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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…
Bildung und Beratung sind seit der Aufklärung dadurch bestimmt, dass sie die Selbstbestimmung des Individuums unterstützen sollen. Dies ist eine Leitidee des pädagogischen Denkens – beginnend bei Immanuel Kants Definition der Aufklärung als „Ausgang aus der selbstver-schuldeten Unmündigkeit“ (1784) bis hin zum Ziel des nationalen Bildungsberichts, dass „Selbst-regulation“ unterstützt werden soll (Konsortium Bildungsberichterstattung 2005). Diese Leitidee findet sich in Beratungsansätzen wiede…
European countries, North America and Japan are strongly affected by demographic change and ageing populations. In these countries a discourse emerged about using the potentials of older people and the role of lifelong learning in this process. This text focuses on international results of further educational participation of older people and outlines concepts of learning in later life in Germany.
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