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Ein grundlegendes Verstehen von Wissenschaft ist eine wichtige Grundlage für Teilhabefähigkeit in unserer von Wissen geprägten Gesellschaft. In der Corona-Krise zeigt sich dies in besonderem Maße. Die Autoren verweisen auf die Tradition der Vermittlung wissenschaftlicher Grundbildung in der Erwachsenenbildung und sehen die Corona-Pandemie als Chance, an diese Tradition anzuschließen.
Was motiviert Erwachsene zu lernen? Sind alle Menschen, die an Weiterbildung teilnehmen, lernmotiviert? Und umgekehrt: Sind diejenigen, die nicht teilnehmen automatisch nicht lernmotiviert? Horst Siebert befasst sich in diesem Studientext mit zwei zentralen Themen der Weiterbildung und zeigt auf, dass das Verhältnis von Lernmotivation und Bildungsbeteiligung äußerst komplex ist. Auf der Grundlage von umfangreichen statistischen Materialien vermittelt er zunächst einen Überblick über die Datenl…
Foundation of a family as a predetermined breaking point? On the interaction of parenthood and participation in adult education and continuing education Within the context of an empirical longitudinal research project, the processes and turning points of the continuing education practise are documented and discussed in a gender-typical context of life. The survey proves the gender-typical change of the (continuing) education behaviour of men and women when they become fathers and mothers: The …
This article describes the benefits and forms of forgetting from a neuropsychological perspective. By the same token, Peter Gassner shows that forgetting is not only something negative, but rather that it is even a constitutive factor in people's learning abilities. Adult education specialists will find valuable suggestions in the article on how learners can counteract undesirable forms of forgetting, i.e. forgetfulness.
R. Jermann presents eduQua, a label that certifies certain basic standards for further education institutions in Switzerland. eduQua aims at securing and furthering the quality of further education institutions by way of the setting of basic standards, at identifying a basis for administrative decisions (certified institutions may apply for grants), and at improving transparence in the education market.
While political education appears to be of secondary importance in the national grants policy, on the European plane it is coming to a new blossoming. The European ministers of education are working towards a joint educational planning programme and are looking for common aims in political education. The pertinent grants programmes are a rich source of for good practice. In cross-section tasks the intertwining of political education and political development manifests itself. Monika…
This article presents the results of a recent online survey of graduates of the Austrian Academy of Continuing Education. Methodically, the survey’s results on benefit items are interpreted and answers to open questions are analyzed by qualitative content analyses. Empirical findings are subject to an interpretation using concepts of professionalization and the political agenda of validation of informal and non-formal learning. An important finding is, that WBA enhances individual professionali…
Blended Learning ist die Kombination von Online- und Präsenzphasen. Um der Gefahr zu begegnen, dass Präsenzphasen als Highlight und Onlineanteile als »Durchhängephasen« erlebt werden, braucht es eine sinnvolle Kombination unterschiedlicher Prinzipien des Blended Learnings. Diese stellen die Autoren vor.
