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Personal and organisational educational counselling The need for support in the search for tailor-made educational programmes is growing along with the ongoing individualisation of educational pathways. Counselling of individuals and organisations is gaining importance in this context. This issue focuses both on new theories as well as educational policy developments, devoting attention to current challenges in various fields of action: the training of vocational counsellors, research of coun…
The pretentions on professionalization of further education in the area of tension between managerism, evidence based practice and obligation of participants The transformation of the welfare state also leads to a change in professional profiles in further education. This shows among others in the tendencies of de-professionalization, such as in the form of a (re-) subordination of adult pedagogical professional roles and activities under the logics of administration, market and law or other…
Die demografische Entwicklung und Verschiebungen in der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Situierung haben zur Entdeckung der reiferen Erwachsenen als Zielgruppe des betriebswirtschaftliche Produktmarketings geführt. Die Wortschöpfung „50plus“, die in den letzten Jahren von zahlreichen Institutionen und Organisationen auch außerhalb des kommerziellen Bereichs für diese Zielgruppe aufgegriffen wurde, impliziert zugleich eine Festlegung der Eintrittsaltersschwelle für „Ältere“ auf 50 Jahre. Im Gegens…
The author has collected self-reports of functional illiterates and questioned them on their “joy potential“. Three qualitatively set up analyses of the 1990s serve as sources. The contribution shows that the participation in literacy courses can cause a significant increase of self-confidence by overcoming experiences of deficit. The experience of attention and support is seen as encouraging and it contributes considerably to take over responsibility for one’s own life.
Im Oktober 2005 jährt sich die Wiedervereinigung zum fünfzehnten Mal. "Mancher Abschied ist schön" betitelte die Deutsche Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Erwachsenenbildung (DEAE) im Jahre 1994 ein Buch, das "Perspektiven für politische Bildung nach dem Ende der Blockkonfrontation" entworfen hat. DIE hat das halbrunde Jubiläum zum Anlass genommen, bei den Autorinnen des Buches nachzufragen, wie die damals entwickelten Ideen heute wirken - im doppelten Sinne. Ein Gespräch mit Astrid Messers…
When gender meets didactics… Learning and teaching in context of social constructions This contribution combines didactical and gender-related deliberations and sketches the emphases of the respective discourses. It uses the constructive character of gender in order to take the constructivistically orientated didactics at its word. With the experiences of a model event, didactical steps are presented exemplary which are able to meet the requirements of the special reference between gender a…
