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Common staff qualification concepts hardly ever pay attention to the needs of disabled people. Qualification measures for sensorically handicapped employees must, however, yield a surplus. Above and beyond the teaching of professional know-how, problems have to be addressed which derive from the handicap and affect day-to-day work. The article gives information about a further education concept for people with hearing disabilities and about the chances and difficulties in its implementation.
Dr. Peter Radtke ist Schauspieler, Schriftsteller, Geschäftsführer der „Arbeitsgemeinschaft Behinderung und Medien e.V.“ und Mitglied des Nationalen Ethikrates. Von 1977 bis 1984 war er Fachgebietsleiter für das „Behindertenprogramm“ der Münchener Volkshochschule. Da er selbst glasknochenkrank ist, verbinden sich bei Peter Radtke berufliche mit persönlichen Erfahrungen zum Thema Behinderungen in besonderer Weise. Er spricht über notwendige Überlegungen bei der Konzeption von Bildungsangeboten…
Particularly, disabled people belong to those being excluded from social participation. From these peoples’ point of view, the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities formulates specific challenges for the system of adult and continuing education. What results from these challenges with regard to the various social and individual functions given to adult education and lifelong learning? Answers from the field of adult education, from the pedagogy for the disabled and from socio…
Inclusion – An Organisational Challenge. Steps towards Inclusive Adult Education. Part 1 The report evaluates the option of offering inclusive adult education at adult education centres on a larger scale. The compatibility of the new policy statement in adult education centres and the principle of inclusion are pointed out. Implications of the concept of inclusion are presented, which lead to the conclusion that inclusion can only be implemented with a comprehensive organisational developmen…
Competence Assessment in Working with the Disabled. Experiences Gathered in Franz Sales House in Essen The report focuses on the challenges of implementing a system for competence assessment in the Franz Sales House in Essen – a social institution for the disabled. The authors point out methods for the competence assessment of employees in a social institution to adjust them to future requirements and use them as a base for an effective management of educational processes. Experiences gathered…
Indivisible but Limited. Inclusion in View of Severe and Multiple Disabilities in the Light of the Danish Experiences “Indivisibility“ is given the upmost priority in the discussion about inclusion. Does “indivisible” also imply “unlimited”? The author sees limitations to the right of inclusive adult education. Acknowledging these limitations is a prerequisite for developing successful forms of inclusion. Not attracting a sufficient number of “non-disabled” participants is a limitation of p…
New Perspectives for Planning and Realization of Programmes. Steps towards Inclusive Adult Education. Part II The report focuses on the challenges of the inclusive paradigm in programme planning and implementation. Four strategic approaches are presented which facilitate the access to inclusive adult education. (1) Access to existing programmes needs to be generally facilitated for people with disabilities. (2) Cultural education is especially predestined to be in the focus. (3) People with …
Accessibility – A Didactic Challenge. Steps towards Inclusive Adult Education. Part III Based on the access rights to all public education, the author evaluates the dimensions of accessibility to be considered in planning and implementing inclusive adult educational programmes. Constructional prerequisites are brushed though the main focus is on the techniques of barrier-free communication which are micro-didactically described more critically as a “two sense approach”. The last paragraph re…
2009 hat Deutschland die UN-Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen ratifiziert und sich dazu verpflichtet, ein inklusives Bildungssystem zu gewährleisten. Für die deutsche Erwachsenenbildung öffnet sich damit ein Handlungsfeld, das meist von der Behindertenhilfe beackert wurde und wird. Zugleich stellt dies die Erwachsenenbildung vor große Herausforderungen: Das Heft beschäftigt sich auf den Ebenen von System, Organisation und Didaktik mit den Anforderungen des Inklusionsgebo…
