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In der Sammlung texte.online findet sich ein breites Spektrum an forschungs- und praxisrelevanten Texten zu Fragen der Erwachsenenbildung. Die hier veröffentlichten Dokumente tragen zu aktuellen Diskussionen bei und spiegeln Tendenzen in den verschiedenen Praxis- und Theoriefeldern der Weiterbildung wider. Das Spektrum der Texte reicht von Tagungsbeiträgen über statistische Auswertungen und Qualifikationsschriften bis hin zu Forschungsberichten. texte.online wird seit 2012 als Dokumentationsser…
Religion, ethics and adult education Religion and ethics serve as a relevant topic in various contexts of adult education, be it as a challenge for self-reflection or as point of departure in public debate. This issue will address various aspects bringing together academic discourse and practical work. The authors will in particular focus on social issues.
The concept of self-optimisation is closely linked to discourses on lifelong learning and has been discussed in adult education research for some time. The talk about selfoptimisation is mostly articulated as a critique or critical analysis, appears as almost self-evident and thus gets caught up in the pull of normalisation. The established problematisation of self-optimisation is therefore also subjected to problematization in this paper in an attempt to reopen the thinking of the problem. Th…
Zum Aufbau der für professionelles pädagogisches Handeln bedeutsamen Deutungs- kompetenz gilt die Arbeit an Fällen in der Erwachsenenbildung im Besonderen und der Lehrerbildung im Allgemeinen als eine geeignete Methode. Der Beitrag stellt etab- lierte Konzepte der Nutzung von Fällen für die Professionalisierung (von Lehrenden) in unterschiedlichen Kontexten vor. Dafür werden der Diskurs in der Erziehungs- wissenschaft – speziell der Erwachsenenbildung – und derjenige der psychologisch …
Case-based Learning as a Means of Professionalization of Teaching Staff In adult and teacher education, case-based learning seems a promising way to foster analytical competencies which play a crucial role when identifying and solving practical problems in teaching situations. Thus, the article offers an insight into established concepts of case-based learning within different contexts for the professionalization (of teachers). Therefore, two discourses will be related to one another: one o…
Mediating considered from a learning theoretical angle Mediating and the theory or science of mediating are current topics of theory building and practice in the field of didactics. This was the reason to investigate whether and how research results combining learning and teaching may support the construction of such a concept. A general framework of acting and teaching is introduced from the perspective of the learning subject. The focus is on the concept of a complex and more dimensional a…
The German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) works as a provider of scientific ser vices for both research and practical work in adult and fur ther education, supplying institutions and researchers with statistical data, documents and support. Its strategic position at the interface between theory and practice corresponds with the institutes specific understanding of its own supportive function and distinctive corporate identity: transmitting scientific knowledge to practice and vice versa, p…
