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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 …
When gender meets didactics… Learning and teaching in context of social constructions This contribution combines didactical and gender-related deliberations and sketches the emphases of the respective discourses. It uses the constructive character of gender in order to take the constructivistically orientated didactics at its word. With the experiences of a model event, didactical steps are presented exemplary which are able to meet the requirements of the special reference between gender a…
The day after tomorrow Didactical deliberations on the andragogical value chain Educational events should create value, be effectively sustainable in the “time after”. Even if “value” can mean most different things, it is always about the creation of value in educational work. Afterwards something has to be better than before. This article wants to show that for a value creating educational work, a row of didactical decisions need to be reflected upon and arranged. Therewith the focal point…
Didactical shift of epoch? Needs for clarification for the further development of didactical thinking, with regard to a DFG-supported research This contribution deals with the question, what science should clarify, explore and do in order to tackle a possible stagnation of didactical thinking (and therewith also its practical possibilities of impact). In spite of the fruitful provocation with which the didactical discussion has been revived in the last decade, especially from sides of cons…
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…
