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Virtuelle Lernformen brauchen neue Vermittlungsstrategien. Schneider berichtet von zwei Online-Trainer-Kursen, die zusammen mit dem englischen Partner „Abacus Learning Systems“ über den Landesverband der Volkshochschulen Schleswig-Holstein angeboten werden.
Why have we lately seen a renaissance of the concept of „region“ in the social sciences? The author explores changing perspectives on this concept against a background of technical and social development. While the electronic media allow networking as a form of cooperation that is motivated by functional aspects and exceeds regional boundaries, cooperation within the physical boundaries of a region is facilitated by ease of personal contacts, shared facilities and common institutions. Both tend…
The research memorandum for adult and continuing education (2000) focuses systematically on main research areas and contributes significantly to the systematization of the research landscape, the enhancement of possible collaborations and the provision of an overview of research achievements in the discipline for research sponsors as well as the public. Since 2007, adult educational research projects can be entered in a data base in accordance with the memorandum systematic. Acknowledging that …
Auch als nicht EU-Mitglied ist die Schweiz ein wichtiger Akteur in der europäischen und internationalen Weiterbildungslandschaft. Dies belegen zahlreiche Kooperationen zwischen Bildungsanbietern und ein aktives Engagement in internationalen Bildungsnetzwerken. Neun Jahre nach Erscheinen der ersten Auflage legen die Autoren mit diesem Länderporträt einen gänzlich überarbeiteten Text vor. Erkennbar wird ein Weiterbildungssystem, das sich durch eine große Dynamik im Spannungsfeld von öffentlicher …
In the educational facilities of the State Sports Associations of the Bundesländer, open adult education is implemented which serves the goals of formation of personality and enlightenment, furthers maturity, and cultivates social competences, and which is - albeit decreasingly - publicly funded. More than 3.000 full-time and part-time pedagogical staff are employed in these facilities. Nearly 15.000 courses for about 300.000 participants are held. But this is not the only field within sports …
People learn in manifold ways in football clubs. This article illustrates this by examining the manager-licensing system of the German Football Association and initiatives aimed at strengthening the role of volunteers in clubs through special qualification strategies. This article supplements a retrospective text which shows that clubs are an important place of learning and the roots of adult education lie in the domain of clubs.
