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The report focuses on the significance of the term “educational justice” from a socio-ethical perspective based on current political debates. The concepts of equal opportunities, participation and achievements are relevant in the intricate discourse on education and justice. The report is a contribution to the conceptual systematization which is indispensable for a profound analysis of equality related aspects of the education system.
The article deals with a change in public, political, and scientific understanding of migration and integration issues, which has to be taken into account by organisations of adult and continuing education. Furthermore the present focus on migration and integration offers new challenges as well as opportunities to improve the role of organisations of adult and continuing education in shaping the German society as an immigration society.
Supporting Projects Replaces Safe-guarding the Infrastructure. Northrine-Westphalian structural change. The state funds of Northrine-Westphalia for further education were reduced from € 120 Mio to € 88 Mio between 2000 and 2007 by governments of different colours. The most recent reduction was carried out while promising € 12 Mio annually out of the European Social Funds (ESF) instead. This rearrangement from institutional base support to project-oriented support is a great challenge for furthe…
Was bedeutet »Zukunftsfähigkeit« aus Sicht einer Organisation, die täglich mit knappen Ressourcen arbeitet und mit wechselnden Anforderungen und heterogenen Erwartungen konfrontiert ist? Philipp Marquardt nähert sich dieser Frage aus der Praxis eines Organisationsverantwortlichen. Sein Beitrag beschreibt, wie Weiterbildungseinrichtungen unter Bedingungen permanenter Unschärfe handlungsfähig bleiben – nicht trotz, sondern gerade wegen ihrer Fähigkeit zum pragmatischen Improvisieren (»Durchwurste…
Wie ist die Situation des Personals und der Personalgewinnung in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung? Welche Folgen hat das sog. Herrenberg-Urteil des Bundessozialgerichts für Träger und Kurse? Hierüber sprechen wir mit Dr. Christiane Ehses, stellvertretende Direktorin und pädagogische Leiterin des Hessischen Volkshochschulverbands, Thiemo Fojkar, Vorsitzender des Vorstands des Internationalen Bunds (IB ) und Vorsitzender des Vorstands des Bundesverbands der Träger beruflicher Bildung (BBB ), un…
In the usually clearly word- and text-oriented research field of adult education, for a while now, approaches have been observed, which understand visual presentations as data to be analyzed in a methodically controlled way. These data are used in order to generate and substantiate knowledge about adult education, whereby intensity, contexts, theoretical background and methods or methodology are different. This article presents these approaches in the research fields focusing on students, progr…
How to relate Natural Sciences to Adult Education Drawing on an intensive debate on the improvement of scientific literacy going on in Germany for more than ten years, this article deals with possible contributions of adult education. Starting with the marginal supply of science courses for adults, I focus on typical didactical arrangements and concepts. Based on an empirical study, exemplary didactical concepts are analysed regarding aims, topics, course type, and audience. The results are…
Biography and Education Biographical aspects are coming increasingly under the focus of teaching-learning and educational research in the context of international comparative studies and the debate over self-organised and self-guided learning. Different theoretical approaches are selected and current empirical findings in the area of biographical research are presented in this issue in order to shed light on the interrelationship between education and biography.
