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In 2004, seven European universities embarked on a project to develop a European Master’s Programme in Adult Education (EMAE). The German Institute for Adult Education followed the project closely as an external evaluator. The consortium developed a curriculum consisting of a common core (70 ECTS) and of university specific courses (50 ECTS). The idea is to offer the whole programme in most of the participating universities. Both the content and the delivery modes of the programme are character…
This article examines the guidelines and objectives of political (societal) and citizenship education in Finland during the past 40 years approximately. During this relatively short period different programmes have arisen which aptly reflect changes which have taken place, in viewpoints, in the social atmosphere and in citizens’ political interests. The article is concerned with the reports of two committees, the Adult Education Committee and the Lifelong Learning Committee, since the beginning…
Rudolf Zacharias Becker (1752-1822) war ein Volksschriftsteller. Er verfasste unter anderem das zweibändige „Not- und Hilfsbüchlein“, das in hohen Auflagen erschien und eins der am meisten verbreiteten Bücher im 18. Jahrhundert in Deutschland war. 1797 gründete er die Becker'sche Buchhandlung in Gotha. Er engagierte sich stark für das Freimaurertum und vertrat aufklärerisches Gedankengut.
