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Complaints about the governmental withdrawal from public responsibility for adult education are most common nowadays. The "retrospects" shows how the perception of public responsibility during the last three decades of the 20th century has changed in the mirror of different political guidelines and an altering public interest in adult education.
PISA for adults? Remarks about the consequences of PISA for adult education The PISA results shown by the OECD for the school area also have consequences for adult education. For the development of adult education itself but also for a holistic concept of lifelong learning it will be of importance to be able to refer to specific international comparative results. The contribution describes measures of policies of adult education that were initiated following the PISA results and it scetches…
Der Autor setzt einer von ökonomischen Interessen geprägten Standortperspektive den Begriff der regionalen Lernkulturen entgegen. Ausgangspunkt jeden regionalen Agierens sind die Regionen selbst und die in ihnen vorhandenen Potentiale wie Wertorientierungen, Mentalitäten und Traditionen. Der Autor identifiziert aktuell einen neuen Typus regionaler Lernkulturen, in dem verstärkt Einflüsse von Lernfeldern außerhalb der Erwerbstätigkeit aufgenommen werden und bei dem die Vernetzung verschiedener i…
In zehn Beiträgen gehen die Autor/inn/en der Wirkungsgeschichte der Volkshochschulen in Ost und West nach.
The concept of support-networks is currently finding its way out of the theoretical discussions into practical application. This is not only due to the zeitgeist of reduced governmental investments in education policy but also because the concept of support takes into account the social embeddedness of learning costs and thus contributes to the discourse of the „learning society“. Networks are propagated as an alternative to either the state or the market, on the other hand they are likely to c…
This report reflects potentials and dangers for adult education resulting from the process of Europeanizing educational politics. The report indicates the associated structural mechanisms of action in the area of tension of cooperation and competition with the example of the European Qualification Frame (EQF). While intending to achieve a better comparability of educational systems and educational programmes the EQF in fact injects fresh impetus for more national and international competition. …
