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The phenomenon of disordered learning and the resistance against education are reconstructed as a result of purposeful educational determination. Both are collateral costs of institutionalized learning arrangements, at which can be worked anew with educational means on a higher level. Compared with informal and implicit learning, in contexts of formal learning there is a fair chance for resistance against exacting learning demands. So the competence of refusing education might be seen as a base…
Wie lassen sich informell erworbene Kompetenzen zertifizieren? Diese Frage stellt sich im Zuge der Diskussion um selbstgesteuerte und lebenslang erforderliche Lernprozesse. Während Deutschland noch am Beginn dieser Entwicklung steht, haben andere Länder bereits Zertifizierungssysteme eingeführt. Aber trotzdem scheint es für eine Einführung in Deutschland keine vorgezeichneten Wege zu geben. Bernd Käpplinger hat im Rahmen des DIE-Projektes »Transparenz und Akzeptanz berufsrelevanter Kompetenzen…
The "Blue Series" is the DIE's most traditional series of books. It is aimed at researchers and students of adult education as well as academically interested practitioners. Scientific papers on a theoretical and empirical base provide access to adult education research and enhance the transfer of knowledge between practice and research. Over the past 30 years, it contributed significantly to the discipline of adult education.
Adult education is a field that is strongly shaped by tensions between scientific and political demands. The development of competencies as well as the idea of continuing to learn throughout the whole life are topics that have been debated in science and policy for many years and are still of great importance today. This dissertation deals with the relationship between science and European education policy in adult education by analyzing scientific journal articles and political documents from …
Learning as a way out of »self-paralysis« In this article learning is understood as an ‘emergence’-like movement in which people put their own patterns of learning into movement. This movement is illustrated using the example of South American businessperson. Special attention is devoted in the article to the learning movement is inhibited by: experiences of the past, recollections and emotions. The key to overcoming this ‘self-paralysis’ is a method of targeted cognitive self-observation w…
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…
Construction of reflexive acting in work related learning adult education in the context of the company With the arising of post industrial work relations employment contracts, learning and further education develop to an important factor of success in companies. In an increasingly customer orientated and globalized economy, a reflective work action has become possible and necessary both in view of subject related developments and work environments and structures. This double reflexibility …
The article is the answer of the (female) author to three questions for the understanding, the development and the most important tasks of gender democracy now and in the future. The actual development of gender democracy as a political target is seen critically by Barbara Stiegler similar to the view of Peter Döge. But at the field of education gender democracy has to be understood as a target in general. Gender mainstreaming as an integrative educational task and issue presupposes gender …
10% of German adults are estimated 1995 by OECD to be on a very low level of literacy, about 30% are on a low level. The author explores definitions and dimension of basic education. Restrictions exist for discussion in the lack of University research and the fact that illiterates form a part of the population described to be on a low level of literacy. But basic education is the prerequisite for independent, self-organized learning and the basis of general education. Therefore concepts to inte…
Der 2024 veröffentlichte zweite Zyklus der PIAAC -Studie ermöglicht erstmals die Betrachtung der Kompetenzentwicklung über die Zeit hinweg. Das Ergebnis ist ernüchternd: Während nur zwei Länder Fortschritte bei den Lesekompetenzen verzeichnen, hat sich die Schere zwischen Leistungsstarken und Leistungsschwachen weiter geöffnet. Die Mitverfasserin der Studie stellt die Kernergebnisse vor und zeigt, wo die Erwachsenenbildung ansetzen muss.
