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Organisationen kommunizieren v. a. über Sprache nach außen. Anhand von Beispielen aus der vhs-Praxis zeigt die Autorin, wie Bildungseinrichtungen auch sprachlich inklusiver werden können – um sich damit dem Versprechen einer »Bildung für alle« zu nähern.
Sprache ist ein Grundstein für gesellschaftliche Teilhabe. Diesem Anliegen dient das 2005 institutionalisierte Zuwanderungsgesetz mittels einer verpflichtenden Teilnahme neu Zugewanderter an Integrationskursen (IK). Die Maßnahmen sind hauptsächlich auf den Erwerb der deutschen Sprache ausgerichtet, wobei allerdings eine erhebliche Kluft zwischen Anspruch und pädagogischer Wirklichkeit besteht. Mit der vorliegenden Studie werden inkludierende und exkludierende Komponenten in der Praxis von IK im…
Competence Assessment in Working with the Disabled. Experiences Gathered in Franz Sales House in Essen The report focuses on the challenges of implementing a system for competence assessment in the Franz Sales House in Essen – a social institution for the disabled. The authors point out methods for the competence assessment of employees in a social institution to adjust them to future requirements and use them as a base for an effective management of educational processes. Experiences gathered…
Indivisible but Limited. Inclusion in View of Severe and Multiple Disabilities in the Light of the Danish Experiences “Indivisibility“ is given the upmost priority in the discussion about inclusion. Does “indivisible” also imply “unlimited”? The author sees limitations to the right of inclusive adult education. Acknowledging these limitations is a prerequisite for developing successful forms of inclusion. Not attracting a sufficient number of “non-disabled” participants is a limitation of p…
New Perspectives for Planning and Realization of Programmes. Steps towards Inclusive Adult Education. Part II The report focuses on the challenges of the inclusive paradigm in programme planning and implementation. Four strategic approaches are presented which facilitate the access to inclusive adult education. (1) Access to existing programmes needs to be generally facilitated for people with disabilities. (2) Cultural education is especially predestined to be in the focus. (3) People with …
Accessibility – A Didactic Challenge. Steps towards Inclusive Adult Education. Part III Based on the access rights to all public education, the author evaluates the dimensions of accessibility to be considered in planning and implementing inclusive adult educational programmes. Constructional prerequisites are brushed though the main focus is on the techniques of barrier-free communication which are micro-didactically described more critically as a “two sense approach”. The last paragraph re…
Caught between Two Stools. Adult Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities The report analyses connecting factors for the manifestation of an inclusive approach in adult education for people with mental disabilities. It presents existing organisational forms and qualification paths. The core challenge is seen in the development of an inclusive professionalism which combines the expertise and competences existing in both general adult education and help for the disabled. The develop…
