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Immer mehr Menschen nehmen professionelle Hilfe bei der Einübung von Lerntechniken und beim Training des Gedächtnisses in Anspruch. Für die in diesem Aufgabenbereich Lehrenden bietet der vorliegende Band sowohl das neurophysiologische Grundwissen als auch das methodische Handwerkszeug. Die im Buch vorgestellten praxiserprobten Lernstrategien werden durch zahlreiche Übungen veranschaulicht. Nicht zuletzt dadurch wird das Buch zu einer Alltagshilfe für alle, die ihr Gehirn besser nutzen möchten. …
From gender related education via the gender mainstreaming to the gender competence The different participation of women and men in adult education gives clues for their different circumstances in life and attributions that have a hierarchic impact concerning the gainful employment and securing of financial existence. These gender typical contexts are traditionally subject matter part of the women's movement or gender related educational work that took up a large space in the adult education…
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 …
Aktuelle Aspekte und Trends von Internationalisierung der Erwachsenenbildung werden in den Beiträgen und im DIE-Gespräch zum Heftthema beleuchtet: Agnieszka Bron beschreibt Internationale Erwachsenenbildung als Wissenschaftsdisiplin, Peter Jarvis skizziert Vor- und Nachteile des internationalen Lern- und Wissensmarktes im Zeichen neuer Technologien ein, Sergio Haddad schildert Themen, Schwerpunkte und die Auswirkungen von Globalisierung auf die Erwachsenenbildung in Lateinamerika, Carolyn Meder…
“Reflections on Self-Education” is dedicated to Rolf Arnold on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Like hardly any other representative in the field of continuing educational science, over the past decades Rolf Arnold has provided impulses for the reflection on adult teaching and learning e.g. based on his contributions to constructivist education, interpretive paradigms as well as empowerment didactics. His approach has developed continuously and is now regarded as systemic-constructivist educa…
Pioneers from the Islands - National Qualifications Framework in England, Scotland and Ireland This article looks into the genesis and structure of the qualifications frameworks in England, Scotland and Ireland, compares them and concludes with notes to be taken into account for developments in Germany. The qualifications frameworks described, which are considered the forerunners of the EQF, have improved connections between the educational sectors. Their recognised benefit is the transpare…
