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Gesellschaft und Bildung brauchen einen neuen Umgang mit der Zeit: Obwohl in der beschleunigten Gesellschaft allenthalben Zeitgewinne auf Kommunikations- oder Reisewegen zu verzeichnen sind, ist der subjektiv empfundene Zeitdruck nicht gesunken, im Gegenteil. Das Heft bietet zeittheoretische, bildungstheoretische und didaktische Perspektiven von Hartmut Rosa, Peter Faulstich, Andreas Dörpinghaus, Joachim Hasebrook u. a. Stichworte aus dem Inhalt sind »Effektivität« und »Effizienz«, aber auch »M…
Every educational event inevitably comes to an end. A »good« ending to educational events is - in contrast to their opening - often not sufficiently reflected upon in didactical terms. Ulrich Papenkort’s article focuses attention on this subject, which has received little attention from the field of research to date. By distinguishing between »opening«, »a retrospective look«, »criticism«, »look forward« and »farewell«, new possibilities for designing a successful conclusion to teaching/learni…
The contribution summarizes occasion, assignment, object, procedure and results of the evaluation of the North Rhine-Westphalian law of adult education. Thereby it also includes following statements of clients an association. Going out from this it tries to find answers to general questions concerning the evaluation of adult education laws. For the question of objectivity of analyses and results the disclosure of the targets and the independence of researcher teams are vital.
Gieseke, Wiltrud; Robak, Steffi: Programme planning and management from the perspective of educational research Empirical results and conceptional changes The text reflects the correlations between new learning cultures and organistional structures with a view on appropriate institutional concepts. As a result of the reflections the authors declare themselves in favour of a change of educational theories by taking the concept of education as a basis for conceptional and organisational devel…
After the federal elections, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research has taken on a new organisational structure. For the first time, its activities in further education are now bundled together in a seperate department (»Lifelong Learning, Further Education«), thus enabling the ministry to »speak with one voice«. On top of this, the superior department is »University, Further Education«, which shows that the two are considered as equivalent from the organisationalpolitical viewpoint.
Research on humans and animals gives evidence for the fact that older beings learn more slowly than younger ones, yet for this very reason they are able to build up internal representations of the true values to be learned in an increasingly more precise manner. Through frequent repetition general structures of experiences are learned. Thus, a decreasing rate of learning that comes with old age is just one side of the coin.
Wie kann in der Erwachsenenbildung die Unsicherheit der Zukunft und der Umgang damit fassbar und vermittelt werden? Das Konzept der Futures Literacy – übersetzbar als »Zukünftebildung« – bietet hierzu Antworten. Die Autor*innen Angelika Neudecker und Stefan Bergheim beschreiben diese in sechs Teilkompetenzen, die in jedem Menschen als Grundform der Zukünftebildung verankert sind und durch Zukünftelabore gezielt gefördert werden können.
Sprachkompetenz gilt als zentrale Voraussetzung für eine nachhaltige Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt. In einem empirischen Forschungsprojekt wurde die Wirkung regulärer Integrationskurse sowie der im Jahr 2015 von der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) kurzfristig eingeführten Deutsch-Einstiegskurse untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen: Während Teilnehmende der regulären Integrationskurse signifikant häufiger eine Beschäftigung aufnahmen als vergleichbare Nichtteilnehmende, ließ sich für die Deutsch-Ei…
Educational research is often focused on biographies. Literacy and basic education frequently use knowledge about biographies as a means for educational support within the scope of catch-up education (“second chance”). The article discusses how biographically generated knowledge can be transferred into pedagogical practice. The authors give up on the idea of a direct “utilization” of biographical insights into practical work – the yield is rather to indirectly stimulate and irritate professiona…
Movement shapes the brain: findings of brain research bearing relevance to learning This article provides an overview of what influence athletics and movement has on brain processes. Based on several studies, it is shown that various forms of movement cause numerous types of adaptation at the cellular, molecular and neurochemical level which influence emotional, social and cognitive processes. It is also noted that by the same token there are gradual differences in these factors at various a…
