Self-controlling of learning processes – a basic approach of an empirical substanciation In the first part of the contribution a heuristic systematization of the construct of the self-controlling is carried out. Then selected parts of the results of this theme are presented, taken from a representative questioning of the population concerning adult education behaviour and attitudes towards adult education.
Reflections on the current quality debate from a subject scientific perspective The subject scientific theory perspective presented in this contribution makes learning actions from the viewpoint of the learning subjects a subject of discussion. Learning is thereby not composed as a dependent variable of teaching, but as subjective justified acting, that is based on interests, needs and sensitivities which are developed by the learners against the background of societal significance constella…
Die Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung Erwachsener rücken zunehmend in den Fokus des nationalen und internationalen Interesses in Politik und Wissenschaft. International-vergleichende Studien wie das Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) konnten zeigen, dass ein relativ großer Prozentsatz von Personen in hochentwickelten Industriegesellschaften nicht in ausreichendem Maße über basale Kompetenzen zur Alltagsbewältigung verfügt. In der international-vergleichende…
This volume aims at the description, the analysis and the explanation of cultural/arts education for adults. It conveys insights into the field through the lens of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to the arts, to culture and to transculturality and links them to reflections and empirical findings from the adult education discipline, in particular in the areas of programme analysis. Through this we attempt to inspire further research and theory-building on cultural/arts education for adu…
Auch als nicht EU-Mitglied ist die Schweiz ein wichtiger Akteur in der europäischen und internationalen Weiterbildungslandschaft. Dies belegen zahlreiche Kooperationen zwischen Bildungsanbietern und ein aktives Engagement in internationalen Bildungsnetzwerken. Neun Jahre nach Erscheinen der ersten Auflage legen die Autoren mit diesem Länderporträt einen gänzlich überarbeiteten Text vor. Erkennbar wird ein Weiterbildungssystem, das sich durch eine große Dynamik im Spannungsfeld von öffentlicher …
»Education for sustainable development (ESD)« first became a term of educational politics in 1998 by use in papers of the Bund-Laender Commission. While sustainability as a principle of development politics has already been used since the Bund-Laender Commission in 1987, the connection with the educational term first hesitantly was made with the Agenda 21 of Rio 1992. In Germany above all the environmental educators adopted the term ESD, but not without political pressure. With diverse protago…
Das Buch konfrontiert theoretische und praktische Ergebnisse pädagogischer Umweltbildung und hinterfragt sie in selbstreflexiver und konstruktiver Absicht.
ReSuDI is an innovative company prevention concept for semi-skilled and unskilled employees, who, in Germany, increasingly have a migrational background. Due to the difficult access to this target group, ReSuDi involves multipliers, who can influence the employees during their daily working routine. As a result, they are able to initiate learning processes and improve the working condition. ReSuDi is a comprehensive organisational programme, i.e. all hierarchy levels are included and personal a…
