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Justice and justice competence: Discourse and practice for a critical political education Most societies accept justice and social justice as principles. Their inherent norms and values are dependant on the historical context as well as on political and individual concepts, and are thus negotiable. Within the context of a European Grundtvig-Project, "Political Participation through Social Competence: Curricular Development for Courses on Democratic Citizenship" the article discusses the idea…
Untersucht werden die didaktischen Konzepte politischer Bildungsarbeiten in Fachseminaren der Gewerkschaften - am Beispiel IGM und ver.di. Im Zentrum steht die Bedeutung der subjektiven Sinnhorizonte der Lernenden - ihre subjektiven Lerninteressen und ihr politischer Eigensinn. Aus dieser Perspektive werden verschiedene Vermittlungsprinzipien wie das Negtsche Konzept des exemplarischen Lernens, Leitideen vernünftigen Handelns, Beratungsgespräche über geplante Bildungsprozesse und der Lehr-…
In this article we explore the challenges of learning in later life, in particular intergenerational or cross generational learning for the future. Looking to the policy of the European Union (EU), in particular to lifelong learning, we see how the notion for intergenerational and intercultural learning has been embedded more and more into policy. The question is if this makes sense, or better: how will it make sense? Senior education is transforming in intergenerational learning – intergenerat…
