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Adult education is more and more affected by social change due to migration. This paper analyses the marginal adoption of the topic by research in the past and describes recent trends, also in practice. Perspectives for institutions of adult education such as widening access to adult education for migrants, organisational development and professionalisation are discussed. Furthermore the author names challenges for research. There should be more cooperation within the field of educational resea…
Inclusion – An Organisational Challenge. Steps towards Inclusive Adult Education. Part 1 The report evaluates the option of offering inclusive adult education at adult education centres on a larger scale. The compatibility of the new policy statement in adult education centres and the principle of inclusion are pointed out. Implications of the concept of inclusion are presented, which lead to the conclusion that inclusion can only be implemented with a comprehensive organisational developmen…
In the usually clearly word- and text-oriented research field of adult education, for a while now, approaches have been observed, which understand visual presentations as data to be analyzed in a methodically controlled way. These data are used in order to generate and substantiate knowledge about adult education, whereby intensity, contexts, theoretical background and methods or methodology are different. This article presents these approaches in the research fields focusing on students, progr…
Receptive or hostile to continuing education? Course tutors caught between the pressure to conform and resistance This article presents the results of a qualitative dissertation. The author has investigated the acceptance of adult education teacher training courses among part-time and freelance teachers based on the example of the initial adult education teacher training qualification offered by the North Rhine Westphalia VHS (adult education centre) regional association. For the issue of a…
The scope of literacy courses. Results of a representative survey among adult education centres As part of the EQUALS project, the German Adult Education Association (DVV) collected statistical data on literacy courses at adult education centres; this article presents the data and compares it with figures from 1994. The number of courses has risen, as has the number of participants, but fewer institutions than before provide this service. Compared with 1994, the participants are older and t…
How to relate Natural Sciences to Adult Education Drawing on an intensive debate on the improvement of scientific literacy going on in Germany for more than ten years, this article deals with possible contributions of adult education. Starting with the marginal supply of science courses for adults, I focus on typical didactical arrangements and concepts. Based on an empirical study, exemplary didactical concepts are analysed regarding aims, topics, course type, and audience. The results are…
Die Auflösung starrer sozialer Strukturen führt dazu, dass die Menschen ihr Verhältnis zur Welt selbst herstellen und erhalten müssen. Ästhetik als Erkenntnismethode kann die Reflexion des eigenen Lebensverlaufs und die Verortung des Selbst in der Welt unterstützen – sofern Ästhetik, so der Autor, nicht auf die »Verhandlung des Schönen« reduziert wird.
In den Bereichen Wohnen und Arbeit gibt es für Menschen mit Unterstützungsbedarf regelhafte Angebotsstrukturen für Assistenz. Für Angebote der allgemeinen und politischen Erwachsenenbildung ist dies nicht der Regelfall, und vielfach bleiben diese Angebote ohne Assistenz unzugänglich. Der Autor und die Autorin zeigen auf, was Assistenz im Bildungsbereich beinhaltet und wie die Aufgaben und Organisationsmodelle von Assistenz in der Erwachsenenbildung aussehen.
Ist das »postfaktische Zeitalter« – so die Lehnübersetzung der Post-Truth Era – angebrochen? Und was bedeutet das für die Erwachsenenbildung? Diesen Fragen geht der Autor nach, indem er die Genese dieser Gegenwartsdeutung nachzeichnet und als Konsequenz nicht nur für die Erwachsenenbildung fordert, sich wieder mehr auf die Sichtweisen anderer einzulassen und Widersprüche aushalten zu können.
Gibt es »rote Linien« in der (politischen) Erwachsenenbildung, inwiefern sollte es sie geben? Diesen Fragen geht der Autor am Beispiel der Bildungsarbeit »gegen rechts« nach – und zeigt auf, dass es keine einfachen Antworten hierauf gibt.
