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Handeln und Forschen werden oftmals getrennt gedacht, doch sind sie in vielen Tätigkeitsfeldern der Erwachsenenbildung miteinander verbunden. Professionelles erwachsenenpädagogisches Handeln basiert nicht nur auf theoretischem Wissen, sondern erfordert auch eigene Forschungstätigkeit. In diesem Lehrbuch erläutern die Autorinnen den Zusammenhang von Handeln und Forschen. Dabei wird das Potenzial von Forschen und Forschung für die erwachsenenpädagogische Praxis wie auch für die individuelle Profe…
This article discusses the Federal German “Orientation course“ and different prototypes for “naturalisation tests“ in the German Länder in the context of comparative integration policy. Integration courses and naturalisation tests have at the same time become a policy tool for promoting integration in a targeted manner in various countries which attract immigration. Following a presentation of the context and the presentation of instruction material in the orientation courses, the authors inter…
Adult education increasingly occupies the center of education policy and hence the corresponding governance aspirations on the national, supra- and international level. Large-scale-assessment studies, like PIAAC, further raised public attention for adult education with a focus on the low educated. This study analyzes overall and spatial participation in adult education in the national context using multi-level modeling. Using data from the European Labour Force Survey 2013 it shows that (1) the…
This paper draws on three data sources – a national survey from Germany of adult literacy and numeracy skills (leo. – Level-One Study), the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC), and case studies of workplaces in England – to argue for a greater focus by policymakers and researchers on the literacy demand experienced by adults. We consider the heterogeneity of the population of adults deemed functionally illiterate by large-scale national and internatio…
