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Ute Holm argumentiert, dass das didaktische Prinzip der Teilnehmerorientierung auch heute noch orientierungsleitend für Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung ist. Zu diesem Zweck führt der Artikel inhaltlich und begrifflich ins Thema ein und liefert eine bedeutungsbezogene und zeitgeschichtliche Rekonstruktion. Auf dieser Grundlage entwickelt die Autorin, die auch die problematischen Aspekte der Teilnehmerorientierung aufzeigt, ein Modell der Teilnehmerorientierung, welches zwischen einer L…
Erik Haberzeth issues a plea to make teaching the central focus of didactic activity once again. The problem with achieving successful good teaching, in his view, is not necessarily related to teachers devoting too little attention to existing specialised didactical knowledge. It is more important, rather, to make sure that didactics do not become self-absorbed and thereby impede the way to content rather than paving it. This does not mean that specialised didactics can generally speaking be di…
The article discusses whether it is necessary and possible to deduce the didactics of adult education from the particularities of the adult age. The authors make the case for understanding didactics of adult education in the continuity of the lifespan and as a modification of general didactics. It should be related to the characteristics of the social situation of adults. Such “didactics for adults” should be complemented by specific “didactics of further education” which focus on specific inst…