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This article describes the attempt to reveal the most suitable methods of learning for learners of the German language without previous knowledge of the Latin alphabet (Literacy DaZ Courses). Seven different methods of learning are compared in four different courses so that each syllabus will be mediated in one course with method A and in another with method B and so on. The method of teaching/learning will be switched with each new syllabus. The article focuses on the critical description of t…
The focus of this article is on the necessity of competences and qualifications in the lower job segment of the labour market and the applicability of educational programs to acquire these and encourage people with low skills to participate in lifelong learning. Various requirement profiles of literacy in the work context are described. The importance of operational multipliers used in job-related basic education is pointed out. Exemplary methods, used in GRAWiRa in order to concretize basic ed…
This study explores the definition of „adult basic education“ from the perspective of public education administration of the German Laender. On the one hand, adult basic education is claimed as a public good that has to be made accessible by public funding. One the other hand, there is still no agreement on the definition of adult basic education. Based on a subject-scientific approach, qualitative interviews are conducted with administrative employees in order to explore dimensions and justifi…
In vielen europäischen Regionen haben sich Interneterfahrungsorte zu wichtigen Promotoren von Erwachsenenbildung und digitaler Inklusion entwickelt. Eine zentrale Herausforderung für solche Interneterfahrungsorte liegt in der Qualifizierung ihres Personals, der Moderatorinnen und Moderatoren für digitale Inklusion. Diese Gruppe zumeist zwar hoch motivierter, oft ehrenamtlich tätiger Menschen zu qualifizieren, ist kompliziert – teils aufgrund unterschiedlicher Vorqualifikationen, teils aufgrund …
Der vorliegende Bericht beinhaltet die Ergebnisse der bundesweiten alphamonitor-Erhebung des Deutschen Instituts für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) zum Weiterbildungsangebot in der Alphabetisierung/Grundbildung für das Berichtsjahr 2012. Zu diesem unter bildungs- und sozialpolitischen Gesichtspunkten wichtigen Themenfeld der Erwachsenenbildung werden Daten zum Angebotsumfang in den beiden Teilbereichen, zur Teilnahme, zu den Lehrenden und zum Beratungsangebot der Einrichtungen vorgestellt. Datenbasi…
