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The book provides a guideline for a didactic planning and design of conferences, conventions and workshops. It serves to support the act of preparation, realization and evaluation of events in adult education and may be used in various contexts and on a variety of topics. The book addresses staff working in the management and leadership of institutions in adult education, in public relations and event management.
The report focuses on the significance of the term “educational justice” from a socio-ethical perspective based on current political debates. The concepts of equal opportunities, participation and achievements are relevant in the intricate discourse on education and justice. The report is a contribution to the conceptual systematization which is indispensable for a profound analysis of equality related aspects of the education system.
Biography and Education Biographical aspects are coming increasingly under the focus of teaching-learning and educational research in the context of international comparative studies and the debate over self-organised and self-guided learning. Different theoretical approaches are selected and current empirical findings in the area of biographical research are presented in this issue in order to shed light on the interrelationship between education and biography.
The article deals with a change in public, political, and scientific understanding of migration and integration issues, which has to be taken into account by organisations of adult and continuing education. Furthermore the present focus on migration and integration offers new challenges as well as opportunities to improve the role of organisations of adult and continuing education in shaping the German society as an immigration society.
The authors explain their model of transferring self-directed learning elements from the context of projects to their daily work as adult education teachers in the Volkshochschule des Landkreises Gießen (adult education school). They focus on usability and investigate the learners' view on self-directed learning. Their results: If resources are used wisely, the implementation of self-directed learning is possible and learners appreciate it.
Wer Inklusion ernst meint, so Silke Schreiber-Barsch in ihrem »Stichwort«, muss »Gewissheiten traditioneller Zuschreibungen oder Normalitätserwartungen« in Frage stellen. Dabei sollte es längst »normal« sein, Inklusion in Gesellschaft und damit in alle Bildungsbereiche als ein Menschenrecht anzuerkennen, die Frage ist eher, wie sie gelingen kann (dazu Marianne Hirschberg, Franziska Bonna und Helge Stobrawe in ihrem Beitrag sowie Rebecca Babilon und Michael Weiß im »Gespräch«). Dass die Umsetzun…
Gerade im Wettkampfsport mit seiner inhärenten Leistungsbezogenheit scheint Inklusion schwierig. Doch das »Special Olympics Unified Sports®«-Konzept bringt Sportler*innen mit und ohne Behinderung im wettkampforientierten Sport zusammen; Ziel ist ein »wirkungsvoller Einstieg« in ein »inklusives Klima«. Gelingt dieser Einstieg? Dieser Frage geht die Autorin auf Basis einer Studie nach.
Was ist Wahrheit? Was sind Fakten? Diesen großen Fragen nähern sich Thomas Philipp im Gespräch und Sigrid Nolda im Stichwort. Ob wir uns schon von Fakten verabschiedet haben und in einem »postfaktischen Zeitalter« leben, lotet Henning Pätzold aus – und zeigt Konsequenzen für die Erwachsenenbildung auf. Eine Konsequenz ist, sich als Lehrender Methoden anzueignen, Fake und Fakt zu unterscheiden (Martin Merkt). Grundsätzlicher kann gefragt werden, was Lehrende von der Wissenschaft erwarten – und w…
Death is a central part of our lives, but coping mechanisms are oftentimes less than constructive. The author shows our problematic handling of death and our fear of death and argues that adult education can help facilitate a more productive way of dealing with death and our mortality.
