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The European arena of lifelong learning offers rich country-specific portfolios of historical trajectories, policy frameworks and practical evidence of adult and continuing education. This book provides an introduction to the case of France and outlines the key features of the French system alongside issues such as political and legal agendas, schemes of participation, provision and financing or trends in professionalization, research areas and transnational linkages. Through the lens of adult …
The present discourse in further education is recurringly concerned with cultures, systems and networks. Karin Dollhausen aims at furthering this discussion by drawing a neat line of definition between these crucial terms under the aspect of the sociology of organisations. She goes on to explain what each of the terms does or should mean for public institutions of further education: »culture« – seen as the system of relationships within an organisation – sharpens the view of internal communicat…
The European arena of lifelong learning offers rich country-specific portfolios of historical trajectories, policy frameworks and practical evidence of adult and continuing education. This book provides an introduction to the case of Norway and outlines the key features of the Norwegian system alongside issues such as political and legal agendas, schemes of participation, provision and financing or trends in professionalization, research areas and transnational linkages. Through the lens of adu…
Der Länderbericht informiert über die aktuelle Situation der schweizerischen Erwachsenenbildung - u.a. über die gesetzlichen Grundlagen, die Institutionen und ihr Personal, über Finanzierung und Kosten. Darüber hinaus enthält er einen Überblick zum schweizerischen Bildungswesen und zur historischen Entwicklung der Erwachsenenbildung in der Schweiz. Weiterführende Literatur und eine Adressenliste ergänzen den Bericht.
Der Länderbericht informiert über die aktuelle Situation der Erwachsenenbildung in Griechenland. Er enthält einen historischen Überblick, eine Darstellung des gesellschaftspolitischen Kontexts und zeigt die charakteristischen Strukturen des griechischen Weiterbildungssystems auf. Weiterführende Literatur, ein Glossar mit speziellen griechischen Fachausdrücken und eine Adressenliste ergänzen den Bericht.
This third edition of the DIE Portrait Continuing Education in Germany has been extensively revised to include up-to-date figures on such key areas of continuing education as numbers of courses offered, participants, institutions and staff employed. The volume also outlines the history of German adult education and provides information on its basis in law and funding matters. Educational researchers, planners, administrators and practitioners, will thus obtain a thorough insight into the conti…
The growing importance of lifelong learning and adult education appears to be a generally accepted fact. Less well known, on the other hand, are the causes, conditions, forms and types of development in all their variety as well as the changing trends and options for solutions to be observed at different levels. This situation requires broad, intensive and sustained empirical research on adult and continuing education. This Research Memorandum – commissioned by the Section for Adult Education a…