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Educational and Learning Research Based on three texts from the founding editors from the years 1985, 2000 and 2005, in this contribution, past as well as current scientific objectives of empirical educational and learning research, their embedding in theoretical contexts as well as methodical approaches are assessed and supplemented by further references from the author. Albeit the end results of the two founding fathers are, in the various years, rather sobering, it seems fruitful to thin…
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The paper is based upon a qualitative-empirical study in the field of basic education for adults (literacy, numeracy, language, and computer skills). The study is located in the andragogical research on teaching and learning. A constitutive characteristic of the examined basic skills courses is the variety of the participants. The variety is both, didactical challenge and potential, for it enables teaching and learning interactions. With interpreting some data examples the paper aims to show ho…
Die Direktoren dreier Leibniz-Institute im interdisziplinären Gespräch über die Frage, was Erwachsenenbildung von der Konzept-Orientierung der PISA-Studie lernen kann: Prof. Dr. Prenzel vom Institut für Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften an der Universität Kiel und zugleich Mitglied des deutschen PISA-Konsortiums 2000, Prof. Dr. Scheich vom Institut für Neurobiologie in Magdeburg und Prof. Dr. Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein vom Deutschen Institut für Erwachsenenbildung in Bonn.