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Using the documentary method according to Ralf Bohnsack, it is shown in this essay how memory in communicative processes with senior citizens develops. Amateur photographs were used to discuss with the seniors. The conversations took place in two small groups and were analyzed in comparison. Furthermore, the statements of the interviewees were evaluated and discussed in the light of relevant literature.
Program analyses are considered as genuine methods of research in further education. The basic understanding is that innovation is not only an invention of new methods, but also an implementation of existing methods in new ways. The most important approaches of program analysis will be presented and discussed concerning their alteration. This is also relevant for qualitative research in further education in general.
Adult education and historiography The paper aims to explore the role and function of the historical issues within the field of Adult Education and its relations to scholarly historiography to date. Quite similar to the traditional paradigm in the history of education was the history of adult education for a long time also primarily based on pedagogical considerations. Thus research received almost no attention neither from historiography nor from educational science. Despite the current boo…
In der vorliegenden Fallstudie werden zwei Geschäftsmodelle zum ProfilPASS miteinander verglichen, die von strukturell unterschiedlich organisierten Bildungsanbietern im Kontext von Bildungsberatung umgesetzt werden. Theoretisch orientiert sich die kontrastive Fallstudie an einem für das Projekt „Lernende Regionen“ entwickeltem Geschäftsmodell für eine Bildungsberatungsagentur. Entlang der fünf Komponenten Produkt-Marktkombination, Wertschöpfungsprozesse, Marktpositionierung, Finanzierung/Erträ…
The inheritance of Paul Röhrig as a subject for historical research in adult education The article presents the types of sources and texts found in the estate of Paul Röhrig (1922–2007) and after an introduction to his biography and work, outlines positions on topics of art historical research that can be elaborated on this basis. The approaches to a systematized history of the study of adult education in the West German post-war years which arise from this will be outlined in an account wit…
The article provides an insight into the first results of the PIAAC study and links it with mixed-method and qualitative-empirical approaches as well as the development of competencies in life course. For this purpose, it shows two studies which focus an individual development approach in contrast to the quantitative assessment approach of PIAAC. The aim is to present advantages and disadvantages of different research perspectives.
Die Lehr-/Lernforschung in der Weiterbildung hat sich lange Zeit auf die sozialen und biografischen Voraussetzungen und Rahmungen Lebenslangen Lernens konzentriert. Demgegenüber fanden die Lehr- und Lernprozesse in Veranstaltungen der Erwachsenenbildung vergleichsweise wenig Aufmerksamkeit. Das Gleiche galt für deren Wirkungen, sowohl im Blick auf Lernzuwächse und Interessen als auch auf ihren Transfer in den Lebens- und Arbeitsalltag der Teilnehmenden. Dies änderte sich jedoch im Laufe der let…
Concept maps in the teaching-learning context Concept maps are understood to mean two-dimensional structural presentations of knowledge or information in the form of a network. This article explains the principle of the concept map, including in relation to the mind map, and sums up results of teaching-learning research for its use. Readers find out what purposes concept maps can be used for (e.g. knowledge diagnostics), how their learning efficacy is assessed and what factors can boost th…
Starting out with deliberations on the relationship between the course of life and the constructed biography of an individual, this article intends to elucidate the contexts of learning as they are treated in various (inter-)national studies, by focusing on the individual’s course of life. To clarify which methodological design is most appropriate to study processes of (lifelong) learning and education, it then seems necessary to highlight a particular methodological approach. This leads, ultim…
In the usually clearly word- and text-oriented research field of adult education, for a while now, approaches have been observed, which understand visual presentations as data to be analyzed in a methodically controlled way. These data are used in order to generate and substantiate knowledge about adult education, whereby intensity, contexts, theoretical background and methods or methodology are different. This article presents these approaches in the research fields focusing on students, progr…
