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Dieses Buch führt in die Geschichte der Erwachsenenbildung ein, die jeweils historisch bis zur Gegenwart durchgespielt werden, und berücksichtigt neben den klassischen Dimensionen wie Institutionalisierung und Professionalisierung dabei auch Aspekte wie Verwissenschaftlichung und Internationalisierung der Erwachsenenbildung. Am Ende jedes der acht Kapitel steht ein Originaldokument.
In modern society, the production of knowledge is multiplied and taken from the universities who were traditionally dedicated to this task, into the general public. The role of institutions of secondary education changes from diffusing to producing knowledge; teachers representing, in this context, the once-universal authority of science. Against this background, the authors present their DFGfunded project „Wissensgesellschaft. Umgang mit Wissen im Kontext sozialer Welten vor dem Hintergrund de…
Schäffter, Ortfried: Innovation consultancy in the pedagogy of adult education Institutionalisation of innovation in the organisations of extended vocational training Firstly the contribution shows to which extent an organisational theory on the pedagogy of adult education offers explanatory possiblities for an ongoing innovative structural change. Then the implicit aspect of innovation in concepts of pedagogical organisational is being expatiated and conceptually differentiated. The diffe…