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In the context of lifelong learning, adults are increasingly being viewed from a biographical perspective. This article takes a look at how differently – and in some cases inconsistently – adults are construed as biographical subjects in education policy, in educational practice, and in research on adult education. It argues that to even begin to examine the processes and practices of biographical subjectification that take place in adult and continuing education, biographical research must be …
Intergenerational learning can be considered as a chance for institutions of adult education. Besides explicitly planned courses for different generations, intergenerational learning opportunities also take place incidentally in the educational work in seminars and courses, when the participants belong to different age groups. In both cases, the question arises how to arrange those courses didactically in order to support intergenerational learning processes. Based on systematic considerations …
Movement shapes the brain: findings of brain research bearing relevance to learning This article provides an overview of what influence athletics and movement has on brain processes. Based on several studies, it is shown that various forms of movement cause numerous types of adaptation at the cellular, molecular and neurochemical level which influence emotional, social and cognitive processes. It is also noted that by the same token there are gradual differences in these factors at various a…
A sectoral educational training framework for continuing education can become a uniform reference point for continuing education. Projects such as Flexi-Path, QF2TEACH or the study »Key competences for adult learning professionals« fit together like pieces of a puzzle to form a larger strategy. The authors view the advantages of a sectoral educational training framework to be found in the fact that an SCEF-CE is closer to the continuing education system than general educational training framewo…
Die Förderung von Strukturen zur Unterstützung des Lebenslangen Lernens hat in den letzten Jahren zu institutionellen Veränderungen geführt. Lernzentren, in denen Bildungs- und Kultureinrichtungen in kooperativen Strukturen Lern- und Beratungsangebote zur Verfügung stellen, sind ein Ausdruck dieser Entwicklung. In immer mehr Kommunen wird derzeit darüber nachgedacht, veränderte Institutionalformen wie Lernzentren zu etablieren. Doch wie stellen sich die Strukturen und das Leistungsspektrum solc…
Die „Sicherung der Kundenzufriedenheit“ ist ein grundlegendes Element des Qualitätsentwicklungsprozesses. Häufig werden zu diesem Zweck systematische Zufriedenheitsanalysen angestellt. Die Volkshochschulen Duisburg, Oberhausen, Mülheim a. d. R. und Essen haben im Jahr 2002 erstmals eine gemeinsame Befragung unter ihren Veranstaltungsteilnehmern durchgeführt und im September 2005 wiederholt. Die Analyse zeigt, dass nach der ersten Studie ein Lernprozess in den Volkshochschulen angestoßen wurde…
