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Recent empirical data show that 7.5 million adults in Germany do not reach a minimum level of reading and writing skills and, therefore, are classified as functional illiterates. However, the social and educational background of this part of the population differs considerably from wide-spread perceptions of the target group as it is represented in courses for illiterates in adult education. While the latter normally showed heavy learning problems at school, the wider group normally passed scho…
Wie reagiert die Menschheit auf die Klimakrise? Die Wende zu einer nachhaltigen Lebensweise und Gesellschaftsform wäre eine sinnvolle Reaktion, doch Strukturen der sozialen Ungleichheit behindern diesen Wandel. Wie kann Bildung dazu beitragen, diese Strukturen zu verändern und damit einer Lösung der Klimakrise näher zu kommen?