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Der Schritt vom Paar zur Familie ist groß: Ein Kind zu bekommen, ist ein einschneidendes, alles veränderndes Ereignis. Dennoch wird die Familiengründung noch viel zu selten als kritisches Lebensereignis verstanden, das einer besonderen Beachtung bedarf. Über den Übergang zur Familie, damit einhergehende Herausforderungen und mögliche Bildungsangebote für die Familiengründung sprach Redakteurin Julia Lyß mit der Paar- und Familientherapeutin Eva Tillmetz.
In today’s societies literacy is regarded as the prerequisite for participating in the professional and private spheres of everyday life. It is regarded as a human right, a tool for personal empowerment and a tool to influence the behaviour of individuals, families and communities. Despite the international consensus that literacy skills determine opportunities and provide access to today’s information-based societies, many adults in both industrialized and developing countries find themselves …
Effects of continuing education tests Continuing education tests aim at improving transparency of the quality of programmes on offer and initiating processes to improve quality at providers of continuing education. But what has the impact of continuing education tests been to date? The authors present selected results of an evaluation study. From a demand perspective, continuing education has not been transparent since the introduction of educational testing in 2002, either. 54% of the popul…
This study explores the definition of „adult basic education“ from the perspective of public education administration of the German Laender. On the one hand, adult basic education is claimed as a public good that has to be made accessible by public funding. One the other hand, there is still no agreement on the definition of adult basic education. Based on a subject-scientific approach, qualitative interviews are conducted with administrative employees in order to explore dimensions and justifi…
Gesundheit ist nicht nur dann ein Thema, wenn es an ihr mangelt. Erwachsene hegen und pflegen sich (und ihre Kinder) mehr denn je, um ihre Gesundheit zu erhalten. Auf der anderen Seite haben psychische Störungen und stressbedingte Belastungen in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen. Welche Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse erfordert eine Lebensweise, die Gesundheit fördert? Wer vermittelt die? Welche Leitkategorien eignen sich für eine theoretische Begründung von Gesundheitsbildung? Sondierungen vom au…
Foundation of a family as a predetermined breaking point? On the interaction of parenthood and participation in adult education and continuing education Within the context of an empirical longitudinal research project, the processes and turning points of the continuing education practise are documented and discussed in a gender-typical context of life. The survey proves the gender-typical change of the (continuing) education behaviour of men and women when they become fathers and mothers: The …
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This article discusses participation of older people from five different perspectives: the perspective of images of old age, the perspective of individual potentials for change and participation, the perspective of the creation of public space, the perspective of social relationships and the perspective of structures of care. Participation is thus understood as a combination of personal, social, cultural, communal and societal factors. Education is seen as a central mechanism for building struc…
