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The article focuses on guidance in adult education as a type of institutional talk. Multiple data sources were collected through a comparative case study of two providers to examine how the institutional contexts influenced the guidance. On the one hand the providers define the subjects of their guidance service and their selection of consultants is based on the content knowledge. Also the providers pursue institutional goals with their guidances. On the other hand the guidance-seekers have the…
Vocational continuing education is becoming more significant in modern employment biographies. A growing range of work-based study programmes and the recent opening tendency for persons holding vocational qualifications attracts attention to universities as providers of continuing education. Still, academic formats play a comparatively small role in the market of continuing education. The report explores the reasons for the low acceptance of academic continuing education. For this purpose, 72 p…
In der Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung nimmt die Frage nach dem Lehren und Lernen einen breiten Raum ein. Wie aber, wenn Erwachsenenbildung als praktisches Handeln und als Teildisziplin der Erziehungswissenschaft selbst Gegenstand der Lehre ist? Wie verhält sich dann das, was diesen Gegenstand ausmacht und bestimmt, zu den Formen und Prozessen seiner universitären Vermittlung? Welche Erfahrungen werden aus der Sicht von Lehrenden und Studierenden gemacht? Jörg Knoll geht von der Analo…
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