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Alexandra Ioannidou untersucht in ihrer Diplomarbeit Diskussion und Realität von Interkultureller Pädagogik in Griechenland unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Leher/innenfortbildung. Die Entwicklung von Konzepten Interkultureller Pädagogik geht in Griechenland auf andere Ursachen zurück als in den westeuropäischen oder nordamerikanischen Staaten. Repatriierte und ihre Kinder hatten massive Probleme bei der Re-Integration in die griechische Gesellschaft. Der Schwerpunkt der Arbeit liegt daher…
Der Artikel behandelt die Strategien Lebenslangen Lernens, die in Großbritannien angewendet werden. Dabei geht er insbesondere auf die Verbindung von "Individual Learning Accounts" mit anderen Initiativen ein.
Interview mit Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein zum Thema "Methoden der Erwachsenenbildung", entstanden im Rahmen eines gleichnamigen Seminars an der Universität de Vest din, Timisoara, Rumänien.
Research on learning of distance learners An empirical insight into the practice of distance learning Albeit the high relevance of distance education and distance studies in the field of lifelong learning strategies, there is only few knowledge on the actual process in which the distant student learns. This article presents and discusses the results of a research project, in which distance students filled in questionnaires concerning their learning several times a week over a period of thre…
Findings of the empirically and medically oriented sports sciences point to the fact that ageing processes can be retarded and their consequences alleviated by adequately dosed exercise. The compensation-oriented intervention plan derived from this fact is, however, based on normative ideas of an unproblematic functioning of the body which is seen as the essential prerequisite of a high quality of living in old age. The objective of an education for the elderly that focusses on an emancipative …
Keeping an eye on the practice of management in further education institutions, the observer will encounter a rich variety of changing management strategies. Johannes Hartkemeyer, himself director of a Volkshochschule, scrutinizes past crazes and sets up guidelines for dealing with ever-changing fashions on the one hand, and organisational development on the other hand. His advice is to be a »learning organisation«, watch out for »mental models« of the organisation in a permanent process of ref…
This contribution focuses on the significance of analyzing learning processes in case-based learning in continuing education. These analyses play a crucial role in finding explanations for the lack of effective instructional interventions. Furthermore, they allow for the immediate review of assumptions on learning mechanisms. After a brief overview of data collection techniques and of the typical data structure underlying such analyses, the procedure for conducting the analysis is described. Af…
This article sheds light on cooperation between different educational fields as seen from the point of view of experts in education. The authors present the initial findings from the group discussions of a DFG project which started recently. These findings cast doubt on whether cooperation can succeed when different occupational groups know so little about one another within and outside their educational sectors. It remains to be seen whether future data expected from the project confirms the c…
Gender mainstreaming is gaining relevance in gender and equality policy. But gender democracy means not only equal rights and chances of men and women but also the depart from hegemonial virility as a dominant social structural principle. This political target is far from being reached. Education under the perspective of gender democracy should be orientated at the “new man”. – The article is the answer of the (male) author to three questions for the understanding, the development and the most …
Welche Rolle spielen Lernen und Kompetenzentwicklung im Entwicklungsdienst? Der Autor, Verfasser einer aktuellen Studie zu diesem Thema, plädiert für einen Lernzyklus, der sowohl Vor- und Nachbereitung des Auslandsaufenthalts beinhaltet als auch stetiges learning on the job professionell unterstützt.