@misc{Ungelenk2012,
  author    = {Ungelenk, Johannes},
  title     = {Narcissus and Echo},
  number    = {186},
  issn      = {1866-8380},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-59996},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-599966},
  pages     = {142},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {George Eliot's late novel Daniel Deronda tackles big, fundamental political questions that radiate from the societal circumstances of the novel's production and reach deep into our present-day life. The novel critically analyses the capitalistic, morally flawed and standard-less English society and narrates the title hero's proto-Zionist mission to found a Jewish nation that re-establishes history, meaning and ethical values. This study attempts to trace the novel's two models of society and time by bringing them into resonance with the myth of Narcissus and Echo famously rendered by Ovid. The unloving, self-referential, visual Narcissus is read as the model for the capitalistic world of spectacle and speculation. Echo's loving, memory-bearing voice forms an important part in the construction of the sublating unity of the Jewish nation-to-come. Guided by this resonance between George Eliot's novel and Ovid's myth pieces of critical theory and philosophy are woven into the study's fabric. The resulting analysis dissects and deconstructs the novel's fascinating and highly complex patterns of conditions of possibility for the fabrication of the redeeming Jewish nation, the very same conditions that the novel presents as the conditions of possibility for narrating a meaningful story.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Frank2012,
  author    = {Frank, Mario},
  title     = {Axiom relevance decision engine : technical report},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-72128},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {This document presents an axiom selection technique for classic first order theorem proving based on the relevance of axioms for the proof of a conjecture. It is based on unifiability of predicates and does not need statistical information like symbol frequency. The scope of the technique is the reduction of the set of axioms and the increase of the amount of provable conjectures in a given time. Since the technique generates a subset of the axiom set, it can be used as a preprocessor for automated theorem proving. This technical report describes the conception, implementation and evaluation of ARDE. The selection method, which is based on a breadth-first graph search by unifiability of predicates, is a weakened form of the connection calculus and uses specialised variants or unifiability to speed up the selection. The implementation of the concept is evaluated with comparison to the results of the world championship of theorem provers of the year 2012 (CASC J6). It is shown that both the theorem prover leanCoP which uses the connection calculus and E which uses equality reasoning, can benefit from the selection approach. Also, the evaluation shows that the concept is applyable for theorem proving problems with thousands of formulae and that the selection is independent from the calculus used by the theorem prover.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schad2012,
  author    = {Schad, Daniel},
  title     = {Mindless reading and eye movements : theory, experiments and computational modeling},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-70822},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {It sometimes happens that we finish reading a passage of text just to realize that we have no idea what we just read. During these episodes of mindless reading our mind is elsewhere yet the eyes still move across the text. The phenomenon of mindless reading is common and seems to be widely recognized in lay psychology. However, the scientific investigation of mindless reading has long been underdeveloped. Recent progress in research on mindless reading has been based on self-report measures and on treating it as an all-or-none phenomenon (dichotomy-hypothesis). Here, we introduce the levels-of-inattention hypothesis proposing that mindless reading is graded and occurs at different levels of cognitive processing. Moreover, we introduce two new behavioral paradigms to study mindless reading at different levels in the eye-tracking laboratory. First (Chapter 2), we introduce shuffled text reading as a paradigm to approximate states of weak mindless reading experimentally and compare it to reading of normal text. Results from statistical analyses of eye movements that subjects perform in this task qualitatively support the 'mindless' hypothesis that cognitive influences on eye movements are reduced and the 'foveal load' hypothesis that the response of the zoom lens of attention to local text difficulty is enhanced when reading shuffled text. We introduce and validate an advanced version of the SWIFT model (SWIFT 3) incorporating the zoom lens of attention (Chapter 3) and use it to explain eye movements during shuffled text reading. Simulations of the SWIFT 3 model provide fully quantitative support for the 'mindless' and the 'foveal load' hypothesis. They moreover demonstrate that the zoom lens is an important concept to explain eye movements across reading and mindless reading tasks. Second (Chapter 4), we introduce the sustained attention to stimulus task (SAST) to catch episodes when external attention spontaneously lapses (i.e., attentional decoupling or mind wandering) via the overlooking of errors in the text and via signal detection analyses of error detection. Analyses of eye movements in the SAST revealed reduced influences from cognitive text processing during mindless reading. Based on these findings, we demonstrate that it is possible to predict states of mindless reading from eye movement recordings online. That cognition is not always needed to move the eyes supports autonomous mechanisms for saccade initiation. Results from analyses of error detection and eye movements provide support to our levels-of-inattention hypothesis that errors at different levels of the text assess different levels of decoupling. Analyses of pupil size in the SAST (Chapter 5) provide further support to the levels of inattention hypothesis and to the decoupling hypothesis that off-line thought is a distinct mode of cognitive functioning that demands cognitive resources and is associated with deep levels of decoupling. The present work demonstrates that the elusive phenomenon of mindless reading can be vigorously investigated in the cognitive laboratory and further incorporated in the theoretical framework of cognitive science.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Pažicky2012,
  author    = {Pažick{\´y}, Michal},
  title     = {Slovak schools},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66138},
