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The article deals with the question how learning is made possible in time and space in university continuing education. The analysis focuses on the phases of on-site study and self-study, which are regarded as two forms of dealing with time and space in university continuing education. Both formats present specific challenges for the students, showing that the quality of learning time and learning spaces plays a key role in participation. In addition, times and places for on-site study and self…
Der ästhetische Zugang zur Welt und zu Sachverhalten kann als Teil der Erkenntnisgewinnung angesehen werden. So verstanden, kann ein ästhetischer Zugang in Lehr-/Lernsituationen genutzt werden, um sich ein Urteil über Probleme und Sachverhalte zu bilden bzw. moralische Urteilsfähigkeit zu entwickeln.
Die Ästhetik eines Raums beeinflusst die Art und Weise, wie wir ihn nutzen. Das gilt auch für Lernräume, deren Ästhetik Ausdruck einer Idee von Bildung und Lernen sein kann. Die Autorin nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise zu verschiedenen Lernorten.
On the basic The article looks at which values (defined as ‘conceptions of what is desirable’) are important to managers in continuing education, especially in terms of their interactions with employees, and to what extent they succeed, according to their own perception, in actually doing what is desirable. A re-analysis of interviews with managers acting under different general conditions suggests that collaboration based on participation and solidarity is especially important to all three man…
Learner-oriented quality certification in continuing education (LQW) includes the requirement for education providers introducing this quality development system to speak about their values in their mission statements. Consciously engaging with these explicit values can contribute to reflexive quality development. The article looks at the mission statements of LQW users in terms of the values that are mentioned in an effort to determine whether a shared set of values can be found among adult an…
Vocational continuing education is becoming more significant in modern employment biographies. A growing range of work-based study programmes and the recent opening tendency for persons holding vocational qualifications attracts attention to universities as providers of continuing education. Still, academic formats play a comparatively small role in the market of continuing education. The report explores the reasons for the low acceptance of academic continuing education. For this purpose, 72 p…