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This article sums up development cooperation in adult education, providing information about the fields in which this cooperation takes place, which funds it uses and which professionals are involved. When it comes to the question of how German adult education exports have affected transitional countries, the spotlight is on evaluation. The authors ascertain that evaluation work has reached different stages in different educational fields. In the sector of vocational education cooperation the f…
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 Planungshandeln in der Erwachsenenbildung/Weiterbildung hat sich in den letzten Jahren stark ausdifferenziert. Planungsvorgänge bewegen sich heute in hybriden, intermediären Strukturen. Sie haben sich einerseits an Qualitätsmanagementsystemen und erweiterten Marketingkonzepten, andererseits an den Erfordernissen eines bildungsbereichsübergreifenden lebenslangen Lernens zu orientieren. Angebotsplanung verlangt also differenziertes Können und begründetes Handeln mit theoretischer und empirisc…
Changing the focus on Natural Sciences At present, public debates postulate more attention to natural sciences in the education sector. First, we will examine the precarious status of natural sciences in adult education and than argue that the traditional focus on natural sciences need to be readjusted. This change of focus aims at a general understanding of scientific developments by which both the individual and the society as a whole will gain and maintain its capacity to judge and act on…
Im Herbst 2007 blickt das Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) auf ein halbes Jahrhundert Entwicklung zurück. In diesem Buch würdigen Wegbegleiter/innen des Instituts dessen Beiträge zur Entwicklung der Weiterbildung in Deutschland und Europa und loten Potenziale für künftige Dienstleistungen aus. Der Aufbau der Festschrift folgt den Programmlinien des DIE und betrachtet den Wandel von Lernen und Teilnahmeverhalten, von Professionsentwicklung und schließlich Organisations- und Systemw…
