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The Gutenberg era is coming to an end. Caused by the expansion of digital media and progressing networking opportunities, another technical revolution after the invention of the printing press is forthcoming – "the secondary orality". The author points out the effects on both publishers and the entire academic and learning culture.
Lebensweltorientierung von Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung bedeutet auch, sich der Unterschiede der Lebenswelten von Lernenden und Lehrenden gewahr zu werden. Die reflektierte Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Unterschiedlichkeit ist pädagogisch voraussetzungsreich, dennoch aber, so der Autor, ein notwendiger Schritt einer weitergehenden Professionalisierung in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung.
Regulations relating to training release (training leave) now exist in eight EU states. Where they exist, insufficient transparency and counselling, resistance in companies and fear for jobs have been ascertained in those eligible. There is frequently a lack of political will to make training release more effective for lifelong learning. In a Socrates project (1998–2000) with partners from Belgium, France, Italy and Germany the question of whether training release can be a strategy for the pr…
Can continuing university education be "internationalised"? Factors conditioning success and constraints on the export of continuing education programmes from German, Austrian and Swiss schools of higher learning In the context of a general expansion of the university sector through an ongoing differentiation and new regulatory models, the international orientation has become a key differentiating factor and quality aspect. This article shows that possibilities for greater internationalisati…
Das Lehrbuch bietet einen Überblick über gesellschaftliche und theoretische Rahmungen sowie über Handlungsformen professioneller Beratung in der Bildungs- und Berufsbiografie. Dabei geht die Autorin davon aus, dass Beratung die Grundlage zur individuellen Bewältigung gegenwärtiger Transformations- und Veränderungsprozesse in Gesellschaft und Arbeitswelt darstellt. Ausgehend von einer Vielzahl theoretischer Ansätze erläutert Christiane Schiersmann die konkrete Gestaltung des Beratungsprozesse…
Die kooperative Zusammenarbeit von Lehrenden in Professionellen Lerngemeinschaften (PLG en) kann helfen, professionelle Überzeugungen über das Lehren und Lernen zu entwickeln. Möglichkeiten der Implementierung von PLG en in das Feld der Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung sowie ihre Potenziale für Überzeugungsveränderungen erforschen die Autorinnen in einer Nachwuchsgruppe am DIE.
Popular education refers to education for, by, and with, the people. In using examples from the pro refugee movement in his article, the author outlines how this concept supports practice and research to improve the reflection of effects and effectivity of actions in civic organisations.
Most learning activities in continuing education are assigned to enterprise-provided continuing vocational training. There is wide-spread interest in this field and its development. But many researchers point out that the theoretical and conceptual foundations for researching and shaping this field are not adequately unfolded. The variety of enterprise-provided continuing vocational training requires approaches, which allow for differentiation between diverse realities and interests of actors. …
