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Erst in den 90er Jahren wird der Begriff „Innovation“ auch mit dem Bildungsbereich in Verbindung gebracht. Was aber bedeutet „Innovation“ in der Erwachsenenbildung? Angeregt durch die Resonanz auf den gleichnamigen Preis des DIE gehen die Autorinnen und Autoren dieser Frage nach. Bei der Auswahl der Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger klärt sich am Beispiel der ausgezeichneten Projekte, was von der Jury im Konsens als innovativ empfunden wird. 1999 waren dies Ansätze zu einer neuen Lernkultur, …
The internet is increasingly used as a space for learning. Guidance platforms, blogs, and video tutorials are available online. Self-made is not only the subject but also the designed communication process. The authors pursue the issue of possible reactions of the institutionalised adult education to the proceeding development and potential contributions.
The "Green Series" introduces reliable knowledge, current topics and didactic methods, which were tested in other fields, to adult education specialists. All volumes are designed from the action perspective, convey application-oriented formulas, and set standards based on the state of research, They contribute to competence and quality development in practical adult education.
Various needs and requirements need to be taken into account for developing urban educational spaces. At the same time, the demand for cooperation between educational and cultural institutions creates obvious and concealed competition between educational and cultural planners. Based on a scientific project support, this article provides guidance on the causes and handling of potential competition.
Within the framework of the PISA discussion, adult education must discover the parents as an affected part of the public more than has as yet been the case. Parents need scientifically founded summary knowledge as a basis for decision-making (for example concerning the educational orientation of their children), and professional guidance in matters of the enhancement of learning capacity at an early age.
Schwerpunktthema dieser Ausgabe des REPORT ist das didaktische Handeln in der Erwachsenenbildung und damit verbundene Fragen wie die Ermittlung von Bildungsbedarf- und Bedürfnissen, Programm- und Veranstaltungsplanung. Neue didaktische Aufgaben wie die Unterstützung selbstgesteuerten Lernens, E-Learning, Lernberatung und Qualitätssicherung machen Überlegungen notwendig wie: Lässt sich lebenslanges Lernen überhaupt didaktisieren? Brauchen wir eine Didaktikfolgenabschätzung? Sind Erwachsene nich…
“Bildung” and Biography in Self-organized Learning If subjects of learning are related to the learners thinking and acting in past or future, learning gains a biographic dimension. The notion of “bildung” can be attributed to a learning process, when frames of interpretation get transformed and re-arranged. The councelling of learning in a learning environment opens spaces, where learning processes like this can come true. This interrelation is examined in the contribution with an analysis o…
The need for counselling and counselling processes among students in the humanities and social sciences In the area of adult education, learning counselling assumes the role of a support function for self-guided learning. University students must also structure and plan their learning process, even though many of these students are unable to develop sufficient learning skills due to their previously limited learning experience. Learning counselling as a tool in the learning process could fil…
Schriftliche Fassung des Vortrags, den Wolf Gunter Brügmann im Rahmen der 1. Internationalen Wiesbadener Konferenz zum Lebensbegleitenden Lernen am 25. April 2005 gehalten hat. Er stellt die Weiterbildungsberatungsstelle Rhein-Main in der Walter-Kolb-Stiftung als Best-Practice-Beispiel vor und entwickelt aufgrund der dortigen Erfahrungen Anforderungen an Berater, aber auch an die Institutionalisierung von Weiterbildungsberatung als Aufgabe für politische und gesellschaftliche Instanzen. Der Aut…
