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The role of regions is changing, as there is an increased tendency towards economic competition amongst them. Networking promises to provide competitive advantages. However, attempts at establishing and successfully employing networks both in the sector of private economy and in the public/communal sector meet with various problems and, notwithstanding their potential, will rather be able to provide solutions where a consensus seems realistic, whereas conflictive processes will continue to requ…
The "unreigned" subject Learning in adult education In adult education – but not only this profession - humanistic psychology, chaos theory, constructivism, modernisation theory are, among others, in many cases normatively charged. Thus they are no longer theories for explanation but instructions for the design of social reality, namely of further education. In contrast to this the author here is interested in the system of relations, in which the subjects are interwoven when they enter a …
Ute Holm argumentiert, dass das didaktische Prinzip der Teilnehmerorientierung auch heute noch orientierungsleitend für Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung ist. Zu diesem Zweck führt der Artikel inhaltlich und begrifflich ins Thema ein und liefert eine bedeutungsbezogene und zeitgeschichtliche Rekonstruktion. Auf dieser Grundlage entwickelt die Autorin, die auch die problematischen Aspekte der Teilnehmerorientierung aufzeigt, ein Modell der Teilnehmerorientierung, welches zwischen einer L…
During the last decade, the configuration of international-comparative research in adult and continuing education has been interwoven with influences of stakeholders of (inter-)national educational policies and their agendas. This paper works with a broad understanding of international-comparative research in adult and continuing education. This understanding includes the interpretation of similarities and differences as well as studies which focus on the cultural interrelationship networks of …
Im Rahmen dieses Projektes entstehen folgende Dissertationen: Goeze, Annika: Fallarbeit in der Weiterbildung von Lehrenden: Zum Einfluss von Lernvoraussetzungen auf den Erwerb von Deutungskompetenz durch computerunterstützte, fallbasierte Lernumgebungen.
