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Skript des Vortrags von Susanne Offenbartl, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Deutschen Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE), den sie anlässlich der AUE-Jahrestagung im September 1999 gehalten hat. Die Wissensbestände verändern sich kontinuierlich und altern immer schneller. Gleichzeitig ist eine Individualisierung der Kommunikations- und Informationsbedarfe festzustellen. Das Internet wird den Erfordernissen beider Entwicklungen gerecht. Am Beispiel des Internet-Service des DIE und zwei wei…
"Entwicklungsorientierte Bildungsarbeit" zeigt sich in dieser REPORT-Ausgabe von zwei grundsätzlichen Seiten. Zum einen verdeutlichen die Aufsätze aus den unterschiedlichen Ländern und Kontinenten, dass die jeweiligen sozialen, historischen und kulturellen Gegebenheiten einer Gesellschaft von großer Bedeutung für jede Bildungsarbeit sind. Zum anderen zeigt sich aber auch, dass entwicklungsorientierte Bildungsarbeit methodisch, lerntheoretisch und bildungspolitisch von eben den zentralen Fragen …
So far, time and space have been addressed in separate discourses without considering the connections between the categories. An integrative perspective on the regulation of participation in further education promise social space perspective. Against the background of the demand for the interweaving of discourses of time and space, the paper deals with the question of which temporal relationships can be found in social space regulators of participation in further education. First of all, the ca…
Programs of further education reflect societal interpretations of education and are the result of professional pedagogical action. Research on programs of further education and on the underlying planning processes is educational research that reconstructs educational concepts in a phenomenological manner and that provides a knowledge base for decisions that need to be negotiated by society. In this context, program-planning models constitute partial perspectives on program planning. One goal of…
For some time, recollection, identity and historical awareness have been frequently applied concepts of history. Ever since adult education came into being, it has also dealt with the topic. The research spectrum, conducted with various methods, reaches from the presentation of historical objectives, structures and figures to a critical reflection of individual interests and motivation. In making these efforts, a historical and continually re-forming self-awareness of the discipline can be cons…
South-east European countries are receiving support from “western” institutions in developing their education system structures. One professional involved in development cooperation in the field of adult education is dvv international, the German Adult Education Association’s institute for international cooperation. By evaluating work in Romania, Serbia and Kosovo, this article reflects on strategic decisions resulting from this work. It demonstrates that it is correct to take account of differ…
Case-based Learning as a Means of Professionalization of Teaching Staff In adult and teacher education, case-based learning seems a promising way to foster analytical competencies which play a crucial role when identifying and solving practical problems in teaching situations. Thus, the article offers an insight into established concepts of case-based learning within different contexts for the professionalization (of teachers). Therefore, two discourses will be related to one another: one o…
