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Band 1: Biographische Erfahrung und wissenschaftl. Theorie • erschließt aus über 2000 Lebensgeschichten der Weltliteratur von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart den Lernprozess Krisenverarbeitung in 8 archetypischen Spiralphasen, • stellt das Spiral-Denkmodell Krisenverarbeitung in bildungspolitische, wissenschaftstheorethische, zeitgeschichtliche und kunst- und kulturgeschichtliche Kontexte • exemplifiziert die Krisenverarbeitung repräsentativ: - in zahlreichen Auto-/Biographien aus aller Welt - …
In Krisenmanagement und Integration, Band 2 wird aus vier Jahrzehnten Forschungs-, Bildungs- und Politikpraxis das Krisen-Management-Interaktionsmodell zum Lernprozess Krisenverarbeitung als komplementären 3-Schritte-Prozess der von Krisen schon und noch nicht betroffenen Menschen vorgestellt. Die Autorin fokussiert den Paradigmenwechsel visionär in den Komplementär-Thesen (individuell und kollektiv): Krisen - Herausforderung und verborgener Reichtum; Krisen-Management gesellschaftliche Schlüss…
The Author presents a shortened version of the report »The Social and Personal Benefits of Learning: A Summary of Key Research Findings« by the »Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning (WBL)«. The wider benefits of early childhood education as well as school, university and adult education are examined. The wide range of positive educational benefits contains crime prevention as well as a reduced nicotine consumption or increased tolerance.
Learning along biographical and career changes Based on a biographical sample from adult education centres (VHS), this article discusses the concept of research on learning environments. The factors for success will be evaluated together with reflections on how to prepare for an executive position in such institutions. This will allow for extracting conditions for learning in certain biographical settings. The challenge for learning is seen as a result of the individual’s changing reception…
Der REPORT vermittelt einen Überblick zur wissenschaftlichen Forschung und Theoriebildung in der Erwachsenenbildung. Jedes Heft behandelt ein Schwerpunktthema und enthält einen umfangreichen Rezensionsteil.
Biography orientation and didactics Deliberations for the guidance of biographical learning in adult education In the practice of adult education methods and concepts of biographical learning have since long been integral part of didactical deliberations and they are newly made subject of discussion again and again with changing reasons and terms. For some time the concept of "Biographizität" is referred to in these discussions without the relevance of this term, which was developed in the …
During the last two decades, widening adult participation in higher education has become a central issue in international and especially European lifelong learning policy debates. At European level this is reflected in the Europe 2020 strategy set out by the European Commission. One headline target is to boost the share of the population aged 30–34 that has completed tertiary or equivalent education to 40 per cent by 2020. In the face of general trends such as the intensive use of ICT, the evol…
