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Im Oktober 2005 jährt sich die Wiedervereinigung zum fünfzehnten Mal. "Mancher Abschied ist schön" betitelte die Deutsche Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Erwachsenenbildung (DEAE) im Jahre 1994 ein Buch, das "Perspektiven für politische Bildung nach dem Ende der Blockkonfrontation" entworfen hat. DIE hat das halbrunde Jubiläum zum Anlass genommen, bei den Autorinnen des Buches nachzufragen, wie die damals entwickelten Ideen heute wirken - im doppelten Sinne. Ein Gespräch mit Astrid Messers…
Arnold, Rolf; Lermen, Markus: The systematic of the need: „It is actually about something quite different“ For professionals in the departments of adult education the question of the different starting points, strategies and methods of needs analysis, respectively of making information on needs accessible, has an important role on the way into a market orientated adult education. The question of need sometimes grows into a meaning of large dimension, which makes the impression that this emp…
Das Heft dokumentiert die Beiträge der Jahrestagung 1999. Neben dem Einführungsvortrag sind die Referate aus den folgenden Arbeitsgruppen vertreten: 1: Internationale Diskussion und Kooperation 2: Lernen und Arbeiten in Europa 3: Internationalität als kontinuierlicher Bezugsrahmen von Erwachsenenbildung 4: Entwicklung von Studium und Lehre in internationaler Perspektive
This article focuses on the requirement for teachers and trainers in adult education to reflect on their professional actions and teaching experiences. After a short overview of the current debate on professionalism, a definition of the term didactical reflection is elaborated, differentiating between two levels of reflection: on one hand a direct didactical reflection on teaching actions or situations and on the other hand a self-including reflection. Subjective definitions of successful teach…
Seen before the backdrop of adult education being a necessary moral practice, the limited presence of ethical reflections in research and practice on adult education may surprise. This article aims at presenting an overview of pondering on such questions in recent years. Due to the small number of contributions to this issue, the author will include international and school related research as well. Thus, the article will open the view for innovative research aspects and projects stimulating …
From 2002 on the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will be sponsoring 80 regional networks in the context of the „Learning Regions – promotion of networks“ programme. This programme will be scientifically monitored by a consortium formed by the German Institute of Adult Education (DIE), the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW), and the universities of Duisburg and Munich. The author will be in charge of the overall scientific supervision. In his article he pres…
Popular education refers to education for, by, and with, the people. In using examples from the pro refugee movement in his article, the author outlines how this concept supports practice and research to improve the reflection of effects and effectivity of actions in civic organisations.
