The continual successes of students from East-Asia are confirmed in a variety of international tests of academic achievement and yet, despite this attainment, many scholars have realised that a substantial proportion of these students are also underachieving. Using the actiotope model of giftedness to integrate a broad range of research, this innovative book features a number of chapters written by internationally recognised scholars in a frank and lively discussion about the origins of exceptionality in students from East Asia. With the actiotope model as the theoretical framework, the book distinguishes between trait models of giftedness and systems approaches to exceptionality. Breaking new ground in understanding the complex interactions between a learner's environment, goals, intelligence and motivations in the development of their ever-expanding knowledge and skill set, this book will: describe, with examples, a systems approach to the development of exceptionality, allowing educators and researchers the ability to track students with greater precision; influence the means by which educators identify and support students with the potential for exceptional performance; suggest possible reasons for the variability in the achievement of potentially gifted students; provide strategies to support these students; have a profound effect on the way that exceptionality and giftedness are defined and understood, not only in East Asia but also in the West. Covering issues that have firm theoretical foundations and which are based on cutting edge ideas, Exceptionality in East Asia has significant implications for gifted education and is essential reading for scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the psychological and social basis of exceptionality.

The continual successes of students from East-Asia are confirmed in a variety of international tests of academic achievement and yet, despite this attainment, many scholars have realised that a substantial proportion of these students are also underachieving. Using the actiotope model of giftedness to integrate a broad range of research, this innovative book features a number of chapters written by internationally recognised scholars in a frank and lively discussion about the origins of exceptionality in students from East Asia. With the actiotope model as the theoretical framework, the book distinguishes between trait models of giftedness and systems approaches to exceptionality. Breaking new ground in understanding the complex interactions between a learner's environment, goals, intelligence and motivations in the development of their ever-expanding knowledge and skill set, this book will: describe, with examples, a systems approach to the development of exceptionality, allowing educators and researchers the ability to track students with greater precision; influence the means by which educators identify and support students with the potential for exceptional performance; suggest possible reasons for the variability in the achievement of potentially gifted students; provide strategies to support these students; have a profound effect on the way that exceptionality and giftedness are defined and understood, not only in East Asia but also in the West. Covering issues that have firm theoretical foundations and which are based on cutting edge ideas, Exceptionality in East Asia has significant implications for gifted education and is essential reading for scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the psychological and social basis of exceptionality.

This book is dedicated to the scholar and academic teacher Kurt A. Heller, who is considered internationally to be one of the most brillant excellence researchers. The wide spectrum of his writings and activities is reflected in the number of renowned international writers and scholars who contributed to this unique collection of essays on excellence. (Series: Talentforderung - Expertiseentwicklung - Leistungsexzellenz/Talent - Expertise - Excellence - Vol. 10)

Im Buch Reaktortechnik werden die physikalisch-technischen Grundlagen und deren konkrete Umsetzung in Kraftwerken beschrieben. Nach der Darstellung der kernphysikalischen und thermohydraulischen Grundlagen beschreiben die Autoren Grundprinzipien und Aufbau bewahrter Reaktorkonzepte ebenso wie die neuen Entwicklungen. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt bilden Betrieb, Werkstoff- und Zuverlassigkeitsfragen. Abschliessend gehen die Autoren auf den Brennstoffkreislauf vom Uranabbau bis zur Entsorgung ein.

Motivation der Herausgeber war, den heutigen Stand des Wissens der Reaktortechnik zusammenzutragen und Ingenieuren in Studium und Praxis zuganglich zu machen. Das Buch basiert auf dem von Albert Ziegler herausgegebenen Standardwerk der Reaktortechnik.

Das Buch eignet sich nicht nur als Lehrbuch fur Studierende, sondern auch als Nachschlagewerk fur die berufliche Praxis.

Dieses Buch ist der erste umfassende deutschsprachige Sammelband zur Expertiseforschung. Der Beitrag der deutschsprachigen Forschung zum Thema zeichnet sich u. a. durch eine immer starkere padagogisch-psychologische statt einer allgemeinpsychologischen Ausrichtung aus. Die Foerderung des Expertiseerwerbs sowie die Suche nach praktischen Anwendungsmoeglichkeiten der Forschung in der (vor allem beruflichen) Praxis sind Indikatoren fur diese Entwicklung. Die Beitrage namhafter Autoren sind in zwei Teilbereiche unterteilt: 'Theoretische Einordnung von Expertise' und 'Methoden der Expertiseforschung'.

This book is dedicated to the scholar and academic teacher Franz Monks, who is considered internationally to be one of the most brilliant 'giftedness' researchers. The wide spectrum of his writings and activities is reflected in the number of renowned international scholars who contributed to this unique collection of essays on gifted education as a life-long challenge.