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The report examines the transferability of Howard Gardner’s approach »Five Minds for the Future« to the field of continuing education. Along the »Five Minds«, he points out their significance as a plea for holistic education. Thus, future-oriented education does not impart a definite canon of knowledge but a positive preservation of learning. This pretence is transferable to continuing educational institutions which already include various holistic topics and forms of learning in their programm…
This book gives an overview of central aspects of Adult Education and Training in Cyprus in an attempt to sketch out the country’s profile in the field. Based on empirical findings from a current research project, Maria Gravani and Alexandra Ioannidou present a range of data and information regarding the historical development of Adult and Continuing Eeducation in the island, the adult education and training institutions, financing, provision, participation, staff and professionalism, quality a…
Dieser Beitrag zeigt das Ergebnis einer Surftour unter dem Aspekt der Internationalisierung der Erwachsenenbildung.
The country portrait in the English language gives a brief but comprehensive insight into Denmark’s further education system. It outlines the legal foundations, describes the adult education institutions and provides information on participants and personnel (incl. statistical material). The portrait is completed with explanations relating to financing, international contacts and university establishments. It also reports extensively on the most recent changes in Danish adult education after th…
Im Jahr 1780 ließ der preußische König Friedrich der Zweite eine Preisfrage ausschreiben, die sowohl eine philosophische als auch politische Brisanz mit sich brachte. Die nachfolgende Textstelle zeigt, dass Immanuel Kant die Herausforderung von Freiheit und Herrschaft in einem aufklärerischen Sinne als die eines gelehrten Standes und nicht als die aller Menschen angesehen hat.
Georg von Wedekind (1761-1831) formulierte in der nachfolgenden Ansprache von 1792 zentrale Lernaufgaben- und Lernfelder für die Bürger einer Republik.