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The form of social integration of space and time determines the understanding of learning, personality and subjectification. In modernity, organizations form individuals through systematic observation. For this purpose, semiotic techniques of dynamization of persons—calculation, measurement, visualization, rechaotisation—are developed and used pedagogically. Their digitization leads to the autonomization of presentational control and management practices, which operate without organizations as …
The article deals with the question how learning is made possible in time and space in university continuing education. The analysis focuses on the phases of on-site study and self-study, which are regarded as two forms of dealing with time and space in university continuing education. Both formats present specific challenges for the students, showing that the quality of learning time and learning spaces plays a key role in participation. In addition, times and places for on-site study and self…
Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an extra-occupational graduate program. Hence it was of crucial importance, whether the alumni assessed the graduate program as effective. To investigate this research question a quantitative questionnaire was designed. Thus the graduate program was evaluated at the three levels reactions, learning and transfer. Overall 88 graduates were interviewed. Data analysis shows the efficacy of the program on all levels. Consequently (theoretical and pra…
During the last two decades, widening adult participation in higher education has become a central issue in international and especially European lifelong learning policy debates. At European level this is reflected in the Europe 2020 strategy set out by the European Commission. One headline target is to boost the share of the population aged 30–34 that has completed tertiary or equivalent education to 40 per cent by 2020. In the face of general trends such as the intensive use of ICT, the evol…
Dieser REPORT 29 thematisiert die Schwierigkeiten und Herausforderungen, vor denen die neuen Bundesländer im Bildungsbereich nach der Wiedervereinigung stehen.
Das vorliegende Buch bietet theoretische Grundlagen und durch Praxis und Empirie fundiertes Wissen für professionelles Handeln in der Kulturellen Erwachsenenbildung. Es versteht sich als eine theoretisch fundierte Arbeitshilfe für hauptamtliche Pädagoginnen und Pädagogen in den Einrichtungen: Ideen für die Planung und Umsetzung von Angeboten in der Kultureller Erwachsenenbildung sind ebenso enthalten wie Grundlagen und Argumente zur bildungspolitischen Legitimation Kultureller Erwachsenenbildun…
This volume aims at the description, the analysis and the explanation of cultural/arts education for adults. It conveys insights into the field through the lens of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to the arts, to culture and to transculturality and links them to reflections and empirical findings from the adult education discipline, in particular in the areas of programme analysis. Through this we attempt to inspire further research and theory-building on cultural/arts education for adu…
Dieses Wörterbuch bündelt das gegenwärtige Wissen über Erwachsenenbildung. Es enthält Stichworte zu den Themenfeldern Didaktik und Methodik, Forschung und Wissenschaft, Geschichte und Entwicklung, Lernen und Erfahrung, Organisation und Profession, Politik und Recht sowie Theorien und Konzepte. Die über 300 alphabetisch geordneten Stichworte wurden jeweils von ausgewiesenen Autoren nach dem neuesten Stand der Diskussion verfasst. Das Wörterbuch Erwachsenenbildung richtet sich an Studierende, Na…
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