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Opening higher education for new target groups is regarded as an important political and social goal. Based on central political frameworks the following article analyses, which new target groups are addressed in higher education institutions and which specific demands they have for the organization and structuring of teaching and learning. In the focus of the analysis are studies from higher education research and instructional design. The perspectives of these two in the past almost separated…
As empirical studies have shown, the Germans’ knowledge of financial affairs is rather poor. Basic knowledge on banking and insurance is often absent, even though it is essential in times when provision for a safe future increasingly becomes everyone’s personal responsibility. Even if relevant content were taught at schools comprehensively and from this moment on, today’s adults would still remain ignorant. Therefore, a tremendous task lies ahead for adult education to provide relevant knowledg…
Looking at persons and at those active in organisations has forever been in the focus of psychological research on organisations. Monika Kil draws attention to the fact that pedagogical psychology, cognitive psychology and social psychology can also contribute towards a structuring of further education institutions that is conducive to learning. Developing a »learning culture « is one aspect of this. A review of further developments and findings opens up new dimensions for a discourse on organi…
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Erstmalig wurde in Deutschland am Beispiel eines Hamburger Stadtteils eine ethnographische Studie zur Literalität als soziale Praxis durchgeführt. Durch die Erfassung von Schriftsprache im öffentlichen Raum anhand von Fotodokumentationen, Spontaninterviews und Intensivinterviews zu Gebrauch und Bedeutung von geschriebener Sprache wurde eine Einschätzung von literalen Praktiken in einer Art Mikrokosmos möglich. Die Ergebnisse erweitern nicht nur die theoretischen Überlegungen der Alphabetisierun…
Accessibility – A Didactic Challenge. Steps towards Inclusive Adult Education. Part III Based on the access rights to all public education, the author evaluates the dimensions of accessibility to be considered in planning and implementing inclusive adult educational programmes. Constructional prerequisites are brushed though the main focus is on the techniques of barrier-free communication which are micro-didactically described more critically as a “two sense approach”. The last paragraph re…
Das Heft dokumentiert die Beiträge der Jahrestagung 1995. Neben dem Einführungsvortrag sind die Referate aus den folgenden Arbeitsgruppen vertreten: 1: Studium und Beruf: Erwachsenenbildung 2: Mentalität, Praxis, Supervision 3: Ausbildungsgänge und Professionalität 4: Kompetenz für die betriebliche Bildungsarbeit 5: Weiterbildung für die Erwachsenenbildung 6. Kollegialer Erfahrungsaustausch: Biographische Zugänge zur Erwachsenenpädagogik
In today’s societies literacy is regarded as the prerequisite for participating in the professional and private spheres of everyday life. It is regarded as a human right, a tool for personal empowerment and a tool to influence the behaviour of individuals, families and communities. Despite the international consensus that literacy skills determine opportunities and provide access to today’s information-based societies, many adults in both industrialized and developing countries find themselves …
First results from the PIAAC survey, which was conducted in 25 countries, will be published in October 2013 by OECD. PIAAC collected information about adult competencies through representative data from a background questionnaire and from assessments of three competence domains. In Germany exists an additional study called "Competencies in Later Life" (CiLL), which is designed for people (aged) between 66 and 80 years. This article presents the context of the study, the process of data collecti…
