulness of self-help strategies formulated within the concept of Mental Health Literacy (Jorm, 2012) as items of a mental health activity scale, to identify their underlying factor structure, and to associate these strategies with positive mental health as well as with positive and negative affectivity. The results of Study II suggest that these self-help strategies can be combined to a brief scale to assess mental health activity. Mental health activities seem to encompass three underlying components, namely positive orientation, physical engagement, and emotion regulation, but further validation is needed. Also, the integration of activities formulated within the field of positive psychology might be a useful extension. The finding that mental health activities were strongly associated with positive mental health broadens the context in which mental health activities can and should be promoted, because they are not only related to reduced mental impairment but also to positive mental health. Although these findings are promising, future studies are needed to establish causal effects. Moreover, mental health activities were more strongly related to positive affectivity than to negative affectivity which indicates that they might be especially useful to increase positive affect and less relevant for reducing negative affect, but the direction of causality needs be addressed in future studies.
Since affectivity and behavior are related, and can both affect relevant outcomes, the final aim of this thesis was to identify the specific relationship between affectivity, the practice of mental health activities, and positive outcomes in work (work-related behavior and experiences) and life (positive mental health). Study III revealed that the practice of mental health activities was related to more positive mental health and less unhealthy work-related behavior and experiences, even after the consideration of affectivity. Moreover, mental health activities functioned as mediators in the relationship between affectivity and the respective outcomes, indicating both an upward spiral (especially in regard to positive mental health) and a loss cycle (primarily for the risk of burnout). Positive orientation activities and physical engagement activities seem to be primarily associated with coping abilities and positive emotions, whereas emotion regulation activities might be also related to work motivation. In line with the Broaden and Build theory of positive emotions (Fredrickson, 2004) and the Conservation of Resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989), the findings indicate the potential of mental health activities as ways to facilitate positive emotions and increase individual resources, ultimately leading to positive outcomes in work and life. However, future studies are needed to evaluate the (possible reciprocal) relationships between affectivity, affect, mental health activities, personal resources, and positive outcomes in more detail. Although the present findings already suggest the potential of mental health activities as lifestyle suggestions to promote mental health within and beyond the work context, future research is required
Die Murrhardter Amtsrechnung von 1568/69
Get PDFThe preceding text is an edition of historical sources. The edition’s origin dates back to two seminars of medieval and early modern history held at the University of Education of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the summer of 2009. The text contains an account book of 1568/69, beginning on St. Georges’s day (April 23rd) 1568 and ending on St. George’s day 1569. The account book contains all earnings and all expenses
of the Murrhardt monastery and the area around the city of Murrhardt. Murrhardt today is a town of 13.000 inhabitants in the Rems-Murr county in the Land of Baden-Württemberg in the south-west of Germany.
The account book enables detailed research concerning all aspects of the monastery’s social history, especially of the economy, as far as the revenues and expenses of money and natural produce are concerned. With this information it is possible to analyse the kinds and the amounts of cereals (spelt, wheat, rye, oats, and others), of wine, and all others naturals products, the relation of unpaid drudgery and of paid wage work of the monastery’s subjects. All kinds of
craftsmen and their work and products are contained in the account book as well as a lot of information about the regional communication by runners or the politics of poor relief. Other chapters contain information about taxes, the valuta in use in 1568/68, the financial flows or the transport of money from the monastery to the central cash of the sovereign, the duke of Wurtemberg in Stuttgart. The amount of taxes which had to be paid is mentioned so it is possible
to get a complete impression of the local social structure. In addition to this information the text enables research about the geography, about the land
utilisation, about the climate and the weather, about the architecture of the monastery and the city of Murrhardt, about the demography of the regional population and about the legal relationship of the population.
The former Benedictine abbey of Murrhardt was first submitted under the Lutherian reform in 1534/35 and then definitely in 1552, and had become a protestant institution. Although there were no more monks in the buildings of the monastery, the monastery as an economical unit continued to exist in the following centuries. This type of ancient monastery without monks but as an economical unit – a so-called Klosteramt – was usual in the duchy of Wurtemberg from
the middle of the 16th century until the end of the old Holy Roman Empire in 1806. So, the account book gives information about the first decades under Lutheranian gouvernment and religion.
