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Recent empirical data show that 7.5 million adults in Germany do not reach a minimum level of reading and writing skills and, therefore, are classified as functional illiterates. However, the social and educational background of this part of the population differs considerably from wide-spread perceptions of the target group as it is represented in courses for illiterates in adult education. While the latter normally showed heavy learning problems at school, the wider group normally passed scho…
Das Projekt Benachteiligte in der Weiterbildung“ (http://www.die-bonn.de/projekte/beendet/projekte.asp?projekteid=5) hat Literatur der letzten 20 Jahre zu Ausgrenzung und social exclusion, zum Weiterbildungsverhalten, zur Zielgruppenforschung, zur Bildungsarbeit mit benachteiligten Zielgruppen und ausgewählte statistische Daten ausgewertet. Dies wurde ergänzt durch Expertengespräche. Die subjektive und objektive Dimension von Determinanten der Benachteiligung wurden untersucht und die instituti…
Biographical Orientations for Older People in Adult Education In times of demographic changes and an increasing flexibility of biographies, adult education is in need of adjusting its repertoire. General and highly standardized programmes alone do no longer fit the heterogeneity of its target groups. The article is based on two empirical studies – one focuses on individual management of work path, the other shows the importance of structuring time and activities to elder people. With these, …
Spätestens seit den 1990er Jahren wird das Internet als ein besonderer Ansatz- und Bezugspunkt für pädagogische und organisatorische Neuentwicklungen und Veränderungen angesehen. Derzeit mehren sich allerdings die Hinweise darauf, dass die weit reichenden Innovations- und Veränderungserwartungen, die seitens der politischen Bildung in das Internet gesteckt wurden und werden, empirisch kaum nachvollziehbar sind. Karin Dollhausen lotet im Rekurs auf die Erkenntnisse und Befunde der neueren Intern…
Similarly to Austria and Switzerland adult education competencies could be recognized cross-provider in Germany. Within a joint research and development project the DIE and different associations of adult and continuing education develop basics for a correspondent method for teachers. The authors focus on preceded feasibility studies and needs assessments of the DIE. These show an overwhelming approval of the target group to initiate such activities, but also see risks as well as opportunities …
Subjects move and act in spatial contexts and through their actions, they create spaces. This also applies to adult learning and to the professional practice of adult education, yet the systematic incorporation of spatial aspects into adult education research to date has remained marginal. This publication takes the category of space as a focal point, with the various chapters defining and honing its meaning for adult education. It brings together the relevant theoretical discourses, summarizes…
Report system adult education: the decline of participation in adult education Adult education and lifelong learning rate high; equally high are the expectations towards it, especially with regard to individual employability, the firms ability to be competitive and the location site Germany. But all pleas and support obviously do not have the anticipated impact because the participation in adult education has decreased. Does this mean that an upward trend of decades is interrupted or is it p…
Seit Ende der 80er Jahre hat sich auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen die Diskussion um ein neues Verständnis von Erwachsenenbildung in der Region entwickelt, das vor allem durch die Leitideen von Gemeinwesenarbeit und eigenständiger Regionalentwicklung geprägt ist. In dem Sammelband geht es um Erfahrungen und Perspektiven regionaler Erwachsenenbildung im Umbruch. Neben einer Zwischenbilanz mit Berichten und Analysen von unterschiedlichen Trägern aus der ländlichen und regionalen Weiterbildungspraxis …
The article discusses whether it is necessary and possible to deduce the didactics of adult education from the particularities of the adult age. The authors make the case for understanding didactics of adult education in the continuity of the lifespan and as a modification of general didactics. It should be related to the characteristics of the social situation of adults. Such “didactics for adults” should be complemented by specific “didactics of further education” which focus on specific inst…
