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Dealing professionally with negative emotions Tolerance of frustration and ambiguity as a key competence of providers of continuing education Dealing with disruptions is a key challenge in educational activities. This article uses abusive, insulting or fault-finding statements by participants to analyse professional ways of dealing with negative emotions. Tolerance of frustration and ambiguity are developed theoretically, understood as an element of a broad “feelings-management” and propa…
For the author, "globalization" and "lifelong learning" are the epitome of disengagement in the economic and/or the pedagogic field. Using the genre of meditation, he develops the concept of disengagement - a shedding of limitations - by the example of disasters, markets, exacting demands in the context of learning, the power of the economy, the responsibilities for education. Reflecting on Comenius and Ralf Dahrendorf, the author tries to “bring the amok-running economism back to its senses” a…
Der demografische Wandel wirft Fragen auf, die auch für die Weiterbildung von Bedeutung sind. Führende Alternsforscher stellen in diesem Buch Ergebnisse ihrer Forschung vor, die multidisziplinär mit Methoden der Psychologie, Soziologie und Erziehungswissenschaft arbeitet. Das Buch präsentiert den internationalen Forschungsstand und diskutiert Möglichkeiten, den Alterungsprozess gesellschaftlich und persönlich zu bewältigen.
Constructive approaches to the EQF and DQR - Basic and advanced certificate model for further education teachers This article presents a specific qualifications framework for the sector of further education, consisting of a two-stage model (basic and advanced certificates). This touches on the discussion about the EQF and DQR as a motivation and opportunity for the professionalisation of further education. The model takes up examples from Austria and Switzerland and is aligned toward prelimi…
This article presents didactic approaches to financial literacy using the example of the CurVe project (debt counselling as a starting point for basic education – curricular integration and transitions) which was launched at the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) in March 2013. The project analyses the connection between excessive debt and basic educational needs. Its focus is on participative didactics and its goals include the strengthening of basic education through the conceptualisa…
In Retrospect: On the Conception of REPORT and its Development A conversation with the founding editors The reason for this interview is REPORT’s 30-year existence. Thus, the time has come to once again recall the events and experiences in its long history. In 1978, the “Literature and Research Report Continuing Education” was published for the first time and was essentially a review journal created to give an overview of the still widely scattered and developing discipline of adult and con…
Die Auflösung starrer sozialer Strukturen führt dazu, dass die Menschen ihr Verhältnis zur Welt selbst herstellen und erhalten müssen. Ästhetik als Erkenntnismethode kann die Reflexion des eigenen Lebensverlaufs und die Verortung des Selbst in der Welt unterstützen – sofern Ästhetik, so der Autor, nicht auf die »Verhandlung des Schönen« reduziert wird.
Ist das »postfaktische Zeitalter« – so die Lehnübersetzung der Post-Truth Era – angebrochen? Und was bedeutet das für die Erwachsenenbildung? Diesen Fragen geht der Autor nach, indem er die Genese dieser Gegenwartsdeutung nachzeichnet und als Konsequenz nicht nur für die Erwachsenenbildung fordert, sich wieder mehr auf die Sichtweisen anderer einzulassen und Widersprüche aushalten zu können.
