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The following article focuses the neglected relation between identity and learning by reconstructing foreign language learning efforts by adults. In spite of educational policy’s proclamation of (continuous) lifelong learning, real learning processes are characterised by various discontinuities. Adults deal with these discontinuities by perceiving, describing and structuring them dependent on their self-images as learners. Interpretations of interviews with adult language learners supply eviden…
This contribution focuses on the significance of analyzing learning processes in case-based learning in continuing education. These analyses play a crucial role in finding explanations for the lack of effective instructional interventions. Furthermore, they allow for the immediate review of assumptions on learning mechanisms. After a brief overview of data collection techniques and of the typical data structure underlying such analyses, the procedure for conducting the analysis is described. Af…
In her dissertation, the author collected and evaluated self-assessments of language study travellers travelling with Carl Duisburg Centres. 90 participants were questioned quantitatively. In addition to the expected competence improvement of foreign languages, the flexibility and mobility as well as intercultural competences were increased. The competence acquisition in connection to the participants’ individual ages was investigated in a supplementary qualitative research.
People learn in manifold ways in football clubs. This article illustrates this by examining the manager-licensing system of the German Football Association and initiatives aimed at strengthening the role of volunteers in clubs through special qualification strategies. This article supplements a retrospective text which shows that clubs are an important place of learning and the roots of adult education lie in the domain of clubs.
Vor dem Hintergrund der viel diskutierten Notwendigkeit lebenslangen Lernens, der gesellschaftlich-wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung und des demografischen Wandels stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit es sinnvoll wäre, auch Erwachsene – analog zur Schulpflicht im Kindes- und Jugendalter – lebenslang zum Lernen zu verpflichten. Aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven beleuchtet die Autorin, welche Chancen und Risiken eine derartige gesetzlich verankerte „Bildungspflicht für Erwachsene“ mit sich brächte. Als…
Die Bedeutung lebenslangen Lernens in der Wissensgesellschaft ist politisch weitgehend unumstritten. Wenig erforscht ist bislang jedoch die Frage, wie Individuen die Herausforderung, lebenslang zu lernen, subjektiv wahrnehmen und in welcher Weise sich dies in ihrem Weiterbildungsverhalten und ihrer Lernbereitschaft tatsächlich niederschlägt. Die hier dokumentierte bundesweit durchgeführte Untersuchung geht diesen Fragen nach. Befragt wurde eine repräsentative Stichprobe der deutschen Erwerbsbev…
