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The author investigates whether, to which extent and due to which motivation migrants participate in general further education programmes of the City-Volkshochschule (adult education school) of Berlin. Results: The ethnic composition of the city district is not mirrored in that of the course participants. Whichever their formal education, migrants are more than German course participants motivated on the personal level.
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…
Das Potenzial von OER in der Bildung ist – vor allem in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung – noch nicht ausgeschöpft. Das liege auch an bestehenden Unsicherheiten und Herausforderungen für rechtssicheres Handeln, legt die Autorin dar – und zeigt auf, wie diese überwunden werden können.
Institutionally organized adult education has traditionally seen the integration of social strata and groups as its most important task. However, in recent years an increasing disinterest of general adult education in integrative work is to be observed which goes along with the emergence of a specialised andragogical approach and institutional compartmentalization: people with disabilities are increasingly catered for by care facilities and financed by social welfare institutions. The emergence…
The Greek educational system replicates the historical-cultural and regional segmentation of Greek society. In the past there was a gap between west-oriented Greeks with a high level of education on the one hand and uneducated natives on the other hand; nowadays we find well-off Greek students at western universities on the one hand and, on the other hand, the larger part of the national youth in the backward universities of their own country. In adult education, the traditional gap is perpetua…
C.Fr.H. Klenze beschrieb im Nachfolgenden „Offenen Brief an die Ständedeputierte“, welcher im Itzehoer Wochenblatt vom 11.09.1840 abgedruckt wurde, Aufbau, Organisationsweise und Unterrichtsinhalte.
Firstly, the author explores the terminological field covering the outcome of educational counselling and develops beneficial dimensions, which are visualised as a network. The author stimulates the German discussion with methodological topics and research results originating in British evaluations. Scientific studies used to confirm the positive effects of educational counselling. Finally the report suggests an agenda for researching the benefits in the field of counselling in continuing edu…