As there are mentioned many streets, roads, ways, paths, bridges and fords it is possible to
reconstruct the complete road network system around the town and the traffic communication and trade connections. The great number of plot names delivers palaeo-ecological data, and the names of hundreds of persons enables to reconstruct a complex net of relations between the local and regional families and power groups. On the base of the numerous plot names
mentioned it is possible to reconstruct the history of the local and regional economy and settlement further back than only until the late 16th century. As far as the citizens are concerned, it is possible to write a complete social history the importance of which is exemplary for other regions, too. The text’s information concerning the buildings enables an exact description of the economic history and the history of the region’s settlement. Among historians it is not necessary to note that all the data of the account book do not only form a base for purely local or regional research but form a exemplary model of micro-historical
research. These facts, however, should be noted for all the non-historian users of the account book. The data published here also should be used as a basis for future seminar papers of my students at my university
Geschichte der ehemaligen Lederfabrik "Röhm" in Schorndorf - Rekonstruktion, Dokumentation, Didaktik
Get PDFDas Projekt beschäftigt sich mit der Entstehung, den Problemen und Erfolgen sowie dem Niedergang der Lederindustrie in Schorndorf am Beispiel der Lederfabrik „Röhm“. Dargestellt wird die Geschichte der Lederfabrik von den Anfängen im Jahr 1866 bis zur Schließung 1973. Gottlob Schmid gründete und leitete das Unternehmen bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1920. Die folgenden Jahre waren von einer unternehmerischen Unsicherheit geprägt, bis im Jahr 1927 Hermann Röhm die Geschicke der Lederfabrik übernahm. Die Arbeit dokumentiert diese Entwicklungen. Insbesondere wird der Betriebsführer Hermann Röhm in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in den Fokus genommen.
Darüber hinaus wird die Baugeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Schließung rekonstruiert. Alteingesessene Industriebetriebe mussten in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts häufig den Gang zum Insolvenzrichter antreten. Viele dieser Industriebrachen wurden in der Vergangenheit einfach dem Erdboden gleichgemacht und „moderne“ Gebäude (Einkaufszentren, Wohnanlagen usw.) darauf erstellt, obwohl diese Gebäude oft historische „Perlen“ sind, die der nachkommenden Generation viel zu erzählen haben. Dieser Gedanke wurde in Schorndorf aufgegriffen. Daraus entstand der Wunsch, die Geschichte einer dieser Industriebrachen zu dokumentieren.
Abschließend werden Überlegungen zur Regionalgeschichte angestellt und beispielhaft Unterrichtsvorschläge zur Umsetzung in der Schule gemacht.The project deals with the development of the leather industry in Schorndorf, its ups and downs and final decline using the example of the local factory "Röhm". The project shows the history of this particular leather factory from its beginning in 1866 to its shutdown in 1973. Gottlob Schmid was the founder of the company and had been in charge of it until his death in 1920. The following years were dominated by entrepreneurial insecurity until Hermann Röhm took over in 1927. This paper / this project will reveal this development focusing in particular on the managing director Hermann Röhm during the time of German National Socialism.
Furthermore, we will learn about the history of the company buildings from their beginning to their shutdown. Traditional manufacturing companies often became bankrupt in the second half of the 19th century. Many of these industrial ruins were simply turned into wasteland and were later replaced by modern buildings (Shopping centers, housing estates). This is a pity because these old buildings were often of historical value and would have been able to tell stories of the past to the present generations. This idea led to our wish to show the history of one of the industrial wastelands.
Finally the reflections about the regional history of the area will be integrated into an educational approach with lessons and field trips
Ein bewegtes Leben für Menschen mit Demenz. Konzeption, Umsetzung und Evaluation einer gesundheitswirksamen Bewegungsförderungsintervention für Menschen mit Demenz im Setting der stationären Langzeitversorgung
Get PDFHintergrund. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung nehmen im Bereich der Demenzforschung einen immer wichtiger werdenden Stellenwert ein. In Abwesenheit eines pharmakologischen Heilmittels stellt Bewegungsförderung einen vielversprechenden Ansatz dar, um hemmend auf die Krankheitsprogression einzuwirken. Dennoch besteht aktuell eine Vielzahl an Forschungslücken hinsichtlich der optimalen Ausgestaltung von Bewegungsangeboten für Menschen mit Demenz, speziell im Hinblick auf das Versorgungssetting Pflegeheim. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es daher, ein praxistaugliches und gesundheitswirksames Bewegungsprogramm für Menschen mit Demenz im Setting Pflegeheim zu entwickeln, umzusetzen und zu evaluieren.
