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"Bildung ist, wenn Wissenschaft mehr als Wissen schafft." (E. Nuissl) Wie wird die Wissensgesellschaft zu einer gebildeten Gesellschaft, und welchen Beitrag leisten hierzu die Wissenschaften? Welche "Öffentlichkeitskompetenz" muss sich dafür die Wissenschaft zu Eigen machen und welche "Wissenschaftskompetenz" muss die Gesellschaft entwickeln? Der Kongress "Bildung durch Wissenschaft" (München, Februar 2002), der in diesem Band dokumentiert wird, lotet aus, wie sich Wissenschaft und Gesellscha…
Popular education is a term which has been used for a considerable time. At the outset, however, it should be pointed out that there are multiple perspectives, but they do not “speak” much to each other. There is a tendency to define popular education in narrow and formulaic terms, according to which tradition one is drawing on. I counter this by discussing four traditions and attempt to distil common features across the multiplicity.
English version of the "Counselling" tape. What functions can counselling fulfil in literacy courses? Two projects carried out by the former Pedagogic Section of the German Federation of Adult Education Centres clarified this issue in the 1980s ["Literacy" (1982–1985) and "Elementary Education"(1985-19888)]. This summary of the results of both projects clarifies the concept of learning counselling, clarifies the central meaning of non-verbal forms of expression using practical examples and intr…
