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Im Rahmen des DIE-Projekts "Weiterbildungsstatistik" wird in Kooperation mit dem Bundesarbeitskreis "Arbeit und Leben" ein statistisches Erhebungs- und Auswertungsverfahren getestet, das darauf abzielt, Umfang und Reichweite politischer Erwachsenenbildung regelmäßig und zuverlässig statistisch abzubilden. Um das Angebot an Veranstaltungen zur politischen Bildung statistisch erfassbar zu machen, bedarf es einer Begriffsklärung und Abgrenzung des Feldes "politische Bildung". Zu diesem Zweck hat K…
Der Beitrag befasst sich mit der Erläuterung und Auswertung der Forschungsprojektdatenbank (FoDokAB).
Volunteering in the field of migration/refuge opens up a potential learning space for the acquisition of numerous competencies. The paper is based on an empirical pre-study from Austria and focusses on an analysis of political learning processes amongst volunteers and their implications for the development of active citizenship and the connected challenges for adult education. Diverse factors influencing the engagement of volunteers, such as political and media discourse about refugees, are con…
This paper deals with a new approach in the promotion of literacy, which focuses on social integration. This approach has been inspired by a concept of adult education aiming at integration and by social work oriented to the life world of the addressees. These concepts are being adapted to the work with functionally illiterate persons. The approach discussed here includes different forms of action promoting literacy: both learning and consulting, and also institutional cooperation in networks. …
Normative Patterns of Biography and Contradictory Experiences as Resources in Women’s Educational Biographies As part of a research project on discontinuities in female educational and professional careers, this essay focusses on conflicting expectations women experience – conflicts between set normative social standards and biographies on the one hand, and the different individual plans and perspectives on the other hand. Group discussions among the participants of a Women’s Studies Program…
