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The "Green Series" introduces reliable knowledge, current topics and didactic methods, which were tested in other fields, to adult education specialists. All volumes are designed from the action perspective, convey application-oriented formulas, and set standards based on the state of research, They contribute to competence and quality development in practical adult education.
Based on the development of modern information and communication technologies, the author tries to get to the bottom of the significance of reading and writing skills for the participation in society and the job market. He recognises a growing replacement by auditive and visual formats such as voice recognition and pictograms. Against this background, he calls for the recognition of developing smart technologies as the key for handling insufficient reading and writing skills.
Diese Reihe des DIE stellt Praktikerlnnen der Erwachsenenbildung bewährtes Handlungswissen, innovative Methoden, aktuelle Themen und neue Arbeitsfelder aus Sicht der in der Bildungspraxis Handelnden vor. Die Einzelpublikationen der Reihe gehen dabei nicht systematisch – wie im Studium üblich – von der Struktur des Gegenstandes oder Arbeitsfeldes aus. Vielmehr sind sie aus der Perspektive des Berufsalltags entworfen und zielen darauf ab, eine erste Orientierung, verwendungsbezogenes Wissen un…
Immigration countries such as Germany require legal, social and educational measures to organize migration. Both, the immigrant as well as the host population need to be the concern of educational and training activities. Linguistic, intercultural and political educational programmes are particularly relevant. The REPORT on “Continuing Education and Migration” focuses on empirical research findings and implemented concepts: What are the key issues in continuing education to be tackled within th…
This paper arguments that if competency assessment is to make any contribution as a potentially “liberating” curriculum strategy for struggles of community development and self-determination then it needs to contest the authoritarianism of the national qualification frameworks that have been established in Australia and New Zealand. This article critiques research and policy efforts, in particular for indigenous learners which seek to merely make authoritarian curriculum and assessment structur…
Der Studientext zeigt Hintergründe und Konsequenzen der Lernkulturdebatte in der Weiterbildung auf. Nach einer differenzierten Auseinandersetzung mit dem Begriff Lernkultur gehen die Autoren auf gesellschaftliche und bildungspolitische Rahmenbedingungen sowie lerntheoretische Implikationen ein. Zudem weisen sie auf neue Herausforderungen hin, die sich nicht nur für Lernende und Lehrende, sondern auf der gesamten Organisationsebene ergeben. Der Band vermittelt das notwendige Grundlagenwissen u…