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With this article, the author (of the Institute of International Cooperation, an institution within the German Adult Education Association, IIZ/DVV) opens up a readers’ discussion in this publication on the subject of education and the EU extension. In his article, an overview of the points of discussion is given. After the breakdown of the socialist societies in the middle and Eastern European countries, educational facilities suffered a severe loss of authority. This has only partly been ba…
The Greek educational system replicates the historical-cultural and regional segmentation of Greek society. In the past there was a gap between west-oriented Greeks with a high level of education on the one hand and uneducated natives on the other hand; nowadays we find well-off Greek students at western universities on the one hand and, on the other hand, the larger part of the national youth in the backward universities of their own country. In adult education, the traditional gap is perpetua…
Lernnachweise: Der Ruf nach Lernnachweisen wächst, gleichzeitig der Ruf nach selbstorganisiertem und selbstgesteuertem Lernen. Nur selten wird der Widerspruch zwischen diesen beiden Zielen thematisiert. Vielleicht liegt dies daran, daß beide Ziele in derselben Ursache gründen. Gesellschaftlicher wie individueller Lernbedarf wachsen, weil das Leben wissenschaftlicher, technisierter, globaler und flexibler wird. Aus dem gleichen Grund verlieren bestehende Domänen (Sektoren, Branchen, Organisation…