Methode. Die Entwicklung des Bewegungsprogramms erfolgte auf Basis der Methoden-Triangulation eines Systematic Reviews mit Interviews mit Menschen mit Demenz und Partizipationsworkshops mit in Pflegeheimen Tätigen. Das entwickelte Multikomponenten-Bewegungsprogramm wurde für den Zeitraum von 12 Wochen, zweimal wöchentlich mit der Dauer von jeweils 60 Minuten in fünf Pflegeheimen durchgeführt. Die Wirksamkeit des entwickelten Bewegungsprogramms wurde durch ein randomisiertes und kontrolliertes Forschungsdesign überprüft, dabei wurden die Zielparameter Mobilität, erhoben mit der Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), dem Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) und dem Ganganalysesystem GAITRite, Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens, erhoben mit der Bayer ADL-Skala (B-ADL), Lebensqualität, erhoben mit dem QUALIDEM und Kommunikations- und Interaktionsfertigkeiten, erhoben mit dem Assessment der Kommunikations- und Interaktionsfertigkeiten (ACIS), vor (t0) und nach der Intervention (t1) untersucht. Die Umsetzbarkeit des Bewegungsprogramms wurde mittels qualitativen Gruppendiskussionen mit Menschen mit Demenz und Feedback-Fragebögen aus der Perspektive der Trainingsanleiter*innen evaluiert.
Ergebnisse. Insgesamt nahmen 63 Personen mit einem Durchschnittsalter von 86.27 Jahren an der Studie teil. Die Drop-out-Rate lag bei 18.87% und Anwesenheitsrate bei 80.46%. Signifikante Verbesserungen in der Interventionsgruppe zeigen SPPB (t0:3.15 vs. t1:4.50; p=.002), TUG (sec) (t0:34.12 vs. t1:31.96; p=.040), B-ADL (t0:6.37 vs. t1:5.02; p=.012), ACIS (t0:8.75 vs. t1:10.01; p=.003) und die Ganggeschwindigkeit (cm/sec) (t0:46.97 vs. t1:58.04; p=.001). Im Gruppen- und Zeitvergleich weisen SPPB (p=.006) und Ganggeschwindigkeit (p=.007) signifikante Verbesserungen auf. Sowohl die Trainer*innen als auch die Menschen mit Demenz bewerten das Bewegungsprogramm uneingeschränkt als praktisch umsetzbar, an die Bedürfnisse der Zielgruppe anpassbar und freudvoll.
Diskussion. Durch das partizipative Vorgehen konnte ein evidenzbasiertes, praxistaugliches und nachhaltiges Bewegungsprogramm entwickelt werden, das zudem gesundheitswirksame Effekte im Bereich der Mobilität und Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens zeigt. Die Studienergebnisse sind für die Entwicklung von Bewegungsempfehlungen für Menschen mit Demenz wegweisend.Background. The importance of prevention and health promotion is still increasing in the field of dementia research. In the absence of disease-modifying treatments, exercise is a promising tool to counteract the progression of dementia. Nevertheless there is a variety of research gaps concerning the ideal design of physical activity interventions for people with dementia, especially in regards to long-term care facilities. Therefore the aim of this study was to develop, realize and evaluate a feasible and health enhancing physical activity intervention for people with dementia living in care homes.
Methods. The development of the exercise program was made on the basis of a method triangulation of the following three elements: systematic review, interviews with people with dementia and participation workshops with care personnel and relatives of people with dementia. The developed multi-component exercise program takes place one hour twice a week with the overall duration of 12 weeks and was piloted in five care homes. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated through a randomized and controlled study design with the assessment of the following target parameters before (t0) and after (t1) the intervention: mobility, assessed by the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), the Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) and the gait analysis system GAITRite, activities of daily living, assessed by Bayer ADL-Scale (B-ADL), quality of life, assessed by QUALIDEM and communication and interaction skills assessed by The Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills (ACIS). The feasibility was evaluated by qualitative group discussions with people with dementia and feedback questionnaires from the perspective of the training instructors.