  pages     = {23 -- 24},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Brooks2012,
  author    = {Brooks, Clare},
  title     = {The EVE curriculum framework},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66128},
  pages     = {17 -- 20},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. Evaluations 2. Main changes to the curriculum Framework 3. Looking Forwards},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{vandenBeemtCinkayaErdemetal.2012,
  author    = {van den Beemt, Martijn and {\c{C}}inkaya, Muhammed and Erdem, Didem Tuğ{\c{c}}e and Janssen, Robert},
  title     = {Conclusion for future teaching},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65880},
  pages     = {99 -- 104},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. The importance of the maps in the Atlas of European Values 2. Team teaching 3. The importance of discussions in secondary schools 4. Assignments 5. Impact 6. Comments},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AltuntaşAkcayKoolsetal.2012,
  author    = {Altunta{\c{s}}, Kezban and Ak{\c{c}}ay, Pinar and Kools, Suzanne and Schnabel, Richard},
  title     = {Assignments, curriculum framework and background information as the base of developing lessons},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65877},
  pages     = {93 -- 98},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. What are the general strengths of the assignments? 2. Structure of the assignment 3. Resources of the assignment 4. Fostering self-expression 5. How could you improve the assignment? 6. Lack of specific examples 7. Not relating the issue to the students 8. Language Problems 9. Infeasibility to adaptation 10. In what ways was the additional information useful ? How could this be improved? 11. Was the framework useful for you and in what way? 12. In what ways did the assignments reflect the steps identified in the framework?},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AzarErdoenmezVerscheijden2012,
  author    = {Azar, Elif Zeynep and Erd{\"o}nmez, {\c{C}}ağlayan and Verscheijden, Desir{\´e}e},
  title     = {Developing Critical Thinking},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65867},
  pages     = {87 -- 92},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. Critical thinking in curriculum framework 2. A general look at critical thinking 3. How critical thinking take s place in the classroom and some specific examples 4. Suggestions 5. Conclusion},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AkpniarMaasRooth2012,
  author    = {Akpniar, Seda and Maas, Desiree and Rooth, Anneke},
  title     = {Deepening Understanding},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65859},
  pages     = {81 -- 85},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. Background information 2. Explanations during the lessons 3. Deepening under standing in some assignments 4. Conclusion},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KnoopsErbilErtuerk2012,
  author    = {Knoops, Femke and Erbil, Fethiye and Ert{\"u}rk, Mustafa},
  title     = {Teaching patterns and trends},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65845},
  pages     = {75 -- 79},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. Outline 2. Definition 3. Why is it important (or not) to teach about patterns and trends? What are the strengths and weaknesses of teaching patterns and trends? 4. How were patterns and trends offered in the original assignments? 5. What did the student teacher change in practice? How did it go? 6. Suggestions for improving patterns and trends},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WillemseCornelissenTurgut2012,
  author    = {Willemse, Marloes and Cornelissen, Sebastiaan and Turgut, Pelin},
  title     = {Relating the attitudes represented in the maps of the atlas of European values to the students},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65834},
  pages     = {69 -- 74},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. The meaning of religious (sacred) places 2. Why be religious? 3. Secularism in Europe 4. Youth and religion ('No creo en el jamas' (Juanes)) 5. Football \& religion 6. Religion and politics 7. Penguins in heaven 8. Lucky Charms 9. Unity in Diversity 10. Religion and active citizenship},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Krause2012,
  author    = {Krause, Uwe},
  title     = {The Dutch school system},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65828},
  pages     = {67 -- 68},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChovanovaGembickyNern2012,
  author    = {Chovanov{\´a}, Katarina and Gembick{\´y}, Kamil and Nern, Luise},
  title     = {Conclusion for future teaching},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65817},
  pages     = {59 -- 63},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. Introduction 2. Questionnaire 3. Using the assignments in the future 4. Helpful experiences for future teaching 5. Value of the project for future job 6. Value of the project for future life 7. Conclusion Appendix},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RyglSeegerStrehmann2012,
  author    = {R{\´y}gl, Pavel and Seeger, Anett and Strehmann, Anja},
  title     = {Developing lessons on the basis of the assignments},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65803},
  pages     = {53 -- 58},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. What was the aim of your lesson and how helpful was the assignment for planning it? 2. Which tasks did you choose from the assignment (without or with a little change )? 3. Did you work with the teacher Information? Why? What was helpful? 4. What can be improved in the assignment ? 5. Conclusion},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BaarsBajzikPisarčiketal.2012,
  author    = {Baars, Daniela and Bajz{\´i}k, Michal and Pisarč{\´i}k, Stanislav and Weiser, Ines},
  title     = {Developing critical thinking},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65798},
  pages     = {45 -- 51},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. What does critical thinking mean? 2. Critical thinking in school 3. Critical thinking as a process 4. Analysing and evaluating the questionnaire 5. Interview with one of the students 6. Analysis and evaluation of the assignments 7. Conclusion},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BlahušiakovaRoeperKuehnemannStaufenbieletal.2012,
  author    = {Blahušiakov{\´a}, Andrea and R{\"o}per-K{\"u}hnemann, Christian and Staufenbiel, Christoph and Voz{\´a}rov{\´a}, Hana},
  title     = {Relating to students},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65769},
