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The historiography of adult education has painted an almost entirely optimistic picture of enlightenment until today. The actors are defined as people who are willing to learn and capable of being educated. Thanks to the advances in the enlightenment process they mature into responsible citizens. Sources based on individual history, like the ones presented in the “Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde” (1783-1793), are not taken into consideration. In his role as editor of the periodical magazine, …
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…
Dieser Beitrag zeigt das Ergebnis einer Surftour unter dem Aspekt der Internationalisierung der Erwachsenenbildung.
Die Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie zeigen sich auf allen Ebenen der EB / WB – bei den (Organisations-)Strukturen, den Mitarbeitenden, den Formaten sowie den Teilnehmenden. weiter bilden wagt eine erste Einschätzung und fragt: Was fehlt, das es vor Corona gab? Ist der Wandel so disruptiv, dass gänzlich neue Wege eingeschlagen werden?
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…
