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Dear visitor,

you can find information on internet resources concerning all aspects of education here: please read the About Us section if you require further information on the Eduserver.

You will find that the subject areas presented on the Eduserver websites concern international visitors, too. A thematic collection of interesting resources that are available in English (and, in many cases, in several other languages, too) can be found in the dossier Find out about Germany. If you cannot find the particular resource you need here, please read our Frequently Asked Questions. More resources can also be found by searching our databases. You are also welcome to contact the editor, or our research service dbs@dipf.de.

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-general information
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-working and living in Germany
-learning and teaching German
-the German education system: basic facts
- exchange programmes
- Germany for young people

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Revised online KMK glossary on education in Germany is now accessible!

http://www.dipf.de/en/pdf-documents/press-relations/PM_DBS_Online_Glossar_08_10_Englisch.pdf

27.08.2010
The German Education Server (Eduserver) now presents the newly updated edition of the Glossary of the Standing Conference of Ministers of Cultural Affairs of the Länder (KMK) on the education system in Germany. This online glossary provides German and English language descriptions of 128 terms – ranging from A for Abendgymnasium to Z for Zweiter Bildungsweg. The Eduserver thus offers its national and international users one more important instrument for researching information. The Eduserver is a joint-venture service of the federal government and the Länder states, and it is co-ordinated by the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF). The updated glossary originates from the recently published KMK document “The Education System in the Federal Republic of Germany 2008: A description of the responsibilities, structures and developments in education policy for the exchange of information in Europe“. This dossier was compiled by the German EURYDICE Unit of the Länder in the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany in cooperation with the German EURYDICE Unit of the Federal Government in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. EURYDICE is an institutional information network on educational information in Europe. The online version of the glossary is nested into the service structure of the German Education Server and offers additional features: terms can be immediately navigated, definitions can easily be integrated into text documents citing a reliable source and related entries are interlinked. In view of international users, this glossary complements the comprehensive English language information offered by the Eduserver, which you can find in the subportal ”Find out about Germany“. You can access the glossary following the links below: German: www.bildungsserver.de/glossar.html English: www.bildungsserver.de/glossar.html?sp=1

Editors' tip

GLOSSARY ON EDUCATIONl: Institutions, Examinations, Qualifications, Titles and other Specialist Terms.

http://www.kmk.org/fileadmin/doc/Dokumentation/Glossary_dt_engl.pdf

This 2010 edition of the KMK glossary on education lists 128 German language terms along with their definitions in English. This document corresponds to the printed version (alphabetical index). The Eduserver plattform
provides for a fully electronic edition that is navigable as well as searchable, offering cross-references of related entries.
This latest edition pays tribute to international networking processes in education in Europe, by including terms such as “Masterarbeit” or “Bachelorgrad”. The whole range of education sectors is represented, and researchers and information specialists alike will find this glossary a helpful tool in their work in international contexts.

Editors' tip

National summary sheets on education systems in Europe and ongoing reforms: Germany

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/eurybase/national_summary_sheets/047_DE_EN.pdf

Eurydice, the European Network on Educational Information, provides regularly updated summary sheets (country information) for its participants. The country sheet for Germany lists basic facts and statistical data (as of 2008) regarding pre-school, compulsory and vocational education and training as well as higher education in Germany. Furthermore, current aspects of administration and reform processes (in VET) are addressed.

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