The primary objective of guidance and counselling in continuing education and training is its focus on customers by means of changing perspective on their interests and concerns as a key principle for processes, methods and tools. Quality of guidance services is the outcome of well-planned and structured approaches respectively customer-focused guidance procedures. It is also the result of a process in each individual counselling situation and cannot be completely regulated by institutional and…
"Nachhaltigkeit" ist zu einem Containerwort verkommen und bezeichnet inzwischen alles, was Bestand hat oder bleibende Wirkungen entfaltet. Wenn sich die DIE Zeitschrift der "Nachhaltigkeit" widmet, dann in dem sehr viel engeren Begriffsverständnis von "nachhaltiger Entwicklung". Wobei die Verknüpfung mit Bildung ("Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung") dann wiederum erheblich mehr thematische Breite verspricht: Hierunter werden alle Bemühungen verstanden, Bildungsprozesse auf das gemeinsame Ziel…
Computer aided data analysis in the qualitative adult education research Experiences with the software MAXqda 2 and Atlas.ti The qualitative social research has various different programmes to choose from when evaluating data which can make the systemization and organization of data easier. In the contribution two works from research in adult education and respective usage of software for qualitative data analysis are exemplarily discussed. Thereby especially the process of the (network) …
Continuing digitalisation is a macrosocial phenomenon – dealing with it is a macrosocial task. For the educational field, it does not only concern a change of teaching-learning situations due to digital media but also the issue of contributing to the changing situation - without excluding certain groups. According to the author, the issue of digitalisation does not allow federal disputes and segment-specific separation of educational areas.
The author presents examples of good practice and defines central tasks and processes of modern libraries, which are regarded as central learning spaces for adults. Using the criteria »shortage – surplus«, »consumption – co-creation« and »product – process«, the relevant social challenges for libraries and adult education are described. It becomes evident that libraries and adult education are in a period of transition, which requires suitable architectural solutions.
Rassismus ist als gesellschaftliches Phänomen und Problem wieder verstärkt in den Blick geraten. Auch in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung kann und sollte genauer hingeschaut werden – zum einen, ob und wie sie selbst von Rassismus und rassistischen Strukturen betroffen ist; zum anderen, wie sie helfen kann, eine fundierte Haltung gegen Rassismus und Ausgrenzung zu entwickeln. Darüber sprach Redakteur Jan Rohwerder mit Prof. Dr. Alisha M.B. Heinemann, Professorin für Bildungsverläufe und Divers…
Temporalized “Bildungsgestalten” (educational formations) – The formation of the subject in the context of Lifelong Learning The article outlines the reference framework of an ongoing DFG-financed research project. Based on theoretical assumptions which rest upon German Bildungstheorie the project analyses Lifelong Learning as a special mode of the formation of subjects. The projects’ core research concept, which brings into focus the importance of education for the formation of the subjec…
