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In the form of a review, the author outlines the history of how cooperation has been achieved and imposed in the field of continuing education. He distinguishes between cooperation as an intervention and as an exchange, and between proclamatory, hierarchical and participative cooperation. The structure of the network is presented as way to boost cooperation, and is studied to identify risks and key success factors.
In Retrospect: On the Conception of REPORT and its Development A conversation with the founding editors The reason for this interview is REPORT’s 30-year existence. Thus, the time has come to once again recall the events and experiences in its long history. In 1978, the “Literature and Research Report Continuing Education” was published for the first time and was essentially a review journal created to give an overview of the still widely scattered and developing discipline of adult and con…
Didactics – more than the art of teaching? The contribution gives an overview of the historical terms of didactics. With the background of changing paradigms, drawn is the entry of the didactical term into adult education and its development since the 1960s. One focus of the consideration is on the didactical change from “teaching“ to “formation of learning contexts”, which was influenced by the discussion on constructivism. Concluding, the author elaborates on the state of research on didac…
Die Universitätsausdehnungsbewegung war Teil einer länger andauernden Universitätsreform sowie des Bildungswesen allgemein. Zwei Drittel der Teilnehmenden waren dabei Frauen. Insbesondere für die Lehrerbildung spielten diese Angebote eine entscheidende Rolle. Die hohen Kosten für die Kurse führten dazu, dass die Angebote stark von den Mittelklassen besucht wurden. Die beliebtesten Vorlesungs-Themen waren: Social studies, industrial and political history and economics.
