Research
We explore how adult education can be made inclusive, digital and effective.
Services
Digital tools, specialist portals and data – for teachers, researchers, students and interested parties.
Institute
We offer research, transfer and infrastructure for lifelong learning.
Adult education and historiography The paper aims to explore the role and function of the historical issues within the field of Adult Education and its relations to scholarly historiography to date. Quite similar to the traditional paradigm in the history of education was the history of adult education for a long time also primarily based on pedagogical considerations. Thus research received almost no attention neither from historiography nor from educational science. Despite the current boo…
Die Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung Erwachsener rücken zunehmend in den Fokus des nationalen und internationalen Interesses in Politik und Wissenschaft. International-vergleichende Studien wie das Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) konnten zeigen, dass ein relativ großer Prozentsatz von Personen in hochentwickelten Industriegesellschaften nicht in ausreichendem Maße über basale Kompetenzen zur Alltagsbewältigung verfügt. In der international-vergleichende…
The United Kingdom and Ireland offer examples of national strategies, programmes and projects including services for promoting financial literacy. This report provides descriptions and comparative analysis of policy, practice, and access and engagement in these countries. It makes conclusions and recommendations that can inform future work in adult financial literacy in Germany.
