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Auf der Basis von Angaben nahezu aller Volkshochschulen enthält die Statistik nach Bundesländern differenzierte Tabellen von Summen oder Verteilungen zu Personal, Finanzierung, Kursveranstaltungen, Studienfahrten, Studienreisen und Ausstellungen für das jeweilige Kalenderjahr. Die Kursveranstaltungen sind nach einem detaillierten System von Stoff- und Fachgebieten aufgeschlüsselt.
Die jährliche Volkshochschul-Statistik gilt als die reichhaltigste Einzelstatistik für einen Trägerbereich in der Weiterbildung. Sie bietet nach Bundesländern differenzierte Tabellen von Summen oder Verteilungen zu Personal, Finanzierung, Kurs- und Einzelveranstaltungen, Studienfahrten und -reisen, Ausstellungen. Alle Veranstaltungen sind durchgängig nach den Programmbereichen (1) Politik - Gesellschaft - Umwelt (2) Kultur - Gestalten (3) Gesundheit (4) Sprachen (5) Arbeit - Beruf (6) Gru…
Bildung ist wieder auf dem Wege zum Megathema zu werden. Dies gilt in besonderem Maße für die Weiterbildung, deren Beitrag zur Zukunftsfähigkeit der Gesellschaft allerorten beschworen wird. Im 21. Jahrhundert wird sich (Weiter-) Bildung veränderten sozialen, ökonomischen und gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen stellen müssen. Um den sich abzeichnenden Umbrüchen im Bildungsbereich begegnen zu können, müssen Weichen gestellt werden für eine zukunftsorientierte Bildungspolitik. Vor diesem Hinte…
Adult education is a field that is strongly shaped by tensions between scientific and political demands. The development of competencies as well as the idea of continuing to learn throughout the whole life are topics that have been debated in science and policy for many years and are still of great importance today. This dissertation deals with the relationship between science and European education policy in adult education by analyzing scientific journal articles and political documents from …
So far, numeracy as part of basic education has only been considered peripherally in the German-speaking countries, regarding the scientific as well as the practical approaches of adult education. In this article, theoretical and conceptual lines of the discourse are linked systematically. In addition, it is argued for an extension of the discourse by including the concept of subject-oriented basic education, which is based on the concept of numeracy as social practice. Initial findings from tw…
The latest PIAAC-results confirm from an international perspective the alarming data of the leo. – Level One Study published in 2011 in which 14,5 percent of the German population capable of work could be identified as functionally illiterate. Both studies have an immense impact on political discussions concerning basis education. To point out the strength of both studies for the field of adult education, there will be a brief summary and tabular comparison concerning the research design of bot…
The education cheque, introduced in North Rhine-Westphalia, is a funding instrument which has been running since 2006 and is based on demand. This article presents the central results of an independent evaluation carried out in 2008. The quantitative aims have been achieved, or are likely to be achieved (212,000 attendees funded, 42,000 small and medium-sized enterprises approached by 2013; increasing attendance of continuing education courses in SMEs by two percent). On the negative side the a…
Changing the focus on Natural Sciences At present, public debates postulate more attention to natural sciences in the education sector. First, we will examine the precarious status of natural sciences in adult education and than argue that the traditional focus on natural sciences need to be readjusted. This change of focus aims at a general understanding of scientific developments by which both the individual and the society as a whole will gain and maintain its capacity to judge and act on…
The article is the answer of the (female) author to three questions for the understanding, the development and the most important tasks of gender democracy now and in the future. The actual development of gender democracy as a political target is seen critically by Barbara Stiegler similar to the view of Peter Döge. But at the field of education gender democracy has to be understood as a target in general. Gender mainstreaming as an integrative educational task and issue presupposes gender …
Wie kann in der Erwachsenenbildung die Unsicherheit der Zukunft und der Umgang damit fassbar und vermittelt werden? Das Konzept der Futures Literacy – übersetzbar als »Zukünftebildung« – bietet hierzu Antworten. Die Autor*innen Angelika Neudecker und Stefan Bergheim beschreiben diese in sechs Teilkompetenzen, die in jedem Menschen als Grundform der Zukünftebildung verankert sind und durch Zukünftelabore gezielt gefördert werden können.
