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In the present European context migrants and refugees are represented as a threat to security in the first place. Adult Education, especially when subsidised by the state, finds itself in a double-bind. On the one hand it has to offer a place for “Bildung” for all adults, where they can develop themselves according to their interests, capabilities and needs. Unequal chances are to be reduced and the humanistic ideal of development and expression of one’s personality shall be met. On the other h…
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…
Die DIE-Trendanalyse dokumentiert Strukturen, Prozesse und Resultate der Weiterbildung auf Grundlage von Daten der Bildungsberichterstattung und von aktuellen Befunden der Bildungsforschung. Sie präsentiert aktuelle Trends in den Bereichen Angebots- und Teilnahmestrukturen, Einrichtungen und Personal. Eigene Kapitel widmen sich den Rahmenbedingungen von Weiterbildung, der betrieblichen Weiterbildung sowie der Corona-Pandemie und den damit verbundenen Folgen für die Weiterbildung. Die DIE-Trenda…
As empirical studies have shown, the Germans’ knowledge of financial affairs is rather poor. Basic knowledge on banking and insurance is often absent, even though it is essential in times when provision for a safe future increasingly becomes everyone’s personal responsibility. Even if relevant content were taught at schools comprehensively and from this moment on, today’s adults would still remain ignorant. Therefore, a tremendous task lies ahead for adult education to provide relevant knowledg…
Blended learning – changed forms of interaction in adult education By means of blended-learning-scenarios the requirements on quality of the didactical concept for the e-learning are sketched from a media pedagogical perspective.
This article reports on expert assessments of the opportunities and risks of the current DQR process from the perspective of adult education centres. The seven experts from Germany and Austria who were surveyed in the EU Transfer Project critically analyse above all the focus on formal learning. The change in orientational perspective towards towards learning results can offer an impetus for programme planning, but also requires new skills and abilities on the part of further educational staff.
Starting out with deliberations on the relationship between the course of life and the constructed biography of an individual, this article intends to elucidate the contexts of learning as they are treated in various (inter-)national studies, by focusing on the individual’s course of life. To clarify which methodological design is most appropriate to study processes of (lifelong) learning and education, it then seems necessary to highlight a particular methodological approach. This leads, ultim…
Wer Inklusion ernst meint, so Silke Schreiber-Barsch in ihrem »Stichwort«, muss »Gewissheiten traditioneller Zuschreibungen oder Normalitätserwartungen« in Frage stellen. Dabei sollte es längst »normal« sein, Inklusion in Gesellschaft und damit in alle Bildungsbereiche als ein Menschenrecht anzuerkennen, die Frage ist eher, wie sie gelingen kann (dazu Marianne Hirschberg, Franziska Bonna und Helge Stobrawe in ihrem Beitrag sowie Rebecca Babilon und Michael Weiß im »Gespräch«). Dass die Umsetzun…
Was ist Wahrheit? Was sind Fakten? Diesen großen Fragen nähern sich Thomas Philipp im Gespräch und Sigrid Nolda im Stichwort. Ob wir uns schon von Fakten verabschiedet haben und in einem »postfaktischen Zeitalter« leben, lotet Henning Pätzold aus – und zeigt Konsequenzen für die Erwachsenenbildung auf. Eine Konsequenz ist, sich als Lehrender Methoden anzueignen, Fake und Fakt zu unterscheiden (Martin Merkt). Grundsätzlicher kann gefragt werden, was Lehrende von der Wissenschaft erwarten – und w…
Death is a central part of our lives, but coping mechanisms are oftentimes less than constructive. The author shows our problematic handling of death and our fear of death and argues that adult education can help facilitate a more productive way of dealing with death and our mortality.
