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The dissertation analyses the contribution of a social space research perspective to the understanding of (non-)participation of groups of less well-educated individuals in organized further education. Both, the theoretical as well as the methodological framing are defined by a social space perspective. In a substudy of the project “Learning in Social Quarters – Significance of Social Space for Further Education”, at the German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Center for Lifelong Learnin…
Debatten sind das »Lebenselixier der Demokratie« – so überschreibt Benedikt Widmaier sein »Stichwort«. Damit Debatten und gesellschaftliche Diskurse einlösen können, was ihnen an Demokratie stärkender, fördernder, gar schaffender Wirkung nachgesagt wird, reicht es nicht aus, die eigene Meinung kundzutun, zu posten oder zu tweeten. Dies gilt besonders in den sozialen Medien, so dass Caja Thimm eine »digitale Werteordnung« fordert. Dass wir Räume für konstruktiven Streit benötigen (Thomas Krüge…
Teaching is fun. But teaching and learning situations bear the potential for conflict. With this book, the author elaborates on potential catalysts for conflict and provides strategies to professionally cope with these situations. While presenting best practice examples, he ponders alternative courses of action and delivers help for confident and competent teaching. The author also conveys concise background information on group processes. Because of its practical relevance, the book is not onl…
Die Befunde der Bildungsforschung zeigen seit langem: Bildungschancen in Deutschland sind nicht gleich verteilt. Dies gilt auch für den Bereich der Weiterbildung. Die Autoren zeigen jedoch, dass sich die Bildungschancen Erwachsener nicht nur entlang der üblichen sozioökonomischen und demographischen Merkmale unterscheiden, sondern auch von regionalen Kontexten abhängen. Im Anschluss an den Weiterbildungsatlas 2015 werden die räumlichen Unterschiede der Weiterbildungsbeteiligung und des Weiterbi…
This volume aims at the description, the analysis and the explanation of cultural/arts education for adults. It conveys insights into the field through the lens of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to the arts, to culture and to transculturality and links them to reflections and empirical findings from the adult education discipline, in particular in the areas of programme analysis. Through this we attempt to inspire further research and theory-building on cultural/arts education for adu…
The book deals, for the first time, with the further education and training participation of adults in a systematic and regionally disaggregated fashion. The analyses differentiate not only socio-economic and demographic characteristics, but also regional contexts. Some regions show particularities in further education behavior. Additional case studies in these regions reveal enhancing or impeding regional contexts that have an impact on education chances of adults within regions. These regio…
Die Studie „Benefits of Lifelong Learning“ (BeLL) wurde zwischen 2011 und 2014 in zehn Europäischen Ländern durchgeführt und am Deutschen Institut für Erwachsenenbildung – Leibniz-Zentrum für Lebenslanges Lernen e.V. (DIE) koordiniert. Sie wurde von der EU-Kommission im Lifelong-Learning-Programm („Studies and Comparative Research, KA1“) gefördert. Im Mai 2014 lagen die Ergebnisse vor. Sie zeigen: Allgemeine Erwachsenenbildung hat einen vielfältigen individuellen und sozialen Nutzen. Die Ergebn…
The study text provides an introduction to the topic migration and further education with particular attention to the different educational needs of adults with a migrant background. As a starting point, central terms and events in the history of migration in Germany are discussed. Against this background, the current challenges for further education due to migration-related diversity are highlighted. Moreover, the training situation and participation of adults with a migrant background is disc…
For the third time, the DIE-Trendanalyse presents structures, processes and results of adult and further education. The book is based on facts and figures from educational research and national reports on education. By gathering and presenting data from various sources, the book will provide the necessary prerequisites for decision making in politics and practice. The book allows insights in trends in areas of adult education such as supply and demand, participation, personnel and staff, and fi…
