Angebote politischer Erwachsenenbildung vor und nach dem „Corona-Schock“

The latent structure of educational offerings—tracing topics from folk high school catalogues through large-scale content analyses

Programmplanung in der Weiterbildung unter dem Einfluss der Corona-Pandemie: Befunde einer empirischen Studie

Arbeitspläne und Leitideen in der Weimarer Republik – Divergente Richtungen der Volkshochschulen in Bremen und in Gießen

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Fremdsprachen - Trendsprachen

Foreign languages à la mode. Trends in adult language acquisition based on the example of the VHS programme Learning foreign languages is a high-status activity in organised adult learning. Based on VHS (adult education centre) statistics, the author shows that foreign languages are an indispensable element of the VHS programme range; hardly any other area is in such constantly high demand, a demand which can also be seen in relation to income status. Now making up 30 percent of all courses,…

TRIM Training for the Integration of Migrant and Ethnic Workers into the Labour Market and the Local Community

The partners of the Leonardo project "Training for the Integration of Migrants into the Labour Market and the Local Community (TRIM)” explored the issue of workplace language learning with migrant and ethnic workers. This handbook is a result of the project to support a training programme focused on vocational, linguistic and other cultural aspects, involving both the immigrants and the locals, in order to achieve an effective integration of the immigrant workforce into the labour market and …

Der vielfältige und weite Nutzen von allgemeiner Erwachsenenbildung

Die Studie „Benefits of Lifelong Learning“ (BeLL) wurde zwischen 2011 und 2014 in zehn Europäischen Ländern durchgeführt und am Deutschen Institut für Erwachsenenbildung – Leibniz-Zentrum für Lebenslanges Lernen e.V. (DIE) koordiniert. Sie wurde von der EU-Kommission im Lifelong-Learning-Programm („Studies and Comparative Research, KA1“) gefördert. Im Mai 2014 lagen die Ergebnisse vor. Sie zeigen: Allgemeine Erwachsenenbildung hat einen vielfältigen individuellen und sozialen Nutzen. Die Ergebn…

Wissenschaftliche Aus- und Weiterbildung zur Berufsberatung im internationalen Vergleich

Scientific Training and Further Education on Career Guidance in International Comparison Most international experts insist that neutral and efficient career guidance can only be guaranteed by a very high professional proficiency of the counsellors. In recent years qualification offers for trainers have huge differences in both quality and contents of training. The contribution illustrates, on the basis of international studies, the efforts to establish European standards of qualifications fo…

Kognition, Emotion und mentale Selbstregulation: Zur Entstehung und Auflösung innerer Konflikte

Cognition, emotion and mental self-regulation: on the nascency and solution of inner conflicts The contribution provides a short overview of several results on nascency and solution of inner conflicts which in the frame of a research programme on mental self-regulation in learning processes of adults were gained. The author was head of the project and she draws practical conclusions for adult education.