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Der tabellarischen Überblick der Volkshochschul-Statistik von 1999 nennt kurz gefasst die zentralen Ergebnisse zu institutionellen Merkmalen, Personal, Finanzierung und Veranstaltungsstatistik.
Continuing digitalisation is a macrosocial phenomenon – dealing with it is a macrosocial task. For the educational field, it does not only concern a change of teaching-learning situations due to digital media but also the issue of contributing to the changing situation - without excluding certain groups. According to the author, the issue of digitalisation does not allow federal disputes and segment-specific separation of educational areas.
Cooperative education arrangements are confronted with manifold anticipations which can be subsumed as ‘synergy’. This article which presents qualitative-empirical partial results of a current research project, is dealing with the question how Volkshochschulen (folk high schools) which are part of an integrated cooperation, are broaching the issue of synergy and how they describe their handling with this demand of cooperation. There are five strained dimensions of synergy and a broad spectrum o…
The scope of literacy courses. Results of a representative survey among adult education centres As part of the EQUALS project, the German Adult Education Association (DVV) collected statistical data on literacy courses at adult education centres; this article presents the data and compares it with figures from 1994. The number of courses has risen, as has the number of participants, but fewer institutions than before provide this service. Compared with 1994, the participants are older and t…
Religionen und religiöse Ideen sind im Kontext verantwortlicher Lebensführung und Identitätsfindung nicht allein Themen konfessioneller Bildungseinrichtungen, sondern auch Gegenstand einer "säkularen" Einrichtung wie der VHS.
Die Lebenswelt der Teilnehmer/innen und ihre eigenen Aktivitäten in der Stadt werden zum Thema an Volkshochschulen. Diese Textsammlung bietet einen Überblick über die Diskussion um die Kommunalität der Volkshochschulen.
The author investigates whether, to which extent and due to which motivation migrants participate in general further education programmes of the City-Volkshochschule (adult education school) of Berlin. Results: The ethnic composition of the city district is not mirrored in that of the course participants. Whichever their formal education, migrants are more than German course participants motivated on the personal level.
