Demographischer Wandel als Herausforderung für kommunale Bildungseinrichtungen

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…

Lernen im Lebenslauf

In the context of lifelong learning, adults are increasingly being viewed from a biographical perspective. This article takes a look at how differently – and in some cases inconsistently – adults are construed as biographical subjects in education policy, in educational practice, and in research on adult education. It argues that to even begin to examine the processes and practices of biographical subjectification that take place in adult and continuing education, biographical research must be …

Magazin erwachsenenbildung.at

Negotiating border-crossings when ‘adult education’ meets ‘vocational learning’. Comparative historical notes on defining the ‘research object’

Qualification Concept for Literacy Practitioners. Handbook - MODULE 2: PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING IN THE FIELD OF LITERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION - AN INTRODUCTION

Teaching adults with low basic skills requires a large set of special know-how and competences. Due to this fact, the general aim of this module is to give teachers and tutors all necessary information, practices, skills, competences and attitudes to work effectively with adults. - Poster - Description of the module - Timed agenda - Detailed workplan - Handout

Weiterbildung im Trend – Anschlussmöglichkeiten und Grenzen kontinuierlicher Weiterbildungsberichterstattung am Beispiel des Berichtssystems Weiterbildung und des Adult Education Survey

Gerechtigkeit und Gerechtigkeitskompetenz: Diskurs und Praxis für eine kritische politische Bildung

Justice and justice competence: Discourse and practice for a critical political education Most societies accept justice and social justice as principles. Their inherent norms and values are dependant on the historical context as well as on political and individual concepts, and are thus negotiable. Within the context of a European Grundtvig-Project, "Political Participation through Social Competence: Curricular Development for Courses on Democratic Citizenship" the article discusses the idea…

Partizipation Älterer in der digitalen Welt

Older people often lack the competences for the handling of digital media. This is problematic in a society which is more and more based on digital exchanges. Courses of continuing digital education for older people prove to be successful when they are embedded into their living environments. In this article, the author presents several of these educational formats.

Was tun? Wertkonflikte in Veranstaltungen der Erwachsenenbildung

The main emphasis of this article is on how to deal with value conflicts in teaching/learning situations in adult and continuing education against the backdrop of current social challenges. Based on the description and interpretation of a case study from an integration course, the author suggests possibilities of how to prepare teachers for acting in a pedagogically appropriate and ethical manner.

Grundbildung im Spannungsfeld bildungspolitischer Ein- und Abgrenzungsinteressen

This contribution deals with the definition of adult basic education and its entanglement with interests and power relations in the field of public education administration of the German Laender. As the New Literacy Studies view literacy as a social practice that is related to interests and power relations, guided interviews concerning the definition of adult basic education as well as legitimising rationales from the perspective of education administration were illustrated. The interviews are …