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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…
Ein grundlegendes Verstehen von Wissenschaft ist eine wichtige Grundlage für Teilhabefähigkeit in unserer von Wissen geprägten Gesellschaft. In der Corona-Krise zeigt sich dies in besonderem Maße. Die Autoren verweisen auf die Tradition der Vermittlung wissenschaftlicher Grundbildung in der Erwachsenenbildung und sehen die Corona-Pandemie als Chance, an diese Tradition anzuschließen.
Was motiviert Erwachsene zu lernen? Sind alle Menschen, die an Weiterbildung teilnehmen, lernmotiviert? Und umgekehrt: Sind diejenigen, die nicht teilnehmen automatisch nicht lernmotiviert? Horst Siebert befasst sich in diesem Studientext mit zwei zentralen Themen der Weiterbildung und zeigt auf, dass das Verhältnis von Lernmotivation und Bildungsbeteiligung äußerst komplex ist. Auf der Grundlage von umfangreichen statistischen Materialien vermittelt er zunächst einen Überblick über die Datenl…
In Switzerland, experienced teachers can validate their competencies which they have achieved in the field of adult education. By submitting a self-assessment which is oriented along a competency profile, to the Swiss Association for Continuing Education (SVEB), the teachers demonstrate in a comprehensible way that they possess the necessary competences to teach in adult education. Experts examine the submitted self-assessments and use the competency profile as a reference standard. The experts…
Foundation of a family as a predetermined breaking point? On the interaction of parenthood and participation in adult education and continuing education Within the context of an empirical longitudinal research project, the processes and turning points of the continuing education practise are documented and discussed in a gender-typical context of life. The survey proves the gender-typical change of the (continuing) education behaviour of men and women when they become fathers and mothers: The …
The article focuses on the significance of social media for informal learning. Based on the potential of online communities, online networks, blogs, wikis etc. for informal learning, the utilization for learning is critically discussed and examined differentially. Possible consequences for adult education, which result from new informal learning opportunities on the internet, are also taken into account.
This article describes the benefits and forms of forgetting from a neuropsychological perspective. By the same token, Peter Gassner shows that forgetting is not only something negative, but rather that it is even a constitutive factor in people's learning abilities. Adult education specialists will find valuable suggestions in the article on how learners can counteract undesirable forms of forgetting, i.e. forgetfulness.
Case studies The contribution describes principles and possible yields for the implementation of case studies in the area of adult education. The research practical implementation itself is deliniated with an example from a research project from the area of learning research. Amplified are especially the central phases of the approach to the research field and the interpretation work.
This contribution describes an approach for the assessment of the total expenditure for adult and continuing education and training (ACET) in Austria, broken down by public and private sources of financing. Variants of estimates of the expenditure are presented. Direct expenditure has been at 0.7% and the sum of direct and indirect expenditure at 1.2% of GDP in 2009. The largest share is born by the enterprises (40%), followed by the public (30-34%), and the individuals slightly below 30%. Amon…
