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Befindet sich die Politische Erwachsenenbildung am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts einmal mehr in der Krise? Hat der „Junge Wilde“ Karsten Rudolf mit seinem „Bericht politische Bildung“ Öl ins Feuer gegossen, das Nest beschmutzt? Gegen seine Forderungen nach mehr Nachfrageorientierung und Neutralität der Anbieter regt sich der Widerspruch der „Alten“. Aber historische Weichenstellung hin oder her: Sorgen machen vielmehr der drohende „Clash of Generations“ (Jürgen Turek) und die alltägliche Finanzno…
Adult education is a field that is strongly shaped by tensions between scientific and political demands. The development of competencies as well as the idea of continuing to learn throughout the whole life are topics that have been debated in science and policy for many years and are still of great importance today. This dissertation deals with the relationship between science and European education policy in adult education by analyzing scientific journal articles and political documents from …
Begriffklärungen rund um das Thema Nutzen von Bildung.
This article discusses the Federal German “Orientation course“ and different prototypes for “naturalisation tests“ in the German Länder in the context of comparative integration policy. Integration courses and naturalisation tests have at the same time become a policy tool for promoting integration in a targeted manner in various countries which attract immigration. Following a presentation of the context and the presentation of instruction material in the orientation courses, the authors inter…
2009 hat Deutschland die UN-Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen ratifiziert und sich dazu verpflichtet, ein inklusives Bildungssystem zu gewährleisten. Für die deutsche Erwachsenenbildung öffnet sich damit ein Handlungsfeld, das meist von der Behindertenhilfe beackert wurde und wird. Zugleich stellt dies die Erwachsenenbildung vor große Herausforderungen: Das Heft beschäftigt sich auf den Ebenen von System, Organisation und Didaktik mit den Anforderungen des Inklusionsgebo…
The recommendations treat different aspects related to the development of basic skills, policy as well as practice.
The author traces the change in paradigm in educational policy from the perspective of the Ministry in charge as a »fundamental empirical change«. It shows structures and framework conditions underlying pertinent major projects (National Educational Panel, technology-based testing, the Programme for Empirical Educational Research) and draws attention to the output and competence orientation as their “leitmotif”. By the same token it views educational policy and educational research as being dep…
In this article we explore the challenges of learning in later life, in particular intergenerational or cross generational learning for the future. Looking to the policy of the European Union (EU), in particular to lifelong learning, we see how the notion for intergenerational and intercultural learning has been embedded more and more into policy. The question is if this makes sense, or better: how will it make sense? Senior education is transforming in intergenerational learning – intergenerat…
This article examines the guidelines and objectives of political (societal) and citizenship education in Finland during the past 40 years approximately. During this relatively short period different programmes have arisen which aptly reflect changes which have taken place, in viewpoints, in the social atmosphere and in citizens’ political interests. The article is concerned with the reports of two committees, the Adult Education Committee and the Lifelong Learning Committee, since the beginning…
Education and occupation The categories of occupation and education were considered to constitute a contradiction in classic educational theory. A paradigm change is taking place through current societal modernisation processes: occupation and education are especially characterised by mutual interaction. This issue of the REPORT examines the tension-fraught relationship between occupation and education in articles offering theoretical and empirical insight, focusing on four focal points: the …
