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From gender related education via the gender mainstreaming to the gender competence The different participation of women and men in adult education gives clues for their different circumstances in life and attributions that have a hierarchic impact concerning the gainful employment and securing of financial existence. These gender typical contexts are traditionally subject matter part of the women's movement or gender related educational work that took up a large space in the adult education…
Within the field of adult education/continuing education the topic counselling occupies a central role. This concerns the theoretical discourses as well as the different types of offers. This study book situates the topic counselling in its pedagogical reference framework and provides central lines of development and differentiation. These include questions about the interaction, the forms of action and the conditions of good consultation. Moreover different forms of educational guidance are ou…
Die Open-Access-Reihe für Arbeitsergebnisse aus dem DIE: Unter dem Label DIE RESULTATE aus Forschung und Entwicklung erscheinen wissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge sowie Berichte aus DIE-Forschungsprojekten. Die „Mikropublikationen“ richten sich an Forschende, Studierende und Menschen, die in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung tätig sind, aber auch an bildungspolitische Akteurinnen und Akteure. Sie tragen zum Wissenstransfer sowie zur Kompetenz- und Qualitätsentwicklung im Feld der Erwachsene…
An idyll of inclusion and exclusion? The article brings into question the ongoing debate about inclusion/exclusion. For this purpose it draws attention to the circularity of the used arguments being composed of democracy – social inclusion – education. Hence, the paper is aimed at discussing the interdependence of these components, focussing in particular on the ambivalent position of adult/further education in this dynamic. The reference to the work of Jacques Rancière, an influential Frenc…
Demokratien weltweit stehen unter Druck, allenthalben wird die Diagnose gesellschaftlicher Spaltung bemüht. Wie können außerschulische politische Bildung und Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung dabei unterstützen, Menschen für die Demokratie zu gewinnen? weiter bilden blickt auf aktuelle Gesellschaftsdiagnosen und neuere Entwicklungen beim Bilden für die Demokratie.
Welche demokratiebildenden Kräfte kann Erwachsenenbildung außerhalb von Formaten dezidiert politischer Bildung freisetzen und welche Voraussetzungen braucht sie dafür? Die Autorin plädiert für Freiräume in der Erwachsenenbildungspraxis die Begegnungen schaffen und Zugehörigkeitserfahrungen ermöglichen können.
Gender mainstreaming is gaining relevance in gender and equality policy. But gender democracy means not only equal rights and chances of men and women but also the depart from hegemonial virility as a dominant social structural principle. This political target is far from being reached. Education under the perspective of gender democracy should be orientated at the “new man”. – The article is the answer of the (male) author to three questions for the understanding, the development and the most …
Dieser REPORT 29 thematisiert die Schwierigkeiten und Herausforderungen, vor denen die neuen Bundesländer im Bildungsbereich nach der Wiedervereinigung stehen.
The book provides educational institutions and those active in working with refugees with long-term, practically relevant knowledge, compiled by practitioners: Sound knowledge, didactic and methodical recommendations – and useful orientation for educational work for and with people with a flight background. The complex living conditions of refugees are characterised by key aspects, especially with regard to circumstances that affect their participation in the society of the country of desti…
