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Mar 19, 2015 07:47
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Swedish term
Thailand
Work experience. Multitalented.
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, French to English, Spanish to English
Gestaltning
Swedish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
I am looking for an umbrella term. In the context of courses and research at a university.
I know it can be translated as design, performance, interpretation, etc and usually its possible to switch depending on context , but here I am pushed somehow to find an umbrella term .eg Gestaltning as pedagogical method, kunskapsgestaltning, Innehållsdriven gestaltning etc etc !
Thoughts gratefully received
Duncan
I know it can be translated as design, performance, interpretation, etc and usually its possible to switch depending on context , but here I am pushed somehow to find an umbrella term .eg Gestaltning as pedagogical method, kunskapsgestaltning, Innehållsdriven gestaltning etc etc !
Thoughts gratefully received
Duncan
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | figuration |
Donald Jacobson
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| 3 | structuring |
Thomas Johansson
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Proposed translations
18 mins
Donald Jacobson
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Neuropsychiatrist(MD) German(MA)
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, Swedish to English
figuration
found in dictionary. Most likely borrowed from German Gestaltung: Ge|stạl|tung
f <-, -en>
(= das Gestalten) → shaping, forming, fashioning (zu into); (von Wohnung) → layout; (von Abend, Programm) → arrangement; (von Schaufenster) → dressing; (von Freizeit) → structuring; wir bemühen uns um eine möglichst interessante Gestaltung des Sprachunterrichts → we are trying to structure our language-teaching as interestingly as possible
(liter: = Gestaltetes) → creation
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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—noun, plural ge·stalts, ge·stal·ten . (sometimes initial capital letter) Psychology.
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
an instance or example of such a unified whole.
Origin: 1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
Dictionary.com
the act of shaping into a particular figure.
the resulting figure or shape: emblematic figurations of the sun and the moon.
the act of representing figuratively.
a figurative representation: allegorical figurations.
the act of marking or adorning with a design.
Music.
the employment of passing notes or other embellishments.
the figuring of a bass part.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English figuracioun < Latin figūrātiōn- (stem of figūrātiō) a shaping. See figurate, -ion
f <-, -en>
(= das Gestalten) → shaping, forming, fashioning (zu into); (von Wohnung) → layout; (von Abend, Programm) → arrangement; (von Schaufenster) → dressing; (von Freizeit) → structuring; wir bemühen uns um eine möglichst interessante Gestaltung des Sprachunterrichts → we are trying to structure our language-teaching as interestingly as possible
(liter: = Gestaltetes) → creation
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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Note added at 28 mins (2015-03-19 08:15:35 GMT)
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—noun, plural ge·stalts, ge·stal·ten . (sometimes initial capital letter) Psychology.
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
an instance or example of such a unified whole.
Origin: 1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
Dictionary.com
the act of shaping into a particular figure.
the resulting figure or shape: emblematic figurations of the sun and the moon.
the act of representing figuratively.
a figurative representation: allegorical figurations.
the act of marking or adorning with a design.
Music.
the employment of passing notes or other embellishments.
the figuring of a bass part.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English figuracioun < Latin figūrātiōn- (stem of figūrātiō) a shaping. See figurate, -ion
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Thomas Johansson
Peru
Peru
Native in Swedish
Works in field
Peru
Accurate, careful translations
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Spanish to Swedish, Portuguese to Swedish
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structuring
This would seem to fit quite well with your context, Donald's examples and the definition at e.g. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt
It is generic enough to work as an umbrella term and expresses the structuring activity that seems to be inherent to all instances of gestaltning.
At the first mention of the word, add the Swedish term in parentheses.
It is generic enough to work as an umbrella term and expresses the structuring activity that seems to be inherent to all instances of gestaltning.
At the first mention of the word, add the Swedish term in parentheses.
Discussion
Thanks everyone. I'm still not sure what's best here. I decided to refers back to my client before making a decision. I hung on to see if the client had anything I could share here, but nothing yet, so I'll close this without grading, Many thanks for your help.
I googled gestalt educational methodology and got a lot of hits: http://tinyurl.com/lxo7htk