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Befindet sich die Politische Erwachsenenbildung am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts einmal mehr in der Krise? Hat der „Junge Wilde“ Karsten Rudolf mit seinem „Bericht politische Bildung“ Öl ins Feuer gegossen, das Nest beschmutzt? Gegen seine Forderungen nach mehr Nachfrageorientierung und Neutralität der Anbieter regt sich der Widerspruch der „Alten“. Aber historische Weichenstellung hin oder her: Sorgen machen vielmehr der drohende „Clash of Generations“ (Jürgen Turek) und die alltägliche Finanzno…
The performances of the system theory for the generation of research questions The following is about to present the performances of the system theory for the formulation of research questions by means of an evaluation order. Central for this is the communication term, which is evaluated in terms of its significance for the development of research questions.
Hattie‘s study »Visible Learning« is no reason to call for didactic changes in adult education - this is this article’s conclusion of the New Zealander’s meta-study from a continuing educational perspective. Nontheless, Hattie provides significant suggestions for the didactic debate. These suggestions include guidelines for suitable teaching activities as well as his rather provocative findings on the positive effects of actively guided lessons, which do not contradict adult educational conside…
Starting out with deliberations on the relationship between the course of life and the constructed biography of an individual, this article intends to elucidate the contexts of learning as they are treated in various (inter-)national studies, by focusing on the individual’s course of life. To clarify which methodological design is most appropriate to study processes of (lifelong) learning and education, it then seems necessary to highlight a particular methodological approach. This leads, ultim…