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Recent international trends in Adult Education (AE) mirror the diverse realities this field is experiencing around the world. This article discusses the trend towards democratization through a revision of existing knowledge in three main domains: theory, research and practice. First, a theoretical framework of democratization as applied in AE will be outlined. Second, recent research developments will be reviewed as they inform the process of democratization through Adult Education which is occ…
Professionalization in Europe This contribution deals with the state of professionalization in adult education on the level of single member states in the European Union. Concerning this the DIE has brought into being a research group, in which further education researchers from Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Italy, France and Portugal are represented. The inputs for the constituent assembly of the research group and the first discussions of the initia…
Sprache ist ein zentrales Medium von Kultur und Kommunikation. Bildung lehrt Sprache(n) und verwendet Sprache(n). Im Diskurs über Bildung und Spracherwerb, zumal unter den Vorzeichen des Literacy-Begriffs, dominiert ein schriftkultureller Fokus. Hier setzen wir bewusst einen anderen Schwerpunkt und nehmen das gesprochene (und gehörte) Wort in den Blick. Im »Mitreden« vollzieht sich Teilhabe – auch und gerade für die vielen Geflüchteten im Lande.
Scientific Education This issue combines empirical and conceptual access points to research of an area of education which has been for the most part neglected by continuing education: What role does natural science knowledge play in the context of informal and non-formal learning processes of adults? And what impetus can be derived for the structure and design of teaching-learning arrangements in other areas? This issue provides insight into specific issues, providing a contribution to inter…
The "Green Series" introduces reliable knowledge, current topics and didactic methods, which were tested in other fields, to adult education specialists. All volumes are designed from the action perspective, convey application-oriented formulas, and set standards based on the state of research, They contribute to competence and quality development in practical adult education.
Der Bedarf nach Weiterbildung steigt in allen Bereichen – ohne daß bisher eine entsprechende Bedarfsdeckung für die öffentlich verantwortete Erwachsenenbildung in einem gesellschaftlichen Diskurs ausreichend konkret aktualisiert worden und die dafür notwendigen Rahmenbedingungen, insbesondere die Professionsvoraussetzungen, geklärt wären. Für die Mitarbeiterlnnen in den Einrichtungen der Erwachsenenbildung stellt dies eine doppelte Herausforderung dar: Sie müssen ihr Angebot im gesellschaftl…
Further education is regarded as an investment in the future, in which large parts of the population of Germany participate. However not all groups benefit from this investment in equal measure. The contribution particularly focuses on the further education situation of migrants. A subsequent subscription of the development of pedagogical concepts of deficit- and adaption orientated basic approaches from the early 1970s up to the current stronger resource- and integration orientated offers. The…
The contribution assesses the consequences for adult education emerging from the running GATS negotiation round. Initially the present situation of the regulations are described which apply for the EU since 1994 and which restrict liberalisation to privately financed educational services. Since 2002 the USA and Brazil are demanding further steps to be taken by the EU. The possible consequences are estimated of the discontinuation of – among others – the subventions reserve for special areas of …
Theoretical basics of a gender equal didactics Substantiations and consequences The contribution makes a subject of discussion the significance of the category gender for theoretical basics of didactical approaches in adult education. Structural gender characterize the adult education research, the institutions, the educational situations, the educational apprehension as well as the people participating with the educational actions and the worlds of their lives. These conditions for outco…
Diese Reihe des DIE stellt Praktikerlnnen der Erwachsenenbildung bewährtes Handlungswissen, innovative Methoden, aktuelle Themen und neue Arbeitsfelder aus Sicht der in der Bildungspraxis Handelnden vor. Die Einzelpublikationen der Reihe gehen dabei nicht systematisch – wie im Studium üblich – von der Struktur des Gegenstandes oder Arbeitsfeldes aus. Vielmehr sind sie aus der Perspektive des Berufsalltags entworfen und zielen darauf ab, eine erste Orientierung, verwendungsbezogenes Wissen un…
