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Adult education as a profession is neither clearly defined in relation to neighbouring fields nor clearly structured internally. Thus an ambivalent situation is created: on the one hand there are careers on this side and beyond institutionalised adult education. On the other hand the commitment towards a professional purpose seen as pedagogical in a narrow sense begins to crumble. The author refers to a speech by W. Schulenberg from 1969 and shows perspectives for the profession. They aim at a …
The Greek educational system replicates the historical-cultural and regional segmentation of Greek society. In the past there was a gap between west-oriented Greeks with a high level of education on the one hand and uneducated natives on the other hand; nowadays we find well-off Greek students at western universities on the one hand and, on the other hand, the larger part of the national youth in the backward universities of their own country. In adult education, the traditional gap is perpetua…
The phenomenon of disordered learning and the resistance against education are reconstructed as a result of purposeful educational determination. Both are collateral costs of institutionalized learning arrangements, at which can be worked anew with educational means on a higher level. Compared with informal and implicit learning, in contexts of formal learning there is a fair chance for resistance against exacting learning demands. So the competence of refusing education might be seen as a base…
Die Produktdatenbank Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung (PAG) ist ein Online-Portal, das ab 2007 entstandene Bildungsmaterialien mit einem inhaltlichen Bezug zur Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung versammelt und v.a. Lehrkräften und Kursplanenden kostenlos bereitstellt. Der Leitfaden richtet sich an alle Personen, die Bildungsmaterialien aus dem Bereich der Alphabetisierung in der PAG veröffentlichen wollen. Er informiert über Kriterien zur inhaltlichen Gestaltung und technischen Beschaffenheit d…