  pages     = {25 -- 31},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. The Assignment 'Devotion to Religion and acitive Citizenship' 2. The Assignment 'How are religious spread across Europe' 3. The Assignment 'Is football as important as religion?' 4. The Assignment 'Why be religious?' 5. The Assignment 'Lucky charms' 6. The Assignment 'No Creo en el Jamas' (Life after death) 7. The Assignment 'Religion and its influence on politics ans policies' 8. The Assignment 'Secularisation in Europe' 9. The Assignment 'The meaning of religious places' 10. The Assignment 'Unity in diversity' 11. Which conceptions did you find?},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HalmanRokvenSieben2012,
  author    = {Halman, Loek and Rokven, Josja and Sieben, Inge},
  title     = {Religion},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65751},
  pages     = {13 -- 15},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {1. Eastern Europe: the case of Czech Republic and Slovakia 2. Turkey 3. The EVE Curriculum Framework - Developments on the second phase (Clare Brooks) 4. Evaluations 5. Main changes to the curriculum Framework 6. Looking Forwards},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Krause2012,
  author    = {Krause, Uwe},
  title     = {Videos related to the maps},
  series = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  journal   = {Potsdamer geographische Praxis},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {2194-1599},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65745},
  pages     = {11 -- 12},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Finzel2012,
  author    = {Finzel, Anna Magdalena},
  title     = {English in the linguistic landscape of Hong Kong : a case study of shop signs and linguistic competence},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64125},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Especially for the last twenty years, the studies of Linguistic Landscapes (LLs) have been gaining the status as an autonomous linguistic discipline. The LL of a (mostly) geographically limited area - which consists of e.g. billboards, posters, shop signs, material for election campaigns, etc. - gives deep insights into the presence or absence of languages in that particular area. Thus, LL not only allows to conclude from the presence of a language to its dominance, but also from its absence to the oppression of minorities, above all in areas where minority languages should - demographically seen - be visible. The LLs of big cities are fruitful research areas due to the mass of linguistic data. The first part of this paper deals with the theoretical and practical research that has been conducted in LL studies so far. A summary of the theory, methodologies and different approaches is given. In the second part I apply the theoretical basis to my own case study. For this, the LLs of two shopping streets in different areas of Hong Kong were examined in 2010. It seems likely that the linguistic competence of English must be rather high in Hong Kong, due to the long-lasting influence of British culture and mentality and the official status of the language. The case study's results are based on empirical data showing the objectively visible presence of English in both examined areas, as well as on two surveys. Those were conducted both openly and anonymously. The surveys are a reinsurance measuring the level of linguistic competence of English in Hong Kong. That level was defined before by an analysis of the LL. Hence, this case study is a new approach to LL analysis which does not end with the description of its material composition (as have done most studies before), but which rather includes its creators by asking in what way people's actual linguistic competence is reflected in Hong Kong's LL.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Waha2012,
  author    = {Waha, Katharina},
  title     = {Climate change impacts on agricultural vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64717},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Agriculture is one of the most important human activities providing food and more agricultural goods for seven billion people around the world and is of special importance in sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of people depends on the agricultural sector for their livelihoods and will suffer from negative climate change impacts on agriculture until the middle and end of the 21st century, even more if weak governments, economic crises or violent conflicts endanger the countries' food security. The impact of temperature increases and changing precipitation patterns on agricultural vegetation motivated this thesis in the first place. Analyzing the potentials of reducing negative climate change impacts by adapting crop management to changing climate is a second objective of the thesis. As a precondition for simulating climate change impacts on agricultural crops with a global crop model first the timing of sowing in the tropics was improved and validated as this is an important factor determining the length and timing of the crops´ development phases, the occurrence of water stress and final crop yield. Crop yields are projected to decline in most regions which is evident from the results of this thesis, but the uncertainties that exist in climate projections and in the efficiency of adaptation options because of political, economical or institutional obstacles have to be considered. The effect of temperature increases and changing precipitation patterns on crop yields can be analyzed separately and varies in space across the continent. Southern Africa is clearly the region most susceptible to climate change, especially to precipitation changes. The Sahel north of 13° N and parts of Eastern Africa with short growing seasons below 120 days and limited wet season precipitation of less than 500 mm are also vulnerable to precipitation changes while in most other part of East and Central Africa, in contrast, the effect of temperature increase on crops overbalances the precipitation effect and is most pronounced in a band stretching from Angola to Ethiopia in the 2060s. The results of this thesis confirm the findings from previous studies on the magnitude of climate change impact on crops in sub-Saharan Africa but beyond that helps to understand the drivers of these changes and the potential of certain management strategies for adaptation in more detail. Crop yield changes depend on the initial growing conditions, on the magnitude of climate change, and on the crop, cropping system and adaptive capacity of African farmers which is only now evident from this comprehensive study for sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore this study improves the representation of tropical cropping systems in a global crop model and considers the major food crops cultivated in sub-Saharan Africa and climate change impacts throughout the continent.},
  language  = {en}
}