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In view of the demographic change the investments in education for elderly population are becoming increasingly more important. At the same time the educational system’s endeavours of repair are rather targeted at the very young. How can the educational investments be divided usefully between the old and the young? By showing examples of Scandinavian countries, the author elucidates a double strategy of high educational investments for the phase of youth and in adult life. The countries have su…
Die wachsende Bedeutung des lebenslangen Lernens gilt als unstrittig. Weniger klar sind dagegen Ursachen, Bedingungen, Erscheinungsformen der Entwicklung in ihrer Vielfalt sowie Veränderungstendenzen und Lösungsoptionen auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen. Diese Situation verlangt eine breite, intensive und nachhaltige empirische Forschung zur Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung. Das Forschungsmemorandum - entwickelt im Auftrag der Sektion Erwachsenenbildung der DGfE - identifiziert, ordnet und benennt Sch…
This contribution deals with the definition of adult basic education and its entanglement with interests and power relations in the field of public education administration of the German Laender. As the New Literacy Studies view literacy as a social practice that is related to interests and power relations, guided interviews concerning the definition of adult basic education as well as legitimising rationales from the perspective of education administration were illustrated. The interviews are …