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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…
The form of social integration of space and time determines the understanding of learning, personality and subjectification. In modernity, organizations form individuals through systematic observation. For this purpose, semiotic techniques of dynamization of persons—calculation, measurement, visualization, rechaotisation—are developed and used pedagogically. Their digitization leads to the autonomization of presentational control and management practices, which operate without organizations as …
In this paper, the authors examine the setting of and working with boundaries between everyday work and innovation development, based on an empirical analysis of an innovation lab in the social economy. The lab allows intrapreneurs to learn and use entrepreneurial practices to foster social innovation. The process of boundaries setting can be made clear by the spatial structuring of performative practice, the constitution of symbolic spaces, the rhythm of divergence and convergence as well as a…
The article deals with the question how learning is made possible in time and space in university continuing education. The analysis focuses on the phases of on-site study and self-study, which are regarded as two forms of dealing with time and space in university continuing education. Both formats present specific challenges for the students, showing that the quality of learning time and learning spaces plays a key role in participation. In addition, times and places for on-site study and self…
Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an extra-occupational graduate program. Hence it was of crucial importance, whether the alumni assessed the graduate program as effective. To investigate this research question a quantitative questionnaire was designed. Thus the graduate program was evaluated at the three levels reactions, learning and transfer. Overall 88 graduates were interviewed. Data analysis shows the efficacy of the program on all levels. Consequently (theoretical and pra…
Kunst ist in Adornos Verständnis funktionslos – und gerade deshalb in der Lage, besondere ästhetische Erfahrungen zu ermöglichen. Eine Kunstpädagogik im Anschluss an Adorno kann, so der Autor, nicht nur zu einem kritischen Blick auf die Wirklichkeit befähigen, sondern auch als Teil politischer Bildung verstanden werden.
Der ästhetische Zugang zur Welt und zu Sachverhalten kann als Teil der Erkenntnisgewinnung angesehen werden. So verstanden, kann ein ästhetischer Zugang in Lehr-/Lernsituationen genutzt werden, um sich ein Urteil über Probleme und Sachverhalte zu bilden bzw. moralische Urteilsfähigkeit zu entwickeln.
Die Ästhetik eines Raums beeinflusst die Art und Weise, wie wir ihn nutzen. Das gilt auch für Lernräume, deren Ästhetik Ausdruck einer Idee von Bildung und Lernen sein kann. Die Autorin nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise zu verschiedenen Lernorten.
