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Am Beispiel Hessen wird der Vergleich von siedlungstrukturellen differenzierten Angeboten der Volkhochschulen vorgenommen. Der Beitrag ist vom Autor als praktische Hilfe gedacht, bessere Vergleiche zu ermöglichen.
Der tabellarischen Überblick der Volkshochschul-Statistik von 1997 nennt kurz gefasst die zentralen Ergebnisse zu institutionellen Merkmalen, Personal, Finanzierung und Veranstaltungsstatistik.
Die Literaturrecherche gibt einen Überblick über die Entwicklungen und Diskussionen der Jahre 1995–1999 im Bereich der Gesetzgebung zur Weiterbildung in Deutsch-land; hier insbesondere die Novellierungen der Ländergesetze zur Weiterbildung in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Niedersachsen und in Rheinland-Pfalz begleitend. Die in der Rubrik „Internationale/vergleichende Darstellungen” zusammengestellte Literatur ermöglicht einen Einblick in die Weiterbildungspolitik und die gesetzlichen Regelungen andere…
Das Heft dokumentiert die Beiträge der Jahrestagung 2002. Neben dem Einführungsvortrag sind die Referate aus den folgenden Arbeitsgruppen vertreten 1: Weiterbildungspolitik 2: Politische Bildung 3: Erwachsenenbildung und Öffentlichkeit 4: Geschichte der Erwachsenenbildung - eine Geschichte der Demokratie? 5: Relation zwischen politischer Jugendbildung und Erwachsenenbildung
Competence and education, emotions and virtues The ambivalence of competence in the portfolio experience of volunteers A portfolio setting in which volunteers identify, evaluate and document their competencies acquired through voluntary work is at the same time a location of special experience with education and competence: competencies expected by the labour market and acquired in voluntary work converge with predominating notions of education. This article looks at the antagonisms and int…
Based on the background of selective access to further education institutions and the relevance of intercultural understanding and opening, the focus on transition processes within further education institutions will provide benefits for research and development in further education. Results from a qualitative study that was part of the LIQ project will be presented. The analysis of the interviews could be used to highlight diverse and complex aspects that influence the transition from target g…
Particularly, disabled people belong to those being excluded from social participation. From these peoples’ point of view, the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities formulates specific challenges for the system of adult and continuing education. What results from these challenges with regard to the various social and individual functions given to adult education and lifelong learning? Answers from the field of adult education, from the pedagogy for the disabled and from socio…
Continuing education and justice The question as to the connection between education and justice has always been important, even before education was established as a functioning sub-system of society. This applies in a similar manner to the sub-field of “continuing education”. The REPORT examines different approaches to the difficult topic of justice and the required linkage between a discussion based on standards and norms and empirical data (which is too unreliable). The articles especially…
The contribution assesses the consequences for adult education emerging from the running GATS negotiation round. Initially the present situation of the regulations are described which apply for the EU since 1994 and which restrict liberalisation to privately financed educational services. Since 2002 the USA and Brazil are demanding further steps to be taken by the EU. The possible consequences are estimated of the discontinuation of – among others – the subventions reserve for special areas of …
