William Pitt the elder was a complex, controversial, and ambiguous statesman, an enigma to contemporaries and historians alike. Although he was acclaimed in his own lifetime as a great war leader, revisionist scholarship in the past two decades has suggested that his contribution to British success has been exaggerated. This in-depth, annotated bibliography provides a valuable guide to this complex statesman. The work begins with a short biography of Pitt and a chronology of his life, and then provides exhaustive coverage of both primary and secondary sources. Chapters include a survey of manuscript sources, coverage of relevant newspaper articles, historiographical materials, and an extensive compendium of historical and biographical works on Pitt, his achievements, and his place in history. The work is fully indexed.

Sir Herbert Butterfield was one of the leading British historians of the Twentieth Century . A diplomatic historian by training, he branched out into a variety of fields including historiography, the history of science and international theory. The International Thought of Herbert Butterfield brings together material from Butterfield's previously unpublished papers and a critical commentary from two leading Butterfield scholars: Paul Sharp and Karl Schweizer. They recover Butterfield's contribution to international thought, particularly his role as a founding member of the British Committee on the theory of international politics (also known as the English School).

Der Leistungsbegriff steht nach den PISA- und TIMSS-Studien auf dem Prufstand - Was ist Leistung? Wie kann man Leistung messen - und wie kann man sie fordern? Wie wichtig ist uns Leistung? Aus psychologischer Sicht bedeutet Leistung jedenfalls mehr als hoher, schneller und weiter...

Grundlegende Konzepte sind: Klassische Leistungskonzepte und ihre Diagnostik: Intelligenz, Aufmerksamkeit/Konzentration, Gedachtnis und Kreativitat. Was sind leistungsrelevante Rahmenbedingungen? Welche Rolle spielt der soziookonomische Status? Gibt es kulturelle Unterschiede? Leistungsmotivation und Hochbegabung: Modelle, Diagnostik und Forderung.

Aktuelle Ansatze bestehen darin: Das Thema Leistung ist durch die PISA-Studie 1 und 2 und andere Studien hochaktuell - was hat die Padagogische Psychologie dazu beizutragen? Leistung als Kompetenz: Lesekompetenz - Mathematische Kompetenz - Problemlosekompetenz.

Aktive Fordermoglichkeiten: Forderung von Leistung, Effekt sozialer Forderung, nicht nur fur Psychologen, Padagogische Psychologen, Schulpsychologen und Padagogen. "