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Deutsches Jugendinstitut
The German Youth Institute ("Deutsches Jugendinstitut" (DJI)) is a social science institute for research and development in Germany. It works in the fields of childhood, youth and family and the related policy and practice areas. The institute was founded by resolution of the German Bundestag and has existed since 1963. It has its headquarters in Munich and a branch in the Francke Foundations The Francke Foundations (Franckesche Stiftungen), also known as Glauchasche Anstalten were founded in 1695 in Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany as a Christian, social and educational work by August Hermann Francke The Francke Foundations are today ... in Halle.Jahresbericht 2013. Herausgegeben vom Deutschen Jugendinstitut, München 2014, S. 3. References External links * 1963 establishments in West Germany German companies established in 1963 Youth work Research institutes in Munich Educational psychology organizations Youth in Germany {{Germany-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Science
Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 18th century. It now encompasses a wide array of additional academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, linguistics, management, communication studies, psychology, culturology, and political science. The majority of positivist social scientists use methods resembling those used in the natural sciences as tools for understanding societies, and so define science in its stricter modern sense. Speculative social scientists, otherwise known as interpretivist scientists, by contrast, may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories, and thus treat science in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
