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The "Blue Series" is the DIE's most traditional series of books. It is aimed at researchers and students of adult education as well as academically interested practitioners. Scientific papers on a theoretical and empirical base provide access to adult education research and enhance the transfer of knowledge between practice and research. Over the past 30 years, it contributed significantly to the discipline of adult education.
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In the context of lifelong learning, the validation of prior learning has become a contested topic. Views differ about whether procedures should be oriented to (work) requirements – verifying that people match a defined competence profile – or be designed to support people in their personal development. In the latter case, the procedures mainly involve self-evaluation while in the first case they are concerned with external evaluation. In this paper a validation procedure is analysed that inclu…
The understanding of a knowledge-based society that orientates itself alongside an economic paradigm, is enhanced by showing up the pluralism of different types of knowledge. Within these different types the specific criteria of scientific knowledge are identified. Concerning the teaching and learning of scientific knowledge the question arises, by which methods this kind of knowledge can be communicated. These methods are associated with the function of unfolding the specific structure of scie…
The article aims at providing guidelines for a clear theoretical differentiation between various areas of tension in the planning of programs by outlining Structures and contradictory constellations have an impact on the contouring of antinomies and, thus, on program planning. A professional approach to program planning manifests itself in how such professional antinomies are dealt with, in particular. In addition to being of great value to the scientific analysis, this differentiation is also …
The ways in which computer games can affect learning are identified using the example of games for fun, starting out with the aspect of research into learning and teaching theory. Approaches used in behaviourism, cognitivism and individual and social constructivism are compared. In the psychology of emotions, activating and deactivating emotions are distinguished with regard to their learning effect. From the point of view of the psychology of motivation, special emphasis is placed on the self-…
Looking ahead: On Challenges, Paths and Goals Interview with the incumbent editors The interview with the founding editors ended with predictions for the future of REPORT. More online- communication, increasing internationalisation, a stronger shift towards empirical research and a committed specialist discourse were the principal key words. These are taken up in the discussions and addressed from the perspectives of the incumbent publishers. Martin Beyersdorf (M.B.) and Rüdiger Rhein (R.R.…
PISA for adults? Remarks about the consequences of PISA for adult education The PISA results shown by the OECD for the school area also have consequences for adult education. For the development of adult education itself but also for a holistic concept of lifelong learning it will be of importance to be able to refer to specific international comparative results. The contribution describes measures of policies of adult education that were initiated following the PISA results and it scetches…
