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Die Erwachsenenbildung der vergangenen vierzig Jahre ist wesentlich von Hans Tietgens, dem ehemaligen Leiter der Pädagogischen Arbeitsstelle des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes, geprägt. Er hat in diesem Zeitraum in zahllosen Veröffentlichungen die grundlegenden und jeweils aktuellen Fragen der Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung reflektiert. Dabei hat er seine Auffassung von Erwachsenenbildung und die Sache des von ihm geleiteten Instituts immer wieder auch in Auseinandersetzung mit d…
Der Band beschreibt den Vorgang des Miteinander-Sprechens (Kommunikation) und des Miteinander-Handels (Interaktion) aller Beteiligten. Das Selbststudienmaterial ist in Basistexte und Verarbeitungstexte gegliedert.
Common staff qualification concepts hardly ever pay attention to the needs of disabled people. Qualification measures for sensorically handicapped employees must, however, yield a surplus. Above and beyond the teaching of professional know-how, problems have to be addressed which derive from the handicap and affect day-to-day work. The article gives information about a further education concept for people with hearing disabilities and about the chances and difficulties in its implementation.
Based on communication and body, the report points out modern cultural practices and focuses on options characterised by new technologies which have been established in everyday life and used in various designs. It also discusses the role of continuing education within this process of change. Here, the author refers to the reflection of shaping a cultural identity, the development of cultural competences and holistic approaches – integrating head, heart and body.
Net based communication is changing business and private life and education and learning of adults as well. Important condition for using new chances by new information and communication technologies for learning processes is media competence. – The authors describe components of media competence as a pedagogical target including technical competence, communicative competence and the competence of coping with the information flood. Problems are restrictions of participation on net based communi…
