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God’s people as a learning community Biblical foundations of lifelong learning The article presents the around 2.500 year-old roots of a concept of lifelong (religious) learning which is being developed in the book Deuteronomium of the Hebrew Bibel. Learning is considered an existential self-realization of God’s people which encompasses not only ethics, but also history and constitutional law. With respect to the history of people’s duty to learn in Judaism, the author evaluates perspective…
Dieses Themenheft zu "wissenstheoretischen Aspekten des Erwachsenenlernens" lebt vom Aspektewechsel der Beiträge. Für die Erfindung einer inhaltlich plausibel erscheinenden Reihenfolge der Artikel ergibt sich daraus ein Dilemma: Anfang und Ende des Aspektewechsels sind nicht bestimmbar. So erscheinen die Beiträge einfach in der alphabetischen Reihenfolge ihrer Verfasser. Mit Absicht war bei der Formulierung des Heftthemas nicht von der "Erwachsenenbildung" die Rede gewesen. Dementsprechend war …
Why do senior citizens stop taking part in continuing education? The author tries to find and explain reasons, drawing on a survey regarding courses of scientific continuing education of Ulm University. One key finding is that the biggest impediments are a lack of time and other obligations.
The “Boulevard of Thoughts 50 plus” (“Denk-Raum 50 plus”) is a successful example of self-determined learning in old age. Drawing on this example, the author discusses advantages of self-determined learning and shows success factors of such a format.
