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This article starts from the premise that an academic discipline directed at practice has to question, within which terms its research results become useful beyond science. For empirical research, the authors put forward the idea of use-inspired basic research. This approach might be a helpful orientation due to (further) educational science’s double challenge to simultaneously prove academic productivity and practical as well as societal usefulness. By reference to points of decision regularly…
Im ersten Quartal des Jahres veröffentlicht das Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung seinen Jahresbericht: Neben wichtigen Ereignissen des vergangenen Jahres werden dort die Tätigkeiten, Ergebnisse, Entwicklungen und haushaltstechnischen Daten des Instituts, seiner Programme und Projekte beschrieben.
The article aims at providing guidelines for a clear theoretical differentiation between various areas of tension in the planning of programs by outlining Structures and contradictory constellations have an impact on the contouring of antinomies and, thus, on program planning. A professional approach to program planning manifests itself in how such professional antinomies are dealt with, in particular. In addition to being of great value to the scientific analysis, this differentiation is also …
The development of typologies is used as a method in social and educational research that helps to systematically reduce complex information. Thus, developing typologies facilitates theoretical as well as empirical clarification and contributes in this way to the attainment of scientific insights. Typologies are based on the results of comparisons derived from analysing empirical material. These results are then clustered and outlined as dimensions for allocating individual cases, identifying i…
Learning along biographical and career changes Based on a biographical sample from adult education centres (VHS), this article discusses the concept of research on learning environments. The factors for success will be evaluated together with reflections on how to prepare for an executive position in such institutions. This will allow for extracting conditions for learning in certain biographical settings. The challenge for learning is seen as a result of the individual’s changing reception…
European countries, North America and Japan are strongly affected by demographic change and ageing populations. In these countries a discourse emerged about using the potentials of older people and the role of lifelong learning in this process. This text focuses on international results of further educational participation of older people and outlines concepts of learning in later life in Germany.
In dieser international-vergleichenden Studie über das Bildungsmonitoring zum Lebenslangen Lernen werden Fragen nach den Steuerungswirkungen supra- und internationaler Organisationen wie EU und OECD bei der Implementierung ihrer bildungspolitischen Ansätze in drei europäischen Staaten (Deutschland, Griechenland, Finnland) untersucht. Dabei kommen die im Rahmen einer outputorientierten Steuerung eingesetzten Steuerungsinstrumente, wie Bildungsmonitoring und -berichterstattung, und deren Auswirku…
Migrants are faced with the particular challenge of gaining acknowledgment and social acceptance of their qualifications acquired in their country of origin. They stand to benefit from a comprehensive implementation of the lifelong learning strategy. The acknowledgement of individual skills and competences should not depend on the individual learning environment. Being successful in the labour market is an important objective for holders of foreign qualifications. In addition, being located in …
Welche Genderkompetenzen sind in unterschiedlichen Phasen des Bildungsprozesses pädagogisch relevant? Dieser Fragestellung geht der vorliegende Praxisband nach und richtet die Perspektive auf das lebenslange Lernen: von der frühkindlichen Bildung über den schulischen Bereich, den Übergang von der Schule in Ausbildung und Erwerbsarbeit bis in die Erwachsenenbildung. Dabei werden sowohl formelle als auch informelle Bildungskontexte berücksichtigt. Autor und Autorin skizzieren Fakten, Diskurse und…
