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Consequences from subject-orientated research: questions to a media- and adult didactical requirement Based on empirical results that are currently available on subject-scientific basis on e-learning, the author wants to pose questions to media- and adult didactical set-ups. He asks these questions pointedly by bringing the “burning glass-thesis” up for discussion. Thereby it needs to be clarified, which characteristics justify a specific media-didactical discussion. Because these specific r…
Lifelong Learning, being one of the key issues of the Bologna Process, aims at horizontal and vertical permeability of interdependent education systems in order to be accessible to many target groups. Hence, the recognition and crediting of qualifications achieved outside of the academic realm has become increasingly more important. Despite numerous efforts within the past 10 years national standards regarding this issue are not sufficiently developed at this point. The comparison of the dif…
Ein Blick auf die Begriffsgeschichte von Lust, Spaß und Freude offenbart Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten der Bedeutungen. Der Autor verdeutlicht, dass die Lust und der Spaß am Lernen sinnvoll sein können, Freude aber wichtiger für pädagogische Überlegungen ist, weil sie nicht kurzlebig ist, sondern existenziellen Charakter hat – und auch Krisen- und Leiderfahrungen integrieren kann.
In the recent years, the effectiveness of training teacher has become a big subject in empirical educational research. In this paper, an exploratory interview study (N?= 3) will be presented, in which the graduates of a general educational teacher training report on the effectiveness of the program. The study examines the question about the impact of the teachers who participated in the General Education Teacher Training. The teaching action here is conceptualized as part of the field of teache…
Non-formales und informelles Lernen gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Markus Bretschneider analysiert richtungweisende Dokumente der Europäischen Union zu diesem Themenfeld. Er berücksichtigt u. a. das "Weißbuch zur allgemeinen und beruflichen Bildung" (1995), das "Memorandum über Lebenslanges Lernen" (2000) und den "Aktionsplan der Kommission für Qualifikation und Mobilität" (2002) sowie "Gemeinsame europäischen Grundsätze für die Validierung des nicht-formalen und informellen Lernens" (2004). D…