On the mediation difficulty of social competence in adult education/further and continuing education Problems are presented which can emerge in seminars for adults when mediating social competence. Called on are for this the results of a research work of the author on the topic of advanced vocational training in societal situations of upheaval.
Decision behaviour in further education, impact on pedagogical consulting competence The author shows, that against the background of accruing research on adult education consultation the relevance of emotions for the decision behaviour of adults is drawn closer into the focus. For this she introduces first partial results of a running research project.
Hans Tietgens hat die Geschichte der deutschen Erwachsenenbildungswissenschaft maßgeblich geprägt, als Wissenschaftler ebenso wie als langjähriger Leiter der Pädagogischen Arbeitsstelle des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes. Die vorliegende Publikation widmet sich der Genese und Wahrnehmung seiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten. Zugleich beleuchtet der Band sein Engagement für die Erwachsenenbildungspraxis. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, welche seiner Arbeiten in welchen Forschungsfeldern der Er…
Eine wichtige Aufgabe der Erwachsenenbildung besteht darin, Lernende dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Lernziele sinnvoll und erfolgreich weiter zu verfolgen. Kann Künstliche Intelligenz Lehrende bei dieser Aufgabe unterstützen oder diese sogar erfolgreicher bewältigen? Können Algorithmen passgenaue Lernvorschläge für Nutzerinnen und Nutzer von Lernumgebungen generieren? Die Autorinnen und Autoren führen in die Möglichkeiten solcher elektronisch generierten Recommendations ein und stellen anhand eine…
The article presents the results of the author’s study on the views of pedagogy students on politics and education. The research has been undertaken subsequently to the 2015 parliamentary elections won by the party “Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc” (“Law and Justice”, PiS). During the election campaign, this party’s program offered radical changes, also in the Polish educational system. The aim of the study was the recognition of the level of interest in politics, the approach to democracy and education…
This article investigates the internationally-comparative question how basic education policy is understood at the national level of policy formulation (policy), and how this basic education policy is – taking into account the institutional rules and responsibilities of the multi-level-system (polity) – implemented by a constellation of actors into national education policy (politics). On the basis of empirical data from the project “EU-Alpha”, the interplay of policy, polity and politics in ba…
This article presents the findings of a research project on structure and change in continuing education in Bremen, set out as a longitudinal analysis of selected years between 1979 and 2006. At the level of the continuing education system as a whole, the author identifies a certain structural stability evident from the fact that despite a growth in the number of market-oriented providers from 1996 to 2006, their competition – providers under public law – retained its structural influence on th…
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…
This article presents the results of an empirical research project in which participants in continuing education and employees were surveyed about their learning times. The survey indicated that (1) continuing education is co-financed on a large scale through the devotion of private time. (2) Individuals show flexibility and commitment in creating their own learning and continuing education times. (3) Times can no longer be clearly assigned to “learning” and “working” even from a subjective poi…
An Austrian study analysed the situation of staff with a migration history within the field of adult education. This article examines barriers and enabling conditions concerning the access to the profession and asks for the use of potential of migration biographies for activities in adult education – considering the part of professionals as well as institutions.
