»Theoretisch wie methodisch anspruchsvoll«

Lebenslanges Lernen

Marie Jean Antoine de Condorcet (1743-1794) hat in seiner für die französische Nationalversammlung verfassten Schrift „Bericht und Entwurf einer Verordnung über die allgemeine Organisation des öffentlichen Unterrichtswesens“ (1792)) ein Konzept vorgelegt, nach dem organisierte Bildungsveranstaltungen jeden Menschen ein Leben lang begleiten sollten. Nach seiner Auffassung hatte Erwachsenenbildung eine kompensatorische Funktion für jene, bei denen Bildung kein Teil ihrer Jugend war.

Literacy level I and below versus literacy level IV and above

Literacy as specified in the recent PIAAC survey (OECD 2013) is separated into competence levels. This allows a comparison of adults performing on literacy Level I and below versus those performing on Level IV and above. The PIAAC survey also contains variables on participation in adult education. Core findings confirm the Matthew effect for participation rates, but not for training hours.

Convergence or divergence of continuing vocational training in Europe?

Abstract: The paper describes trends of convergence and divergence in enterprise-provided continuing vocational training in Europe between 1999 and 2005. Based on the survey CVTS, the indicators for courses incidence, access, intensity, direct costs and the indicator learning at the workplace will be analyzed. The paper concludes with an outlook with references to sketches of an educational theory to be written for this field of adult education.

Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland

In a representative survey in 2012 the German edition of the Adult Education Survey (AES) collected data relating to the professional development behaviour and the structure of the professional development market in Germany. This final report analyses and comments on the collated data under the consideration of key questions: Who participates why, how often and how long in professional development and who does not? Which professional development provisions are popular? How is the target group o…

Internationale Erwachsenenbildung im Überblick

Wilhelm Rein, Founding Father of Adult Education at the University of Jena

The history of the UNESCO international conferences on adult education - from Helsingör (1949) to Hamburg (1997)

Learning Democracy

Umerziehung in der Britischen Zone 1945 - 1949