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Auch wenn die Beschäftigung mit dem Thema offene Bildungsmaterialien (OER) in den vergangenen Jahren stark zugenommen hat und die Abkürzung OER inzwischen vielen in der Bildung Tätigen geläufig sein sollte, ist die Bildungslandschaft in Deutschland von einem flächendeckenden Einsatz von OER weit entfernt. Wie ist es um OER in der EB / WB bestellt? Ist die Erstellung und Verwendung von offenen Bildungsmaterialien in der Erwachsenenbildung sinnvoll und wünschenswert – und wie kann sie gelingen? D…
During the last two decades, widening adult participation in higher education has become a central issue in international and especially European lifelong learning policy debates. At European level this is reflected in the Europe 2020 strategy set out by the European Commission. One headline target is to boost the share of the population aged 30–34 that has completed tertiary or equivalent education to 40 per cent by 2020. In the face of general trends such as the intensive use of ICT, the evol…
With this Portrait Adult Education the DIE presents an updated edition of its previous Country Reports. It contains an outline of the history of adult education in Germany, provides information on its legal basis and funding structures and supplies recent statistical data on adult education offers, institutions and staff. Portrait Adult Education offers researchers, students and practitioners dense and clear information on the current system as well as on future trends and prospects of German a…
Popular education is a term which has been used for a considerable time. At the outset, however, it should be pointed out that there are multiple perspectives, but they do not “speak” much to each other. There is a tendency to define popular education in narrow and formulaic terms, according to which tradition one is drawing on. I counter this by discussing four traditions and attempt to distil common features across the multiplicity.
Die Einführung gestufter Studiengänge erhitzt seit geraumer Zeit die Gemüter an den Hochschulen. Nicht alles, was dort zur Debatte steht, muss die Erwachsenenbildung interessieren. Aber wenn es um die Ausbildung ihres eigenen Nachwuchses geht, müsste sie hellhörig werden. Wofür steht der Bachelor? Wer stellt 22-jährige Hochschulabgänger ein, zu welchen Konditionen? Wird die Ausbildung europäischer? Wozu qualifizieren BA und MA wirklich? Ein Heft für Studierende und alle, denen die Zukunft der P…
Development of culinary competencies. »Food Literacy« as a horizontal task for adult education Nourishment relevant theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preparing dishes are more and more decreasing. At the same time the requirements towards the personal feeding competence are increasing: the variety of offers continuously demands decisions and a time budget for nourishment from the consumer – these become smaller in competition to work times and media using times. The contribution i…
