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This article explains what paths adults can opt for in order to acquire a reflexive understanding of time while not being content with a purely goal-oriented, “maximising” improvement in time management. Ms. Hribernik adopts Holzkamp’s approach to first of all describe what such “learning to understand time“ needs to involve before then identifying learning possibilities from an Austrian perspective – possibilities which she sees above all in books, but also in lecture events and the activities…
In Retrospect: On the Conception of REPORT and its Development A conversation with the founding editors The reason for this interview is REPORT’s 30-year existence. Thus, the time has come to once again recall the events and experiences in its long history. In 1978, the “Literature and Research Report Continuing Education” was published for the first time and was essentially a review journal created to give an overview of the still widely scattered and developing discipline of adult and con…
The essay looks at the classical ideas of the relationship between „host“ and „guest”, between the „I“ and the „Other“ from a new angle. To that end , two of the most important protagonists of contemporary French philosophy of Jewish origin are consulted. Emmanuel Levinas and his interpreter Jacques Derrida present a philosophy of hospitality which makes us think – and demands that we think, and that we act responsibly even into the far thest political consequences. Since their philosophy is fu…
Wie professionell sind die Professionellen der Erwachsenenbildung? Wenig, legt man einen strengen professionstheoretischen Maßstab an. Zu diesem brisanten Ergebnis kommt die Autorin in qualitativen Interviews mit zehn „ausgesucht Professionellen“. Der empirische Teil der Untersuchung stützt damit die These, dass die Entwicklung von Professionalität in der Erwachsenenbildung bisher nicht gelungen ist trotz der üblichen Professionalitäts-Rhetorik. Den weitaus größeren Teil der Arbeit macht die t…
This REPORT analyzes the changing conditions and expectations with regard to the management of the continuing educational system, predominantly the frames of education economy, reporting, quality assurance and monitoring. The interactions of the various stakeholders characterize the development and implementation of continuing educational programs as well as a multitude of decision-making processes in educational institutions, but also relevant local, regional and national processes. The libera…
Die Bände der Studienbibliothek bieten den MitarbeiterInnen, Lehrenden und Studierenden der Erwachsenenbildung in den neuen Bundesländern einen ersten Überblick, wie in den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten Grundprobleme der Erwachsenenbildung in den alten Bundesländern diskutiert worden sind. Sie können darüber hinaus der Selbstvergewisserung dienen, wie es mit der Grundlagendiskussion zur Erwachsenenbildung bestellt ist. Auswahlkriterium für die begrenzten Beiträge aus Sammelbänden oder Zeitschrifte…
The German Atlas of Continuing Education documents empirical educational research results which identify geographical location, in addition to socio-economic status, as an important dimension of inequality in educational opportunities for adults. Generally, the German Atlas of Continuing Education describes the provision of continuing education and participation in continuing education at the levels of federal states as well as districts and independent cities over time. In addition, the Atla…
Bei Erscheinen dieses Hefts geht die Corona-Pandemie in den zehnten Monat, und vieles bleibt unwägbar, auch in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung. In diesem Sinne sind die Beiträge dieser Ausgabe von weiter bilden mehr ein Offenlegen von Tiefenstrukturen als eine reine Bestandsaufnahme der Situation, geprägt von den Eindrücken des gesellschaftlichen Lockdowns. In Kenntnis der Beiträge sprachen Herausgeber Peter Brandt und Redakteur Jan Rohwerder Mitte August und Ende Ok-tober mit der Redaktions…
The paper raises the question of how inclusion, in the sense of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is operationalized in institutional learning settings for adults. It presents findings of a qualitative pilot study. Based on a relational theory of space, the findings elicit a conceptual model of the architecture of inclusion at public places of learning for adults. The model illuminates the way social space is constituted in and by the actions of professionals, and th…
Adult education increasingly occupies the center of education policy and hence the corresponding governance aspirations on the national, supra- and international level. Large-scale-assessment studies, like PIAAC, further raised public attention for adult education with a focus on the low educated. This study analyzes overall and spatial participation in adult education in the national context using multi-level modeling. Using data from the European Labour Force Survey 2013 it shows that (1) the…
