[Bader, Roland: Learning Communities im Internet. 2001]

British-Dutch-German relationships in adult education 1880 - 1930

Selbstorganisationen und migrantische Communities als Brücke zur Erwachsenenbildung

Eine zentrale Frage des Projekts I-Connect – lebensweltorientierte Einrichtungen als Brücke zwischen MigrantInnen und Erwachsenenbildung betraf die Zugänge zur Erwachsenenbildung für Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund. Insbesondere wurden in diesem Zusammenhang die Tätigkeiten von migrantischen Vereinen und Selbstorganisationen sowie ihre mögliche Rolle als Brücke zur Erwachsenenbildung analysiert – dies vor allem mit Blick auf bildungsfernere Gruppen unter den zugewanderten Menschen. Im Folgen…

[Höber, Angelika; Schachtner, Christina (Hrsg.): Learning Communities. 2008]

Can competency assessment support struggles for community development and self-determination?

This paper arguments that if competency assessment is to make any contribution as a potentially “liberating” curriculum strategy for struggles of community development and self-determination then it needs to contest the authoritarianism of the national qualification frameworks that have been established in Australia and New Zealand. This article critiques research and policy efforts, in particular for indigenous learners which seek to merely make authoritarian curriculum and assessment structur…

[Tett, Lyn: Community Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion. 2002]

Social Dynamics in Adult and Community Education Networks: Insights from a case study

Implementing network type structures has become a widely appreciated strategy to promote actor-relationships in the field of adult and community education and to coordinate them purposefully. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on how a “successful” coordination of actor-relationships can be practically achieved. This paper offers some clues to answering the question by outlining basic characteristics of social networks and then giving reference to a recent case study from Germany.

Qualification Concept for Literacy Practitioners. Handbook - MODULE 1: SOCIAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Inadequate or absent information of when, where and how a leaner can access tuition might build barriers to participate. The aim of this module is to enable the practitioners to develop a social marketing communication strategy - Poster - Description of the module - Timed agenda - Detailed workplan - Handout - Powerpoint presentation - Case studies

[Schreiber-Barsch, Silke: Learning Communities als Infrastruktur Lebenslangen Lernens. 2007]

TRIM Training for the Integration of Migrant and Ethnic Workers into the Labour Market and the Local Community

The partners of the Leonardo project "Training for the Integration of Migrants into the Labour Market and the Local Community (TRIM)” explored the issue of workplace language learning with migrant and ethnic workers. This handbook is a result of the project to support a training programme focused on vocational, linguistic and other cultural aspects, involving both the immigrants and the locals, in order to achieve an effective integration of the immigrant workforce into the labour market and …