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»Education for sustainable development (ESD)« first became a term of educational politics in 1998 by use in papers of the Bund-Laender Commission. While sustainability as a principle of development politics has already been used since the Bund-Laender Commission in 1987, the connection with the educational term first hesitantly was made with the Agenda 21 of Rio 1992. In Germany above all the environmental educators adopted the term ESD, but not without political pressure. With diverse protago…
The authors explain their model of transferring self-directed learning elements from the context of projects to their daily work as adult education teachers in the Volkshochschule des Landkreises Gießen (adult education school). They focus on usability and investigate the learners' view on self-directed learning. Their results: If resources are used wisely, the implementation of self-directed learning is possible and learners appreciate it.
Eine gute ökonomische Grundbildung kann dazu beitragen, individuelle Problemlagen zu bewältigen und auch gesellschaftliche (Folge-)Kosten zu vermeiden. Vor dem Hintergrund des feststellbaren Bedeutungszuwachses ökonomischer Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen in der Bevölkerung einerseits und der diesbezüglich defizitären Forschungs- und Datenlage andererseits hat das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) eine Forschungswerkstatt zum Thema „Ökonomische Grundbildung für Erwachsene“ (ÖGBE) in…
In dem Rückblick wird die Geschichte der Zeitschrift Literatur-und Forschungsreport Weiterbildung aus Anlass ihres 25jährigen Bestehens gewürdigt. Die angenommene Perspektive ist die eines "Lesers", der sich "wichtiger Leseerfahrungen" erinnert und durch kritische Kommentierung Anregungen für die Weiterarbeit gibt. Stärken und Schwächen der Zeitschrift werden reflektiert, z.B. das Theorie-Praxis-Problem, das in einigen Ausgaben auffällig ist. Trotz der angenommenen Perspektive des Lesers i…
The contribution discusses dimensions of the internationalisation of educational marketing. Seen from a German perspective the authors are therewith treading on new land. Thereby they differ between (1) educational marketing in international comparison (using the example of comparison of the English and German situation) and (2) international educational marketing, so the development of communication- and dissemination structures of regional or national offers for an international market. For 1…
The Northrhine-Westphalian labour ministry, in a research project carried out by the Landesinstitut für Qualifikation (State’s Institute for Qualification) in Soest, investigated what possible contribution to immigrant integration might be expected from the State’s institutions of further education. The results, laid down in the study „The contribution of further education twoards the integration of immigrants”, look like a list of shortcomings: insufficient data, an unclear market structure, a…
On the occasion of the passing of the North Rhine-Westphalian budget for 2004/2005 the author takes a close look at the Land’s support of adult education. From the viewpoint of a Catholic association he draws a dark picture of financial means continuously on the decrease that gives rise to the impression that the constitutionally guaranteed promotion of adult education is a model up for discontinuation.
Vor welchen Herausforderungen steht politische Bildung heute? Wie kann sie Menschen dabei unterstützen, vom politischen Objekt zum handelnden Subjekt zu werden und an gesellschaftspolitischen Debatten teilzuhaben? Diesen Fragen ging Thomas Krüger, Präsident der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, in seiner Keynote im Rahmen des DIE-Forums Weiterbildung »Einmischen, positionieren, verständigen. Erwachsenenbildung und Öffentlichkeit« am 12. Dezember 2017 in Siegburg nach.
Development of culinary competencies. »Food Literacy« as a horizontal task for adult education Nourishment relevant theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preparing dishes are more and more decreasing. At the same time the requirements towards the personal feeding competence are increasing: the variety of offers continuously demands decisions and a time budget for nourishment from the consumer – these become smaller in competition to work times and media using times. The contribution i…
