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Theories of Adult Education On the basis of three selected contributions, the adult pedagogical theory discussion which began in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s will be explored. The issues handled here concern the subject-matter relatedness and conceptuality used, the empirical binding and historical localisation, as well as the influence through the so called sister disciplines. The stages of the theory discussion which are addressed convey an ambivalent picture which moves between confidence, …
Der Anlaß dieser Beiträge ist die Diskrepanz zwischen zunehmender Relevanz von Wissen in der Gesellschaft und der marginalen Rolle, die die Diskussion über Wissen als Lehrgegenstand in der Erwachsenenbildung einnimmt.
God’s people as a learning community Biblical foundations of lifelong learning The article presents the around 2.500 year-old roots of a concept of lifelong (religious) learning which is being developed in the book Deuteronomium of the Hebrew Bibel. Learning is considered an existential self-realization of God’s people which encompasses not only ethics, but also history and constitutional law. With respect to the history of people’s duty to learn in Judaism, the author evaluates perspective…
Support in der Erwachsenenbildung ist mehr als seine Übersetzung ins Deutsche. Support bezeichnet ein nachhaltiges System von Unterstützungs-, Entscheidungs- und Steuerungsstrukturen. Ekkehard Nuissl verweist im Gespräch auf die Notwendigkeit, in der Weiterbildung insgesamt eine solche Supportstruktur aufzubauen. Das Heft beleuchtet den theoretischen und politischen Kontext des Begriffs (Faulstich/Zeuner); gibt Beispiele für nationale und internationale Kooperationen (Gruber) und für wissenscha…
New service for programme research. The DIE online archive of further education programmes The German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung, DIE) has an archive of Volkshochschule programme plans from 1957 to 2004. Now, a new stage of development has commenced, in the form of its online archive of further education programmes: a smaller-scale digitalised continuation which also forms a picture of the structure of the Volkshochschule situation. This article p…
