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„Construction“ and „self organization“ in adult pedagogy Deliberations on the pedagogical status of two concepts Constructivistical concepts have pervaded the younger adult pedagogical discussion in equally promissory as problem marked forms. The contribution unfolds an exemplary analysis fo the two constructivistical key notions „construction“ and „self organization“ which calls attention to the notion logical presentation of a problem as it is so far widely unconsidered in the adult peda…
Computer aided data analysis in the qualitative adult education research Experiences with the software MAXqda 2 and Atlas.ti The qualitative social research has various different programmes to choose from when evaluating data which can make the systemization and organization of data easier. In the contribution two works from research in adult education and respective usage of software for qualitative data analysis are exemplarily discussed. Thereby especially the process of the (network) …
„Click and Type“ – new ways into the empirical practice On theory and practice of online researches It is still relatively unsettled what online research resp. online questionaires are and what effects these instruments have on the entire research process. On the basis of different sources and experiences from own projects this contribution goes into the matter of the single einzelnen effects online research from different perspectives, such as e. g. the options of figuration, the warranty…
Consultancy in transition Interfaces of school and study as well as of study and job Setting out from the point of a teaching insight, which understands study as a job biographical phase, study entrance as well as study withdrawal as central interfaces of this phase achieve increasing significance. At the universities increasingly practical initiatives at these interfaces can be observed; certainly hardly any empirical studies exist that take a closer look at the need of the students at thi…
Theoretical references in professional adult education and vocational training To the extent that social sciences are dependent on the terms with which they are formulated also adult education underlies the impacts of terminological decisions, that can be encountered this way or another way. The usage of the term intervention is such a decision, it stands in the centre of this contribution. By interpreting the empirical results of research on self-learning competences as well as by theoretic…
