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Stepped courses of studies and professionalization of adult education Reflections against the background of first experiences at the Ruhr-University Bochum The contribution takes the occasion of the dynamics of reform, with the transposition of the study into two cycles, to show policy-making decisions which need to be made for the study offers in the area of adult education. One important point of reference is the question, as to what extent the reform counteracts the efforts concerning pr…
Friedrich Eberhard von Rochnow war 1791 Mitbegründer der Märkischen Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Potsdam und wurde ihr erster Direktor. Die Gesellschaft beschäftigte sich mit allen zeitgenössischen Themen zur Hebung der landwirtschaftlichen und gewerblichen Produktion.
The development of digital media continuously provides new opportunities for developing teaching/learning processes. As a result, the media educational requirements for teachers to assess the relevant chances and risks and to use digital media effectively as a learning support, is growing. The article points out the demand for paying increased attention to this specific competence. It presents a media educational competence model for adult educators, which was developed on a theoretical and emp…
Das Erasmus+-Projekt Psychosoziale Basisbildung hat sich der Frage gewidmet, wie sich Menschen trotz widriger (gesellschaftlicher) Umstände als selbstbewusste und selbstwirksame Individuen wahrnehmen können. Die Autoren stellen die Hintergründe und Ziele einer Psychosozialen Basisbildung vor.
This book provides information on the current situation of Adult and Continuing Education in Switzerland, on the legal basis, the institutions and their staff, range of courses and participation rates, methods of financing and international contacts. The book also contains a historical overview of the development of adult education. A final chapter outlines trends and perspectives that will shape the further education sector in the coming years. This is a revised edition of the portrait. Since …
The wide demand for physical education reflects a growing awareness of the value of physical activity in society as a whole. The concepts of comprehensive physical activity applied by institutions of adult education focus on physical coordination, strength, perseverance, stretching and the activation of persons with reduced physical capabilities. Institutions of adult education cooperate with other actors engaged in health promotion such as health insurance organisations. There is much common g…
From gender related education via the gender mainstreaming to the gender competence The different participation of women and men in adult education gives clues for their different circumstances in life and attributions that have a hierarchic impact concerning the gainful employment and securing of financial existence. These gender typical contexts are traditionally subject matter part of the women's movement or gender related educational work that took up a large space in the adult education…
The "learning time account" links the politics of working hours with professional adult education. As a derivative from the "working hours account" it represents an instrument with which the worked for time demands of the employee is changed into adult education instead of into money. Depending on whether the adult education serves work related or private matters, the resources are made available by the employer or by the employee (time and money). In the discussion of lifelong learning the ins…
Rudolf Zacharias Becker (1752-1822) war ein Volksschriftsteller. Er verfasste unter anderem das zweibändige „Not- und Hilfsbüchlein“, das in hohen Auflagen erschien und eins der am meisten verbreiteten Bücher im 18. Jahrhundert in Deutschland war. 1797 gründete er die Becker'sche Buchhandlung in Gotha. Er engagierte sich stark für das Freimaurertum und vertrat aufklärerisches Gedankengut.
Basic civic education is discussed as a substantial pillar in the discussion on basic education, although little is known about the basic civic skills of adults with low literacy skills. In this article based on the results of LEO 2018 and with logistic regression models, the thesis is examined that low-literate adults assess their own civic skills as rather low and thus exclude themselves from the political field. It is shown that even when controlling for various socio-economic factors, low-l…
