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A book review of Reimagining Political Community: Studies in Cosmopolitan Democracy by Daniele Archibugi, David Held, and Martin Kohler is presented. A book review of Reimagining Political Community: Studies in Cosmopolitan Democracy by Daniele Archibugi, David Held, and Martin Kohler is presented.

Dass Computer und Internet hilfreiche Werkzeuge sind, um Unterricht anregend und aktuell zu gestalten, ist inzwischen Allgemeinwissen. Ihr Einsatz fördert die Medienkompetenz nachhaltig. Doch in Deutschland gehören sie noch längst nicht zum Unterrichtsalltag. Schulen, Kommunen und Länder suchen hier nach Wegen, wie diese Medien allen Schülerinnen und Schülern zur Verfügung gestellt werden können, um das Lernen zu verbessern. Die Bertelsmann Stiftung und die Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung haben in einer internationalen Studie nach Erfolgsfaktoren für die flächendeckende Medienintegration gesucht. In neun weltweit führenden Regionen wurden mehr als 100 Experten interviewt sowie über 600 Lehrkräfte und 3300 Schülerinnen und Schüler befragt. In diesem Band werden die Ergebnisse knapp und verständlich vorgestellt: Zehn Empfehlungen beschreiben die Erfolgsfaktoren der regionalen Programme, Best-Practice- und Regionenberichte fassen vorbildliche Strategien zusammen. Die Studie gibt wertvolle Hinweise für alle, die sich mit regionaler Medienentwicklungsplanung befassen

A comment on Ishiyama & Breuning's "A Survey of International Studies Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities in the Midwest: Characteristics and Correlates" (2004) sees the piece as exactly what is needed for interdisciplinary international studies (IS), which has no central entity to provide data on existing programs. It is suggested that schools committed to interdisciplinarity will likely offer an IS degree, & it is lamented that there is no association dedicated to undergraduate IS programs. Ishiyama & Breuning are criticized for drawing on IS research to hypothesize on IS pedagogy because that interdisciplinarity, while central to undergraduate IS programs, is not central to IS research. It is asserted that IS cannot claim the status of an academic discipline for its lack of a common methodological approach & set of questions. What IS practitioners see as binding their research together is then considered, drawing on a literature review of International Studies Quarterly to reveal that the International Studies Assoc (ISA), as a research organization, is about international relations & not international studies. The view promoted is distinctly one of "IS as political science." Ishiyama & Breuning's ideas on structuring an IS major is reviewed, & while the merits of a structured major are noted, the question of whether it is appropriate to draw the model from political science or any other discipline is posed. Highlighted are problems in insisting on a disciplinary methods course for an interdisciplinary major as it might undermine that interdisciplinarity. American Studies is suggested as a source for inspiration in building IS programs. J. Zendejas

"This book provides a significant contribution to scholarship on the psychology of science and the psychology of technology by showcasing a range of theory and research distinguished as psychological studies of science and technology. Science and technology are central to almost all domains of human activity, for which reason they are the focus of subdisciplines such as philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, sociology of knowledge, and history of science and technology. To date, psychology has been marginal in this space and limited to relatively narrow epistemological orientations. By explicitly embracing pluralism and an international approach, this book offers new perspectives and directions for psychological contributions. The book brings together leading theorists and researchers from around the world and spans scholarship across a variety of traditions that include theoretical psychology, critical psychology, feminist psychology and social constructionist approaches. Following a historical and conceptual introduction, the collection is divided into three sections: Scoping a New Psychology of Science and Technology, Applying Psychological Concepts to the Study of Science and Technology and Critical Perspectives on Psychology as a Science. The book will interest interdisciplinary scholars who work in the space of Science and Technology Studies and psychologists interested in the diverse human aspects of science and technology"--