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This article presents results of a field study exploring why illiterates start relearning reading and writing at a later age. The project SYLBE focused on reasons and obstacles of participants in basic education classes. The study provides a typology of motivations for learning and thus supports the professional acting of teaching staff in basic education.
Die Produktdatenbank Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung (PAG) ist ein Online-Portal, das ab 2007 entstandene Bildungsmaterialien mit einem inhaltlichen Bezug zur Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung versammelt und v.a. Lehrkräften und Kursplanenden kostenlos bereitstellt. Der Leitfaden richtet sich an alle Personen, die Bildungsmaterialien aus dem Bereich der Alphabetisierung in der PAG veröffentlichen wollen. Er informiert über Kriterien zur inhaltlichen Gestaltung und technischen Beschaffenheit d…
This paper deals with a new approach in the promotion of literacy, which focuses on social integration. This approach has been inspired by a concept of adult education aiming at integration and by social work oriented to the life world of the addressees. These concepts are being adapted to the work with functionally illiterate persons. The approach discussed here includes different forms of action promoting literacy: both learning and consulting, and also institutional cooperation in networks. …