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Neugier und Zweifel - Informationskompetenz anders!
(2007-10-05)
In der UB Kassel beginnen wir das allseits geforderte Lebenslange Lernen in Kursen zur Informationskompetenz für unsere NutzerInnen – von der ersten Minute an. Wir lehren die TeilnehmerInnen unserer Kurse nichts. Wir lassen sie lernen: das ist ein Paradigmenwechsel von der teaching library zur learning library. Diese Initiierung und Moderation des Prozesses ist anspruchsvoll. Von BibliothekarInnen erfordert es eine
neue Souveränität: von der Bühne der Lehre abzutreten, um das Lernen professionell zu leiten. Statt ...
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Professionalisation of management on German universities: the research liaison officers
(2008-11-07)
Occupations of higher education institutions such as public relations offices, research liaison offices etc. are increasing. A study related to research liaison officers was conducted in Germany to identify activity profiles and qualifications. Results show no standardised education or training, but only learning by doing. From the viewpoint of professionalisation theories a reasonable professionalisation can only be achieved through an organisation of the various occupations in the field of med-level university ...
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Determinants and Forecasting of Female Labour Force Participation Rate in India: Testing of Feminization U hypothesis
(kassel university press, 2020-06)
Greater involvement of women within the labour force has economic and social impact. The Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) for India remains appallingly low at around 27%, while the male labour force participation rate has been 79.9%. In India, during 1990–2016, the FLFPR (% of female population age 15+) showed a declining trend.
In this paper, the determinants of FLFPR for India have been estimated using regression analysis for the time period 1990–2016. Data on all the relevant variables have been ...
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Crop Insurance and Risk Mitigation: Experiences from India
(kassel university press, 2016)
Crop losses due to various reasons, particularly because of extreme weather situations, is a common phenomenon in agriculture and can prove to be catastrophic in the numerous rain fed fields of backward regions. It is against this backdrop that the development of sustainable mitigation strategies, one of them being crop insurance, comes into picture. It is worth noting in this context that agriculture insurance is under developed in developing countries and a World Bank study (2010) reveals that many state sponsored ...
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Women’s empowerment for sustainable rural livelihoods:
(kassel university press, 2018-12)
Agricultural interventions are designed on certain assumptions of empowerment that do not necessarily address the livelihood constraints of the rural women they set out to support. This is a failing that might be due to the omission of women’s voices expressing their understanding of empowerment and its relation to existing gender orders. Using primary data from the Upper East and Northern Regions in Ghana, we explored women and men’s notions of the processes and outcomes of empowerment. We began by understanding the ...
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Social Sustainability Challenges and the Role of Middle Managers
(kassel university press, 2021-02)
Over the last decades, the ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has experienced a remarkable economic growth becoming the backbone of the country’s economy. Nevertheless, the industry is still faced with unsustainable business practices that threaten to hinder the sector’s progress in the future. Among others, these include long working hours, unhealthy work environment, restricted ability of workers to organize, gender-based discrimination and shortage of skilled workforce, in particular mid-level managers. ...
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The rational of minimum wages
(kassel university press, 2021-03)
Leaving labour markets to the market mechanism with flexible wages is the worst thing that can happen as the result would be a permanent destabilisation of the price level and an explosion of inequality—both of which adds to the instabilities of capitalism. Guarantee of minimum wages can play an important role to contain the destabilising potential of labour markets. They can add to the stability of price level development and help establish a type of wage dispersion preferred by society. Minimum wages do not lead ...
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Lehramtsstudium digital – Zwischenergebnisse einer qualitativen Prä-Post-Befragung
(2021)
Im Rahmen des Verbundprojektes PRONET-D werden an der Universität Kassel innovative digitale Lehrangebote für die Ausbildung von Lehramtsstudierenden konzipiert und erprobt. Ziel ist es, Studierende dazu zu befähigen, digitale Medien im späteren Berufsalltag an Schulen angemessen souverän und eigenständig anzuwenden. Das Teilprojekt DipSS (Digitalisierung & professionelles Selbstverständnis Studierender) evaluiert dieses Ausbildungsgeschehen im Rahmen einer qualitativen Begleitforschung, in der Lehrende und Studierende ...