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The author outlines the »educational efforts« of right wing movements and organisations and presents institutions, means and contents. He pleads for an explicit confrontation with right wing institutions and contents and calls for the educational task of expressing the guiding principle, interdependencies and benefits of a pluralistic democracy.
Recht und Politik sind für die Gestaltung der Weiterbildungslandschaft von zentraler Bedeutung. So nehmen förderrechtliche Bestimmungen Einfluss auf die Ausdifferenzierung der Träger- und Einrichtungslandschaft, die Personalstruktur in der öffentlich geförderten Weiterbildung und auch auf die Teilnahmestrukturen. Gleichwohl fällt es nicht leicht, die Vielzahl rechtlicher Bestimmungen in ihrer Heterogenität zu überschauen. Dieser Studientext versucht, diese Komplexität einzufangen und gibt e…
Justice and the right to continuing education Education opportunities are unfairly distributed. In the area, too, of continuing education there are disadvantaged groups of persons who especially have already suffered discrimination during their initial vocational education and training. The demand for equal opportunities which dates back to Aristotle and John Rawls implies that everyone who suffers as a result of insufficient or unsatisfactory results in their initial training should have a…
The article focuses on the development of the global educational discourse from a human rights perspective, particularly with regard to adult education and lifelong learning. The author discusses the historic milestones set by the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the consequent understanding of learning as well as the various national implementation strategies of the right for lifelong learning.
