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God’s people as a learning community Biblical foundations of lifelong learning The article presents the around 2.500 year-old roots of a concept of lifelong (religious) learning which is being developed in the book Deuteronomium of the Hebrew Bibel. Learning is considered an existential self-realization of God’s people which encompasses not only ethics, but also history and constitutional law. With respect to the history of people’s duty to learn in Judaism, the author evaluates perspective…
The development of interest in adult education This article presents results of a project funded by the DFG on the development of interest in continuing and further education. We connect our work to most recent research on biographical genesis of interest and focus occuring during an individual’s participation in adult education. As theoretical approach we refer to the Munich theory of interest and the pragmatist approach. We empirically investigate the opportunities and limitations of a qua…
Im zweiten Band von „Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland“ kommentieren Fachleute die konzeptionellen Weichenstellungen, die mit der Überführung des Berichtssystems Weiterbildung (BSW) in den Adult Education Survey (AES) einhergehen. Hierbei sparen sie auch kritische Punkte nicht aus – zu wichtig sind die heutigen Entscheidungen für die Weiterbildungsberichterstattung von morgen. Eine Frage lautet: Wird die – für die hiesige Debatte wichtige – Unterscheidung zwischen allgemeiner und beruflich…
