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Der Aufbau von einrichtungs- und bildungsbereichsübergreifenden kooperativ vernetzten Bildungsstrukturen ist ein zentraler strategischer Ansatzpunkt zur Förderung des Lebenslangen Lernens. So sind in Deutschland in den vergangenen Jahren zahlreiche Maßnahmen zur Entwicklung von lokalen Bildungsnetzen, Lern- und Bildungszentren, Weiterbildungsverbünden bis hin zu Lernenden Regionen initiiert und umgesetzt worden. Insbesondere öffentliche Weiterbildungseinrichtungen sind dauerhaft vor die Aufgabe…
Weiterbildungsorganisationen stehen in Zeiten von Diskursen über neue Lehr- und Lernkulturen und immer kurzfristigeren gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen unter erheblichem Veränderungsdruck. Das DIE-Forum 2002 versucht zukünftige Bedarfe und Visionen für Weiterbildungsorganisationen aufzuspüren. Die Beiträge der Referenten zu den Themenblöcken Zukunft – Drei Antworten auf eine Herausforderung, Alternde Organisationen – Wissensorganisationen unter Erneuerungsdruck, Organisationen und Neue Medien …
The German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung) in Bonn annually publishes this continuing training statistics, in which data from five large organizations of general and political further training are summarized. The commentated tables contain numerous illustrations to the legal form, personnel, financing and meeting profiles of the training organizations involved.
The article focuses on the historically empirical data of DIE Zeitschrift für Erwachsenenbildung and contributes to adult educational journal research. By analyzing bibliographic meta data, continuities and changes in the content spectre are identified. The compositions of authors is differentiated between occasional and regular authors and compared to other scientific journals. Data on the journal’s reputation in the field complete the picture.
The DIE Journal on Adult Education (DIE Zeitschrift für Erwachsenenbildung) was renamed "weiter bilden" in 2018. The quarterly DIE Journal focuses on a specific topic to inform about current developments in adult education. It is mostly directed at full-time employees and planners in continuing education as well as authorities in education policy and administration. It is scientifically sound as well as practice oriented - magazine as well as reflection instrument.
The forgotten walking stick. A find from the legacy of Franz Pöggeler This article presents an object from the historical archive of the Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung – a walking stick which has been passed down by Robert von Erdberg, Walter Hofmann and Rudolf Reuter among the protagonists of the »Hohenrodter Bund« which was found in the legacy of Franz Pöggeler. By tracing how this object was handed down, it is possible to illustrate continuities in the history of adult educati…
New service for programme research. The DIE online archive of further education programmes The German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung, DIE) has an archive of Volkshochschule programme plans from 1957 to 2004. Now, a new stage of development has commenced, in the form of its online archive of further education programmes: a smaller-scale digitalised continuation which also forms a picture of the structure of the Volkshochschule situation. This article p…
