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The article is based on the assumption that there is a dialectical correlation between biography and society. The authors develop an analytical category to better conceptually capture the influence of education policy frameworks through individuals’ professional performance. The main focus will be on the life stories of two figures which are pivotal for the development of the Hessian or even German history of adult education: Walter Korn and Rudi Rohlmann.
Das Projekt "Soziale und personale Kompetenzen als Basisqualifikation in der Erwachsenenbildung" hatte zum Ziel, die genannte Thematik für Adressaten der Weiterbildungsbereiche Elematarbildung, berufliche Wiedereingliederung und Umschulung zu bearbeiten. Das Buch fasst die Ergebnisse zusammen.
Adult education for people without school graduation or graduation from vocaltional training Report on a study for the OECD Germany participated in the partial undertaking “adult learning of the low educated and low skilled” within the OECD-programme “Thematic review on adult learning: The second round”. The contribution describes the decrease of the level of qualification of the younger population and from this it names the resulting requirements to adult education.
»Wir sind alle Flüchtlinge.« Mit diesem Zitat von Hannah Arendt eröffnet Michaela Stoffels den Schwerpunkt des vorliegenden Hefts – und stellt klar, dass das Flüchtlingsthema gesellschaftsweit wie auch in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung weiterhin relevant ist. Für die EB/WB betrifft dies vor allem die Sprach- und Integrationskurse, die, so Rainer Ohliger im Gespräch, einem folgenreichen Geburtsfehler unterliegen. Dass sie aber dennoch sinnvoll sind und für die Teilnehmenden wie auch für die …
Justice and the right to continuing education Education opportunities are unfairly distributed. In the area, too, of continuing education there are disadvantaged groups of persons who especially have already suffered discrimination during their initial vocational education and training. The demand for equal opportunities which dates back to Aristotle and John Rawls implies that everyone who suffers as a result of insufficient or unsatisfactory results in their initial training should have a…
