Adult Education in the Federal Republic of Germany

A Field of Research an Study

Numeracy – eine unterschätzte Domäne der Grundbildung?

Extending belief research to adult basic education: an exploration of some adult educators’ beliefs about numeracy and its teaching

While belief research has become an integral part of the educational research agenda, it has been uneven. One neglected area is the beliefs of adult education teachers. Focusing on five such teachers working in adult basic education and teaching numeracy in Switzerland, this exploratory study uses different data to describe their beliefs about numeracy and its teaching. It is shown that this group holds clearly different views from other groups of adult teachers and it is argued that extending …

Allgemeine und berufliche Bildung Erwachsener. Studien zu ihrer Einheit und Differenz

Learning Democracy

On Becoming an Adult Educator - historical and contemporary aspects

Adults’ numeracy practices in fluid and unstable contexts – An agenda for education, policy and research?

Numeracy practices are always dependent on the social context in which they emerge. These contexts, however, are unstable because of a range of technological and socio-political changes. How does this instability affect people’s agency in the world? After reviewing key approaches to numeracy practices research, we distil key findings from recent numeracy studies. We introduce the concept of the numerate environment to examine the context in which opportunities, supports and demands present them…

Researching (multiple) coordination of action in adult education organizations—Theoretical approaches, empirical findings and future perspectives

Kann Weiterbildung die Impfbereitschaft erhöhen?

Hängen Impfbereitschaft und Weiterbildung zusammen? Anhand von Daten aus der Volkshochschulstatistik und dem Adult Education Survey im Zusammenspiel mit den jeweiligen Impfquoten entwickeln die Autoren Aussagen und Hypothesen zum Zusammenhang von Weiterbildung, Gesundheitsbildung und Impfbereitschaft.