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Changes in the managerial staff of (educational) organizations bring about times of transition with multiple challenges. How can members of the staff be prepared to assume leadership positions? How can new personnel be found and attracted to stay? How can the induction period and the effective transfer of knowledge be organized? To successfully meet all these challenges, a forward-looking strategy is needed, which can be used as groundwork for concrete measures regarding managerial changes. Thi…
The article presents experiences gained in educational work in (post) crisis areas based on the work conducted by the DVV in Mali. According to the findings, adult education centres can be successful providers of holistic education programmes. In addition, conditions and factors for success are presented.
Die historische Entwicklung der Islamischen Frauenbildung ist bis heute weitgehend ungeklärt. Zum Teil liegt dies in der fehlenden schriftlichen Überlieferungen von Selbstaussagen von Frauen und der erdrückenden Dominanz der männlichen Perspektiven begründet. Zwei trotzdem bekannte Beispiele sollen hier aufgeführt werden.
Fritz Laack (1900-1990) war ein führender Repräsentant der deutschen Erwachsenenbildung des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er bekleidete dabei verschiedene Ämter. Zum Beispiel war er Geschäftsführer der neu gegründeten „Deutschen Schule für Volksforschung und Erwachsenenbildung“, und Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift „Freie Volksbildung“ Er verfasste Grundlagenwerke zur Geschichte der Erwachsenenbildung, insbesondere zur Heimvolksschule und zur Deutschen Schule für Volksforschung und Erwachsenenbildung.
In Nordrhein-Westfalen gibt es eine Vielzahl von spielbegeisterten Seniorentheatergruppen, die eine große Bandbreite ambitionierter Amateurtheaterarbeit zeigen. Allerdings findet die Seniorentheaterszene – anders als das Kinder- und Jugendtheater – im öffentlichen Bewusstsein bisher nur wenig Beachtung und Anerkennung. Und dies, obwohl ältere Menschen aktuell Gegenstand gesellschaftlicher und wissenschaftlicher Diskurse sind, wenn es beispielsweise um Renten- und Gesundheitsdebatten geht. Vor d…
The article examines the development in demand for the independently creative area of cultural adult education. It also focuses on stakeholders and developments of a new conceptual meaning. The authors particularly call the gender role for independently creative programmes into question and develop hypotheses to explain the dominant proportion of women.
There are voices at the political level, which call for a relocating of finances into sections of early education. This article demonstrates the high relevance of public stimuli in opposition to such claims. Therefore, results of the Brandenburg-Study will be presented, in which the usage of continuous training vouchers have been quantitatively and qualitatively researched. It will be demonstrated how in specific vocational and private phases within the lives of women in health and social secto…
This article presents results of a national medical impact analysis of relaxation and stress-management courses. The impact on health was examined on 132 persons at 40 adult colleges (VHS) at the beginning and end of courses as well as three months thereafter. The courses attained high levels of satisfaction among the participants and significantly improved health-related quality of life, psychological and physical ailments, and this effect remained three months after the end of the course as w…
