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Der tabellarischen Überblick der Volkshochschul-Statistik für das Jahr 2005 nennt kurz gefasst die zentralen Ergebnisse zu institutionellen Merkmalen, Personal, Finanzierung und Veranstaltungsstatistik. Die Langfassung der Volkshochschul-Statistik 2005 kann hier: http://www.die-bonn.de/esprid/dokumente/doc-2006/pehl06_01.pdf heruntergeladen werden (pdf, 897 KB).
The demographic development in Germany will lead to the society servicing more older people than younger people. Against this background the contribution shows in which way institutions of communal adult education are called upon for developing specific offers that consider the different educational requirements and educational necessities of a very heterogeneous age group. By means of examples from the work at adult evening classes (Volkshochschulen) the author clarifies how contents, teaching…