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The article describes reasons, targets, elements and areas of applications of the concept of gender democratic didactics in adult education. The author investigates prepositions and consequences to pedagogical acting, methodical structuring and basic conditions of educational processes. Finally the concept of gender democratic didactics must not stop in front of the institutional structures. Gender perspective should become part of quality management and organisational and personal development …
Educational research is often focused on biographies. Literacy and basic education frequently use knowledge about biographies as a means for educational support within the scope of catch-up education (“second chance”). The article discusses how biographically generated knowledge can be transferred into pedagogical practice. The authors give up on the idea of a direct “utilization” of biographical insights into practical work – the yield is rather to indirectly stimulate and irritate professiona…
Numeracy practices are always dependent on the social context in which they emerge. These contexts, however, are unstable because of a range of technological and socio-political changes. How does this instability affect people’s agency in the world? After reviewing key approaches to numeracy practices research, we distil key findings from recent numeracy studies. We introduce the concept of the numerate environment to examine the context in which opportunities, supports and demands present them…
Das BMBF-Programm „Lernende Region – Förderung von Netzwerken“ soll die Kräfte in den Regionen bündeln helfen und zu mehr Innovation, Flexibilität und nachhaltigen Kooperationen zwischen regionalen Akteuren führen. Der Leiter des zuständigen Referats beim BMBF Klaus Luther betont im Interview, dass der regionale Fokus vor allem eine stärkere Orientierung an Nutzergruppen bewirken soll. Das Heft beleuchtet die Rolle der Erwachsenenbildung in diesem Prozess: Fürst betont z.B. die funktionale Str…
The article depicts a structural model of health competences consisting of basic and developed skills, which refer to a perceptive-motivational as well as activity-based level. As a contrast to health literacy, the model is detached from the clinical context and intended as a life competence for health. The article also focuses on the empirical model review as well as on the issue of how to acquire competences.
