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Hans Georg Rosenstein describes the objectives and priorities of the renewed European Agenda for Adult Learning, which was adopted by the European Council in 2011. Both, the role of the European Commission are analyzed as well as the tools and budget for the agenda’s implementation. The article concludes with a critical classification of »Erasmus for all«, the new EU-programme for general and vocational education.
Within the framework of the PISA discussion, adult education must discover the parents as an affected part of the public more than has as yet been the case. Parents need scientifically founded summary knowledge as a basis for decision-making (for example concerning the educational orientation of their children), and professional guidance in matters of the enhancement of learning capacity at an early age.
Continuing digitalisation is a macrosocial phenomenon – dealing with it is a macrosocial task. For the educational field, it does not only concern a change of teaching-learning situations due to digital media but also the issue of contributing to the changing situation - without excluding certain groups. According to the author, the issue of digitalisation does not allow federal disputes and segment-specific separation of educational areas.
The author presents examples of good practice and defines central tasks and processes of modern libraries, which are regarded as central learning spaces for adults. Using the criteria »shortage – surplus«, »consumption – co-creation« and »product – process«, the relevant social challenges for libraries and adult education are described. It becomes evident that libraries and adult education are in a period of transition, which requires suitable architectural solutions.
In Deutschland entstanden unmittelbar nach Kriegsende 1945 die ersten kirchlichen Akademien als Orte offener und zugleich gemeinwohlorientierter Diskussions- und Denkkultur, in denen es um nicht weniger ging als den Neuaufbau einer durch Krieg und Nationalsozialismus materiell und moralisch zerstörten Gesellschaft (Schütz 2004, S. 15f). Bemerkenswert schnell und konsequent erwiesen sich katholische wie evangelische Akademien als Träger demokratiestützender Bildungsarbeit. – Was können sie jedoc…
Kompetenzorientierte Bildung wird, so Sabine Schwarz und Peter Brandt im »Stichwort«, »von den Potenzialen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten der Lernenden her gedacht«. Obwohl es »nach wie vor ungelöste Definitionsprobleme« mit dem »Konstrukt« Kompetenz gibt (Matthias Vonken), wird die Orientierung an Kompetenzen besonders auf der europäischen Ebene verfolgt (Noack). Der starke Handlungsbezug wird im Heft immer wieder betont – sei es im »Gespräch« oder beim Blick auf verschiedene Inhaltsbereiche der E…
Was hat sich in den letzten Jahren in Europa in Sachen Kompetenzorientierung getan? Welche Entwicklungen haben sich daraus für Deutschland ergeben? Der Autor stellt aktuelle Projekte vor, beleuchtet die gegenwärtigen Entwicklungen und deutet nächste Schritte an.
Bei der Digitalisierung der öffentlichen Verwaltung geht es auch um den Umgang mit Daten, die in den Verwaltungen produziert werden. Die Autoren zeigen auf Grundlage einer Studie die Konsequenzen einer weitgehenden Nutzung von Verwaltungsdaten auf und benennen sowohl Lerndesiderate als auch sich daraus ergebende Chancen für die Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung.
The mature adult who participates voluntarily in free educational programmes is a basic assumption, which equally often supports theories and practices of adult education as it is empirically challenged. Neither supply nor demand is consistently characterized by voluntariness. Up to a certain degree, programmes and participation are mandatory. The assumption that responsible adults do not want to, should not and cannot be taught is also considered to be problematic. The article reveals good rea…
The primary objective of guidance and counselling in continuing education and training is its focus on customers by means of changing perspective on their interests and concerns as a key principle for processes, methods and tools. Quality of guidance services is the outcome of well-planned and structured approaches respectively customer-focused guidance procedures. It is also the result of a process in each individual counselling situation and cannot be completely regulated by institutional and…
