This book explores the role of policy expertise in a democratic society. From the perspectives of political science and policy theory, the chapters examine the implications of deliberative democratic governance for professional expertise and extends them to specific policy practices. Following the earlier lead of John Dewey, the discussion focuses in particular on the ways professional practices might be reoriented to assist citizens in understanding and discussing the complex policy issues of an advanced technological society. In doing so, it also explores how public deliberation can be...

Theoretically, the term "script" appears to be rather ill-defined.

This book clarifies the use of the term "script" in education. It approaches the term from at least three perspectives: cognitive psychology perspective, computer science perspective, and an educational perspective. The book provides learners with scripts that support them both in communication/coordination and in higher-order learning.

Rejecting the notion that policy analysis and planning are value-free technical endeavors, an argumentative approach takes into account the ways that policy is affected by other factors, including culture, discourse, and emotion. The contributors to this new collection consider how far argumentative policy analysis has come during the past two decades and how its theories continue to be refined through engagement with current thinking in social theory and with the real-life challenges facing contemporary policy makers.

The approach speaks in particular to the limits of rationalistic,...

Rejecting the notion that policy analysis and planning are value-free technical endeavors, an argumentative approach takes into account the ways that policy is affected by other factors, including culture, discourse, and emotion. The contributors to this new collection consider how far argumentative policy analysis has come during the past two decades and how its theories continue to be refined through engagement with current thinking in social theory and with the real-life challenges facing contemporary policy makers.

The approach speaks in particular to the limits of rationalistic,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Gesundheitswissenschaften, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,0, Hamburger Fern-Hochschule, Veranstaltung: Zur Gesundheitssituation lterer Menschen. Ergebnisse der Epidemiologie und der Gesundheitsberichterstattung, 30 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Zusammenfassende Bewertung: Herrn Fischer gelingt es, einen umfassenden berblick ber den aktuellen Forschungsstand zur Demenz zu geben. Er verwendet die neueste Literatur und geht besonders auf die pflegerische Versorgung ein. Eine sehr gute Arbei , Abstract: Nicht nur f r...

This book presents a key piece of the vision and strategy developed in STELLAR. It sets out a new mid-term agenda by defining Grand Challenges for research and development in technology-enhanced learning. Other than mere technology prizes, STELLAR Grand Challenges deal with problems at the interface of social and technical sciences. They pose problems that can be solved only in interdisciplinary collaboration. The descriptions of the Grand Challenge Problems were sent out to a number of stakeholders from industry, academia, and policy-making who responded with insightful, creative and...

Inhaltsangabe: Gang der Untersuchung: Zu Beginn der Arbeit wird in Kapitel 1 „betriebliche Weiterbildung" definiert und gegenuber anderen Bildungsformen abgegrenzt. Desweiteren werden im Sinne einer Einfuhrung verschiedene Aspekte der betrieblichen Weiterbildung beschrieben. Es wird festgehalten: Die Qualifikation des Trainers ist ein wichtiges Element fur den Erfolg betrieblicher Weiterbildung. Dem steht jedoch gegenuber: - „Trainer" ist keine geschutzte Berufsbezeichnung, es kann sich jeder Trainer nennen. - Trainer besitzen keinen geregelten Ausbildungsgang und kein Berufsbild. -...