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Within the bounds of constitutional law, the Federal Government has educational-political powers concerning educational contents. These it exercises in manifold programmes and initiatives, among others in the area of further education. Veronika Pahl, head of the competent department in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) gives a summar y of the most important initiatives along with the political considerations that form their background. Quality problems are grouped in categor…
Bei der „bundesweit renommiertesten Auszeichnung“ (Frankfurter Rundschau) im Feld der Erwachsenenbildung gab es am 23. Mai 2003 vier gleichrangige Sieger – Exponenten einer erwachsenenbildnerischen Praxis „wider den vorauseilenden Skeptizismus“ (Rolf Arnold), der heute so oft dominiert. Diese CD-ROM lässt die Preisverleihung durch das Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) in Wort und Bild Revue passieren und gibt den Siegern Raum, Materialien unterschiedlichsten Formats zu einer viel…
Diese Kongreßdokumentation befasst sich mit der Zukunft von Gesundheitsbildung, dabei werden Ziele und neue Konzepte diskutiert.
International stimuli. More than 25 years of literacy and basic education A look back at the history of literacy discussions as a debate starting in the 1970s and heavily influenced by international organisations. The urgency of the subject is demonstrated at the start by international figures on the extent of illiteracy. The author sees today’s questions and issues as rooted in the 1980s and 1990s; in his overview of the German government's current funding focus he points out that there is…
From the “Göttinger 18” in the “Wyhler Wald”. The learning movement of a social movement beginning in 1957. 18 German nuclear physicists signed a declaration in 1957 in which they refused to take part in the production, testing and use of nuclear weapons. This “Göttinger Declaration” was the beginning of the anti-atomic energy movement, which subsequently developed into a self-organised educational scene. One symbol of this is the Wyhler Wald Adult Education Centre in Baden, which the article …
