Research
We explore how adult education can be made inclusive, digital and effective.
Services
Digital tools, specialist portals and data – for teachers, researchers, students and interested parties.
Institute
We offer research, transfer and infrastructure for lifelong learning.
Wie debattieren wir in der digitalen Sphäre – und wie verändern diese neuen Formen gesellschaftlicher Debatten unsere Demokratie? Die Autorin skizziert einen Transformationsprozess hin zu einer »digitalen Gesellschaft« und fordert eine breite gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung um eine »digitale Werteordnung«.
The report presents central findings of the PIAAC Study (»Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies«) conducted by the OECD and provides first estimates about its significance for adult education. Although PIAAC cannot offer any information about the correlation between causes and effects. However, it is reasonable to increase basic educational endeavours and extend the programmes for groups in danger of social exclusion. Finally, research tasks are pointed out.
From the viewpoint of Akademie Remscheid, a leading provider of further education courses involving education through play, this article presents the facets of the phenomenon of play as relevant to education and illustrates them using several examples of play that can be applied to adult education. The focus is on group games which can be played using simple materials. The central fields of learning targeted by play are identified as social skills, perception, expression, creativity and problem…
Gender skills for adult education Gender mainstreaming is a central maxim for political action all across Europe. However, little effect is yet to be felt in adult education. Where there is gender-sensitive adult education, this is still strongly oriented towards the differential approach. In view of participation rates in general and vocational adult education, and the division of interests within the segments, which is again gendered, the author speaks of a “doubly divided structure”. For …
Das Projekt „MigA - Migrant/inn/en in der Altenpflege – Bestandsaufnahme, Personalgewinnung und Qualifizierungen in NRW“ wird seit Ende 2004 vom Deutschen Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE), Bonn, im Auftrag des Ministeriums für Gesundheit, Soziales, Frauen und Familie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen durchgeführt. Der erste Zwischenbericht liefert eine Bestandsaufnahme zur Situation der Beschäftigten mit Migrationshintergrund. Die Befragung von 96 Leitungen von Altenpflegeeinrichtungen in NRW…
Die neuen Medien fordern unsere Wahrnehmung heraus, die Fotografie kann uns helfen, diese Herausforderungen zu meistern. Stellenwert und Möglichkeiten fotopädagogischer Arbeit in der Erwachsenenbildung sind Thema dieses Bandes. Hierzu kommen Expertlnnen und Kursleiterlnnen zu Wort, die vielfältige Anregungen für die Weiterentwicklung des Kursangebots zur künstlerischen Fotografie in der Erwachsenenbildung geben. „DIE Materialien“ 4 enthält neben der Dokumentation der Referate des Symposions „In…
Main pillars of professionalisation. The “qualification framework for teachers“ and the “core curriculum adult education and continuing education” Here two initiatives are being compared, which want to contribute to the professionalisation of the continuing education area. The “qualification framework for teachers“ is a German derivate of the European Qualifications Framework. It creates a grid in which the manifold qualification possibilities for teachers of the continuing education area can …
