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In the present European context migrants and refugees are represented as a threat to security in the first place. Adult Education, especially when subsidised by the state, finds itself in a double-bind. On the one hand it has to offer a place for “Bildung” for all adults, where they can develop themselves according to their interests, capabilities and needs. Unequal chances are to be reduced and the humanistic ideal of development and expression of one’s personality shall be met. On the other h…
This article examines learning at the university, which is located in the institutional context of the university with its structural conditions. The analysis of learning at universities opens research perspectives, to which the adult education science can deliver substantial contributions.
People constitute learning places themselves when a relational room perspective is the starting point of their action. Room in the learning place company can be relationally structured by further education processes. Spacings, syntheses and the consequently following dynamisation of learning places open up possibilities which contribute to a reinforced exchange of experiences. Participants of further education positively evaluate this exchange of experiences because it takes place near the wor…
Regelungen zur Bildungsfreistellung (Bildungsurlaub) gibt es bislang in acht EU-Staaten. Wo sie existieren, werden mangelnde Transparenz und Beratung, Widerstände in den Unternehmen und bei den Anspruchsberechtigten Angst um den Arbeitsplatz festgestellt. Vielfach fehlt es am politischen Willen, Bildungsfreistellung für lebenslanges Lernen wirksamer werden zu lassen. In einem Sokrates-Projekt (1998–2000) mit Partnern aus Belgien, Frankreich, Italien und Deutschland stand die Frage im Mittelpu…
I regolamenti per il congedo formativo (congedo per motivi di studio e formazione) sono contemplati nel frattempo in otto stati dell’UE. Laddove essi esistano, è possibile accertare casi di insufficiente trasparenza e consulenza, di resistenza all’interno delle aziende e di timori giustificati circa il posto di lavoro. Manca spesso la volontà politica di rendere più efficace lo strumento di congedo formativo ai fini di un costante apprendimento. In un progetto Socrate (1998–2000) con i partne…
Gerade die Erstellung von Lehrmaterialien benötigt wissenschaftliche Fundierung und Input aus der Praxis. Wie die Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaft und Praxis erfolgreich verlaufen kann, beschreiben die Autorinnen aus Sicht der Wissenschaft.
