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Lifelong education for seniors is becoming a significant policy focus because of factors relating to the global aging society phenomenon. Yet the modern ‘educational demoralisation’ that can result from informal experiential learning not being sufficiently valued or encouraged, may also apply to later life learning—typically manifest as a ‘fear of ageing’ as well as ageism. This is especially so in contexts where policymakers tend to just mainly focus on the worrying economic, health and other …
Nowadays the use of the PC and the internet are elements of daily life and therefore also elements in Literacy and Basic Education. This module should enable teachers to discover and/or increase the contributions made by systems based on ICT and Individual Learning. - Poster - Description of the module - Workplan - Powerpoint presentation - Samples
This article starts from the premise that an academic discipline directed at practice has to question, within which terms its research results become useful beyond science. For empirical research, the authors put forward the idea of use-inspired basic research. This approach might be a helpful orientation due to (further) educational science’s double challenge to simultaneously prove academic productivity and practical as well as societal usefulness. By reference to points of decision regularly…
Erwachsene sind unbelehrbar, aber lernfähig, so Horst Siebert. Sie lernen anders als Kinder und Jugendliche und bedürfen daher anderer Formen der Aneignung von Wissen, der Unterweisung und Kenntnisvermittlung. Wie gerechtfertigt ist dieses Paradigma der Erwachsenenbildung und welche Rolle spielen Inhalte? Inwiefern sind Lehrpläne und fachliche Analysen, darüber hinaus fachdidaktische Wissensbestände hilfreich? Ist eine gesonderte Didaktik für Erwachsene überhaupt gerechtfertigt? Diesen Fragen g…
This paper deals with the relation between the "effort" produced by institutions of further education for successfully realizing inter-organizational participation in networks and the "significance" of participation for the performing of the services of the institutions. A polythetic classification based on the qualitative data material is presented that allows for the differentiation between three different groups of organizations based on the relation between effort and significance. The resu…
The present discourse in further education is recurringly concerned with cultures, systems and networks. Karin Dollhausen aims at furthering this discussion by drawing a neat line of definition between these crucial terms under the aspect of the sociology of organisations. She goes on to explain what each of the terms does or should mean for public institutions of further education: »culture« – seen as the system of relationships within an organisation – sharpens the view of internal communicat…
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 …
