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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 …
The author describes the education and development of men as a hot topic in social offside between dominant masculinity, marginalised movement of man and aspiring women’s education and development. The historical and political starting points for men’s education are different to those of women’s education: Men have to become conscious of the need of giving up private and public privileges while women are profiting of their grandmothers’ successful fights for equality. Various resistances agains…
In order to reach real equality of men and women it is necessary to substitute not only women but also men and fathers in their role as an “active” father in family, society and professional life. The article describes education of fathers as a relatively new form of adult and further education focusing the consequences of social change processes and orientating by biographical transitions as there are pregnancy, bir th preparation, to be familiar with the role of parents, separation and di…
Der Autor berichtet über ein von der EU gefördertes Projekt zum Thema Jugendarbeitslosigkeit, das unter internationaler Beteilung von sechs Länder durchgeführt wird. Kernfrage ist, welche Kompetenzen bei Jugendlichen gefördert werden und welche Bedürfnisstrukturen junge arbeitlose Erwachsene haben.
Begriffsklärungen rund um das Thema Männerbildung: gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz, Anknüpfungspunkte, Methodik, Gender-Aspekte und Forschung.
The author describes and evaluates actual streamings of men’s studies at the background – and as a result – of the history and development of women’s studies. Ursula Müller’s main questions are: How is gender construction defined by men’s studies? Is it critical research in the sense of social criticism and self reflection? Her answer: It depends on the author. The position of Ursula Müller is grounding on the concept of Robert W. Connell’s plaedoyer for taking serious men as a specific social …
Management in Nonprofit-Organisationen stellt besondere Anforderungen und fordert spezielle Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten. Die Autorin stellt das Verbandsmanagement Institut (VMI) der Universität Freiburg in der Schweiz vor, das seit 25 Jahren in diesem Segment Forschungsarbeit leistet. Hier wurde das „Freiburger Management-Modell für NPO“ entwickelt. Seit diesem Jahr wird ein berufsbegleitendes Studium angeboten, das sich an Teilnehmer aus dem gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum wendet.
From 2002 on the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will be sponsoring 80 regional networks in the context of the „Learning Regions – promotion of networks“ programme. This programme will be scientifically monitored by a consortium formed by the German Institute of Adult Education (DIE), the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW), and the universities of Duisburg and Munich. The author will be in charge of the overall scientific supervision. In his article he pres…
Ein historischer Längsschnitt zum Thema interorganisatorische Netzwerke und Regionalisierung.