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Biography and Education Biographical aspects are coming increasingly under the focus of teaching-learning and educational research in the context of international comparative studies and the debate over self-organised and self-guided learning. Different theoretical approaches are selected and current empirical findings in the area of biographical research are presented in this issue in order to shed light on the interrelationship between education and biography.
Während der Corona-Pandemie hat es auch in Kalifornien Einschränkungen bei Präsenzkursen der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung gegeben. Die Anbieter haben darauf mit einer starken Ausweitung von Online- und Hybridkursen reagiert. Auf Grundlage eines jährlichen Datenreports zum Fernunterricht zeigt der Autor Schwierigkeiten und Lösungsstrategien der Einrichtungen bei dieser Umstellung auf.
Nicht nur in Online-Kursen werden immer mehr Daten über die und von den Teilnehmenden gesammelt. Diese Daten können mithilfe von Learning-Analytics-Programmen ausgewertet und verwendet werden, um Lernen zu personalisieren und Probleme in individuellen oder auch institutionellen Lernkontexten zu lösen.
Lernnachweise: Der Ruf nach Lernnachweisen wächst, gleichzeitig der Ruf nach selbstorganisiertem und selbstgesteuertem Lernen. Nur selten wird der Widerspruch zwischen diesen beiden Zielen thematisiert. Vielleicht liegt dies daran, daß beide Ziele in derselben Ursache gründen. Gesellschaftlicher wie individueller Lernbedarf wachsen, weil das Leben wissenschaftlicher, technisierter, globaler und flexibler wird. Aus dem gleichen Grund verlieren bestehende Domänen (Sektoren, Branchen, Organisation…
Erik Haberzeth issues a plea to make teaching the central focus of didactic activity once again. The problem with achieving successful good teaching, in his view, is not necessarily related to teachers devoting too little attention to existing specialised didactical knowledge. It is more important, rather, to make sure that didactics do not become self-absorbed and thereby impede the way to content rather than paving it. This does not mean that specialised didactics can generally speaking be di…
The "Red Series" provides quick access and initial orientation regarding the characteristics and features of continuing education in the individual countries. The volumes combine country-specific data and information on a scientific basis. A comprehensive service section facilitates further enquiries. On this base, continuing educators from research, practice and administration are able to prepare coopertion activities.
The understanding of a knowledge-based society that orientates itself alongside an economic paradigm, is enhanced by showing up the pluralism of different types of knowledge. Within these different types the specific criteria of scientific knowledge are identified. Concerning the teaching and learning of scientific knowledge the question arises, by which methods this kind of knowledge can be communicated. These methods are associated with the function of unfolding the specific structure of scie…
Subjects move and act in spatial contexts and through their actions, they create spaces. This also applies to adult learning and to the professional practice of adult education, yet the systematic incorporation of spatial aspects into adult education research to date has remained marginal. This publication takes the category of space as a focal point, with the various chapters defining and honing its meaning for adult education. It brings together the relevant theoretical discourses, summarizes…
