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A gloss on the panel discussions as a mostly joyless part of congresses and conferences. Due to nonprofessional moderation, an oversized need for harmony and the participants’ gift for languages, the format of perception of the author releases its claims, which goes as following: To stage a »fascinating« dialogue, bringing opponents together, making differences transparent or bringing about consensus
Holzapfel, Günther: More self-consciousness for pedagogy! A reply to REPORT 3/2003 titled "Brain and Learning" Referring to REPORT 3/2003 with its main theme "Brain and Learning" the author criticizes tendences in pedagogy which consider some results of neuro-sciences as confirmation for a naturalistic and biologistic trend. He pleads for emphasizing those aspects of neuro-sciences which are confirmations against obsolete concepts of learning and education as an accumulation of knowledge wi…
In drei Thesen werden Aufgabenstellungen und Kritikpunkte der aktuellen politischen Erwachsenenbildung in Deutschland vorgestellt. Zugespitzt sind sie auf die Fragestellungen: Marginalität oder Relevanz; Integration oder Autonomie¤und Normativität oder Beliebigkeit.
Personal and organisational educational counselling The need for support in the search for tailor-made educational programmes is growing along with the ongoing individualisation of educational pathways. Counselling of individuals and organisations is gaining importance in this context. This issue focuses both on new theories as well as educational policy developments, devoting attention to current challenges in various fields of action: the training of vocational counsellors, research of coun…
Der Text stellt eine inhaltlich erweiterte Fassung der Studie "Unterstützung selbstgesteuerten Lernens in der Weiterbildung durch neue Medien" dar. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die begrifflich konzeptionelle Diskussion zum selbstgesteuerten Lernen.