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.
Lehr-Lern-Forschung hat in den Erziehungswissenschaften in den letzten Jahren wieder eine stärkere Aufmerksamkeit gefunden. Ursächlich erkennbar ist dabei vor allem zweierlei: einerseits die heftige Debatte über die Leistungsfähigkeit des Bildungssystems anlässlich der Ergebnisse der PISA-Studie, andererseits die neuen technischen Möglichkeiten der Neurowissenschaften, anhand Bild gebender Verfahren intrahumane Vorgänge bei Lernprozessen beobachten und nach-weisen zu können. Verbunden damit sin…
The aspect of relations in the relationship between teacher and learner as resource and determinant for lifelong learning In addition to the work with the subject being studied there also exists a personal relationship between the learners and their trainers. The communication science has shown the relevance of relationships in every type of interaction. Therefore, it has to be assumed that the quality of relationships has impacts on learning success. This means for the idea of lifelong lear…
Mediating considered from a learning theoretical angle Mediating and the theory or science of mediating are current topics of theory building and practice in the field of didactics. This was the reason to investigate whether and how research results combining learning and teaching may support the construction of such a concept. A general framework of acting and teaching is introduced from the perspective of the learning subject. The focus is on the concept of a complex and more dimensional a…
Organization and Participants – Development of the instrument [OrTe] to evaluate expectations regarding teaching, learning, and organization in further education Most of the quality management procedures in continuing education require participant surveys. The perusal of 72 questionnaires in the field of continuing education practice showed that they are mostly related to the participants’ satisfaction with their teachers and the organisation of the course. When those questionnaires’ results…
