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Press and public relations work in continuing education is gaining importance through digitization and social media. Here the current guideline for strategic communication in public spaces provides a solid and systematic presentation of the basic structures of press and public relations work. The focus is on different communication strategies for large and small institutions, communication with adult and continuing education target groups, the classic tasks of press and public relations, the We…
Teachers‘ professionalism in adult and continuing education is often requested but practically implemented in only a few countries. In Austria and Switzerland, over the past years systems were established with the support of relevant stakeholders, which advance this required professionalism. Based on the exchange of experts in both systems as well as analyses of materials and literature, the following article identifies the key factors, which contributed to the successful establishment of the i…
Case-reconstructive quality circles have hardly ever been tried out in adult education. Under the direction of trainers, course teachers reflect the quality of their work in a mutual process. Their own teaching/learning situation serves as illustrative material. It is self-evident that this method relies on mutuality and must be voluntary. The method, which is explained with the aid of a practice example from the KVHS Northeim, has its origins in health care.
Lifelong learning on a high quality level is a condition for participation in further economical and social developments in society. But how are lifelong learning activities to be financed? Are projects of the European Union the key for solving financial problems of institutional and organized learning? The author describes his experiences made with the acquisition of EU-projects. The article points out difficulties and problems in the process of acquisition, searching partners and trying to co…
Net based communication is changing business and private life and education and learning of adults as well. Important condition for using new chances by new information and communication technologies for learning processes is media competence. – The authors describe components of media competence as a pedagogical target including technical competence, communicative competence and the competence of coping with the information flood. Problems are restrictions of participation on net based communi…
Um wissenschaftliche Aussagen über die Wirkung von Lehr- und Lernprozessen zu gewinnen, sind empirische Forschungen unerlässlich. Ekkehard Nuissl vermittel das hierfür notwendige Grundwissen. Der Studientext ist anwendungsorientiert und folgt im Aufbau dem Vorgehen, das bei der Durchführung eines jeden Forschungsprojekts zu beachten ist. Von der Ausgangsfrage über die Datenerhebung bis hin zur Präsentation der Ergebnisse führt der Autor Schritt für Schritt durch den Forschungsprozess. Der St…
Die Weiterbildung ist seit Jahren einem umfassenden Strukturwandel unterworfen. Dieses Buch zieht Bilanz, zeigt neue Perspektiven auf und präsentiert die Weiterbildung als Zunft mit Zukunft. Gegenstand der Betrachtung sind nebem dem praktischen Handlungsfeld auch Forschung und Politik der Weiterbildung. Namhafte Autorinnen und Autoren aus dem In- und Ausland bündeln auf spezielle Themen bezogen den Diskussionsstand und bieten konkrete Gestaltungsoptionen an. Auf diese Art und Weise entsteht ein…
279 participants in a survey on elearning applications for foreign language learning in Volkshochschulen (German adult education schools) had little prior knowledge. While they do indeed have interest in such applications, they still keep to formats known from their previous learning experience. The participants in the survey estimate the potential of e-learning applications for foreign language learning as positive, but only in combination with traditional non-virtual classes. The…
Lehrkräfte werden in Lehr-Lernsituationen oft mit Ambiguitäten und Ambivalenzen konfrontiert. Unter Rückgriff auf Ergebnisse von Studien zu videofallbasiertem Lernen erläutern der Autor und die Autorin, inwiefern Fortbildungen helfen können, mit ambiguen Situationen im Lehr-Lerngeschehen produktiv umzugehen.
