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Dietrich, Stephan; Herr, Monika: Organisational development and new learning cultures The theme “new teaching and learning cultures” is a thematic focus in the professional discourse of adult education for a few years already. One consequence of the hightened attention is an increasingly differentiated understanding of what can be regarded as the ”new teaching and learning cultures”. It can be observed that the treatment of the theme does not allow a restriction on the questions of didactics…
Knowledge and experience can be understood as pivotal didactic variables not only in age-based learning environments but also in intergenerational learning cultures. This article focuses these two concepts and analyses them with regard to their function and relevance in intergenerational learning cultures. The theoretical and empirical findings of a triangulative study will support the argument. By presenting a theoretical and practical dichotomy concerning the use of knowledge and experience i…
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Education in the Economic Culture. An Analysis of Approaches in Educational Policy of the Council of Europe and the EU Considering the Discussion of Culture and Economic Orientation The European Union and the Council of Europe play an important role for educational policy in Europe. Education is meant to promote European identity as well as the European Economic Area. This text explores the priorities of the Council of Europe’s and the European Union’s educational concepts in the timeframe …
Unter der Perspektive des lebenslangen Lernens sehen sich Weiterbildungseinrichtungen heute mit zwei Herausforderungen konfrontiert: Zum einen gilt es, Lehr- und Lernprozesse neu zu begreifen. Sie sollen nicht nur der Vermittlung und Aneignung von Wissensinhalten dienen, sondern zugleich auch die Lernfähigkeit Erwachsener fördern. In der Weiterbildung ist in diesem Zusammenhang von der Gestaltungsnotwendigkeit neuer Lehr- und Lernkulturen die Rede. Damit zusammenhängend sind die Einrichtungen a…
