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The day after tomorrow Didactical deliberations on the andragogical value chain Educational events should create value, be effectively sustainable in the “time after”. Even if “value” can mean most different things, it is always about the creation of value in educational work. Afterwards something has to be better than before. This article wants to show that for a value creating educational work, a row of didactical decisions need to be reflected upon and arranged. Therewith the focal point…
In seinen Lebenserinnerungen hält der 1869 in Buchholz geborene Dr. Anton Heinen 1932–1934 kritisch Rückschau vor allem auf seine Berufsbiografie im katholischen Bildungssystem von 1893 bis 1918 und auf dessen Institutionen. Außerdem beschäftigt er sich ebenso mit Fragen des beruflichen wie des privaten Handelns als Geistlicher. Auf diesen „Rechenschaftsbericht“ stieß Dr. August Pieper (1866–1942) in Heinens Nachlass. Von Pieper stammt die in dieser Ausgabe enthaltene kurze Einleitung und in…
„Construction“ and „self organization“ in adult pedagogy Deliberations on the pedagogical status of two concepts Constructivistical concepts have pervaded the younger adult pedagogical discussion in equally promissory as problem marked forms. The contribution unfolds an exemplary analysis fo the two constructivistical key notions „construction“ and „self organization“ which calls attention to the notion logical presentation of a problem as it is so far widely unconsidered in the adult peda…