Results. In all, 63 individuals with a mean age of 86.21 years participated on the trial. The drop-out rate was 18.87% and the attendance rate was 80.46%. The intervention group shows significant improvements at SPPB (t0:3.15 vs. t1:4.50; p=.002), TUG (sec) (t0:34.12 vs. t1:31.96; p=.040), B-ADL (t0:6.37 vs. t1:5.02; p=.012), ACIS (t0:8.75 vs. t1:10.01; p=.003) and gait speed (cm/sec) (t0:46.97 vs. t1:58.04; p=.001). The between groups and time comparison shows significant improvements at SPPB (p=.006) and gait speed (p=.007). The training instructors as well as the participants rated the program as unlimited feasible, adaptable on the needs of the target group and joyful.
Discussion. The participatory approach facilitates the development of an evidence based, feasible and sustainable exercise program that shows health enhancing effects on mobility and activities of daily living. The presented results could be groundbreaking regarding the definition of recommendations for physical activity in people with dementia
Integrating Environmental Education (EE) for Sustainability into Primary School Curriculum in Tanzania: Exploring Stakeholders’ Views and Perceptions
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This study sought to explore the views and perceptions of education stakeholders (i.e. teachers, heads of schools and curriculum specialists) on the integration of environmental education into primary education curricula in Tanzania. The study also sought for stakeholders’ views and perceptions to explain why EE has not been a successful story despite having been integrated in schools for decades. Empirical studies by Kimaryo (2011) and Mtaita (2007) discovered that although EE was included in Tanzanian primary schools since 1960’s and was even stressed in the policy of education in 1990’s; yet, the condition of environment has rather deteriorated.
Studies that have been conducted in this field, mainly explained the success or failure of EE implementation basing on teachers and students as key agents, thus capturing a narrow view to explain the phenomenon. As argued by Klitgaard (1973) in the theory of diffusion of innovations in education, success or failure of educational innovations and reforms cannot be a priori attributed to only one part of the educational system. He says educational systems operate in a chain of command where different actors and levels of authorities need to function properly and collaborate with other levels so as to ensure successful implementation of change and reforms in curriculum. For this reason, this study involved the curriculum specialists and heads of schools besides teachers. Moreover, none of the studies has explored how the school theory promotes or hinders the integration of EE into the curriculum.
The study attempted to answer the following four questions:
Which views and perceptions do teachers have on the environment, environmental changes and challenges?
How do teachers perceive EE integration, content adequacy and relevance; And which instructional methods and resources do they use in integrating EE content into their subject curriculum?
How do teachers perceive their motivation and professional development on environmental education issues?
How do heads of schools and curriculum specialists perceive EE integration, and how do they motivate teachers to successfully integrate EE into their teaching?
The study is qualitative in nature, employing research techniques such as interviews and document analysis to answer the inquiry. Data was obtained from five primary schools’ teachers, heads of schools and curriculum specialists with a total of 30 participants taking part in the study. Grounded theory and thematic strategies were employed in data analysis.
The findings from teachers revealed that environmental changes and challenges are mainly seen as anthropogenic. The issue of climate change was a concern for a majority of participants. Awareness of the concept of ‘pillars of sustainability’ (i.e. ecology, economy and culture) is generally low and their balance is perceived impossible without addressing the poverty issue. Teachers’ competence and motivation are low due to lack of resources and professional training, large class sizes and work load as well as lack of government priority on environmental issues. Moreover, results revealed that EE goals and principles are incompatible with the traditional role and goals of schooling, and as EE is not a subject in itself, it is marginalized in teaching. Findings from heads of schools and curriculum
specialists confirmed most of the findings from teachers, and acknowledged that very little support for teachers to implement EE was provided. In general, results concluded that there was no perspective for effective implementation of EE in the near future, unless there is due priority given from top authorities downwards.
The study recommends capacity building of teachers as well as involvement in planning and development for curricula reforms. Government priority on environmental issues is insisted on and urged to set concrete criteria for EE competence assessment in curricula. To ensure environmental sustainability the government should keep striving to fight poverty. Lastly the study proposes a model to improve the implementation of EE in primary schools. The findings of this study hold imperative implications for the government through the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in Tanzania, curriculum specialists, and heads of schools as well as teachers as they are key players in determining the success or failure of educational innovations and reforms