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The Educational System in Germany:
Case Study Findings

June 1999

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes on Researchers and Authors

Executive Summary

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Rationale of the Study
• Methodology
• An Overview of the German System of Education
• The Research Sites
• The Schools
• Outline of This Volume

• Introduction
• Standards and the Conference of Ministers of Education
• Methodology
• Elementary Schools
• Lower Secondary Schools
• The Gymnasium
• The Dual System: Part-Time Vocational Education
• Summary

• Introduction
• Field Research and the Topic of Investigation
• Grundschule and the Tracking Into Secondary School
• Perceived Sources of Differences in Ability and the Range of Differences Within the Classrooms
• The Influence of School Form on the Instructional Environment
• Flexibility Within and Between School Forms
• Equity
• Role of Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity in Achievement and in Tracking
• Education for Students with Disabilities
• Education for the Gifted Student
• Summary

Chapter 4 -The Role of School in German Adolescents' Lives

• Introduction
• Time Use
• Attitudes Toward School and Education
• Transition from School to Work
• External Influences on Adolescent Development and School Success
• Summary

Chapter 5 - Teachers and the Teaching Profession in Germany

• Introduction
• Teachers' Personal Characteristics
• Teacher Training and Professional Development
• The Profession of Teaching
• Teachers' Working Conditions
• Summary

Glossary

References

Appendix A [PDF file]

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