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Die Europäische Union und – häufig vergessen – der Europarat spielen für die europäische Bildungspolitik eine wesentliche Rolle. Kirsten Mülheims untersucht in ihrer Magisterarbeit, welche Bildungskonzeptionen diese internationalen Organisationen vertreten. Mithilfe einer Analyse von Dokumenten der Ständigen Konferenz der europäischen Erziehungsminister im Rahmen des Europarats und des Rates der Europäischen Union (Bildung) aus dem Zeitraum 1994–2003 werden Orte der Bildung, Begründungen, Maßna…
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 …
Diversity management is a popular management approach. It promises to allow diversity in organisations and thus to appreciate people for what they are. It undertakes to recognise different points of view, ideas, abilities and potentials; not to standardise cultural variety but to reinforce it. For adult education, this concept seems highly promising. After all, one claim of educational management is to promote personality development and personal progress in a business context. However, critica…
This text is focused on examining the relevance of the trends towards democratisation in the Adult Education context of Spain. After giving a description of the legal frame, the text develops a brief explanation of the different models which coexist in Adult Education centres. In particular, the author emphasises the relevance of the social model in the Spanish contexts of Adult Education, as it is starting from high expectations about the learners’ capacities and based on the participant’s rig…
