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A good two-and-a-half years after the EU's lifelong learning education programme began, the German National Agency has drawn up an interim balance and reflects current trends of the 2009 applications in the programme. GRUNDTVIG for general adult education. There is increasing demand for established forms of funding, affecting both learning partnerships and continuing education funding for individual workers in the field. Since 2009 the EU has put forward various new funding programmes. There ha…
Education Programmes under one Roof. The new EU action Programme for Life-long Learning (p. 34-37). The new EU education programme PLL (Programme for life-long learning) aims at combining the previous programmes SOKRATES II and LEONARDO DA VINCI II under the same roof, and hence extends the previous range of opportunities for financial backing through a cross-section programme which enables cooperation outside the boundaries of education. The article gives an overview about the complete program…
Within the process of socio-political transition adult education is an important tool for Eastern Europeans to orientate themselves in their rapidly changing social environment and to find new professional perspectives. Nevertheless, there are many obstacles blocking the way to the participation of all ethnic groups of the former Soviet Union in adult education courses. The article intends to show that besides various objective reasons, e.g. the disastrous economical situation, there are sever…
Non-formales und informelles Lernen gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Markus Bretschneider analysiert richtungweisende Dokumente der Europäischen Union zu diesem Themenfeld. Er berücksichtigt u. a. das "Weißbuch zur allgemeinen und beruflichen Bildung" (1995), das "Memorandum über Lebenslanges Lernen" (2000) und den "Aktionsplan der Kommission für Qualifikation und Mobilität" (2002) sowie "Gemeinsame europäischen Grundsätze für die Validierung des nicht-formalen und informellen Lernens" (2004). D…
Nachdem die Europäische Union in den vergangenen Dekaden Einfluss auf die Bildungssysteme ihrer Mitgliedsstaaten genommen hat, zeichnet sich die Herausbildung einer eigenständigen europäischen Erwachsenenbildungspolitik ab. Der Studientext will zu einem tieferen Verständnis dieser Entwicklungen beitragen. Hierfür werden die zentralen Inhalte, Akteure und Instrumente der europäischen Bildungspolitik vorgestellt. Anhand der Diskussion zentraler Begriffe wird darüber hinaus die Vielschichtigkeit d…
In this article we explore the challenges of learning in later life, in particular intergenerational or cross generational learning for the future. Looking to the policy of the European Union (EU), in particular to lifelong learning, we see how the notion for intergenerational and intercultural learning has been embedded more and more into policy. The question is if this makes sense, or better: how will it make sense? Senior education is transforming in intergenerational learning – intergenerat…
