Mikrodidaktik

So far in the field of continuing education research the management concept is and has been primarily focused. Therefore the research is still centred on directing structures and objective processes. Thus, this article concentrates on leadership, i.?e. the superior’s intended influence on the coordination of organisation members. Based on a contrastive case comparison, it analyses the enhancement of hierarchical and non-hierarchical forms of action coordination triggered by the superior’s leadership understanding and orientations of action. It also analyses the role of organisational framework in this context.

The article presents the results of an empirical study on the “knowledge officially indented to be learned” as it is jointly created by 51 study programmes of educational management. Within a complete survey, the content of all study programmes was categorized to obtain the common form of this knowledge within the German-speaking area. To obtain the common form of the named knowledge the study handbooks of the programmes were analysed by using the method of a qualitative content analysis. Additionally expert interviews with providers of academic educational study programmes have been carried out. Currently 8 significantly distinguishable forms of the “knowledge officially indented to be learned” can be spotted. The relevance of the study is constituted by the fact that this knowledge type has a significant impact on the social construction of the knowledge base “educational management”.

The article focuses on an empirical desideratum of research on teaching and learning in adult education – the planning of courses. The planning of courses is a complex decision-making process, which influences the teaching and learning behavior. Empirical findings of schoolteachers’ planning and results of interviews with trainers in adult education are used to identify elements and potential factors that influenced planning behavior. Based on this, the article develops research prospects and a research design for analyzing the implicit and explicit factors of planning of courses in adult education.

The planning of teaching and learning is a key task for teachers of adult and continuing education. This recurrent challenge demands situational decisions regarding objectives, contents, media and activities of teaching and learning, taking into consideration both the learner as well as organisational and spatial factors. However, empirical research indicates that these complex and interdependent decisions are often tackled insufficiently. Digital planning tools can be used to reduce the complexity of didactical decision making. This article presents an app that has been developed to support adult education teachers. Empirical findings point out that this tool may support didactically reasonable decisions and, as a result, may foster the quality of teaching activities.

This article focuses on the requirement for teachers and trainers in adult education to reflect on their professional actions and teaching experiences. After a short overview of the current debate on professionalism, a definition of the term didactical reflection is elaborated, differentiating between two levels of reflection: on one hand a direct didactical reflection on teaching actions or situations and on the other hand a self-including reflection. Subjective definitions of successful teaching show how teachers trace out their professional frame of reference and which links to the intents of teaching actions can be found. The article aims to show which structural features stand in the way of didactical self-reflection.

The paper discusses learning as a way of obtaining recognition in adult life. Recognition is one of the basic categories of A. Honneth’s notion of justice. The opinions presented in this paper have been formulated on the basis of the research carried out among non-traditional students of OSW. Adult students who pursue education often express deep satisfaction they experience in the course of their studies, claiming that the process has helped them to boost their confidence and increase their own sense of worth. The article strives to answer the question whether the ability to auto-reflect linked to the commencement of higher education translates into better qualifications and thus increased attractiveness in the job market, better adjustment to social norms that are often different across class and gender or may merely be a form of reflective individualism.