The following article focuses the neglected relation between identity and learning by reconstructing foreign language learning efforts by adults. In spite of educational policy’s proclamation of (continuous) lifelong learning, real learning processes are characterised by various discontinuities. Adults deal with these discontinuities by perceiving, describing and structuring them dependent on their self-images as learners. Interpretations of interviews with adult language learners supply eviden…
Im Oktober 2003 hat das DIE eine Literaturdatenbank zum Thema E-Learning auf seiner Homepage bereitgestellt. Die Datenbank enthält Angaben zu vorwiegend aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum stammender Literatur, die in der Zeit von 1997 bis 2003 erschienen ist. Neben Monographien sind Buch- und Zeitschriftenbeiträge sowie Graue Literatur berücksichtigt. Soweit Abstracts zu den Veröffentlichungen vorhanden waren, sind sie mit aufgeführt.
279 participants in a survey on elearning applications for foreign language learning in Volkshochschulen (German adult education schools) had little prior knowledge. While they do indeed have interest in such applications, they still keep to formats known from their previous learning experience. The participants in the survey estimate the potential of e-learning applications for foreign language learning as positive, but only in combination with traditional non-virtual classes. The…
The paper reviews trends in adult learning in England in the ten years from the election of Labour government in 1997. It highlighted an initial focus on expanding and widening participation in a wide range of initiatives in the years to 2002. From 2003 there has been a dramatic narrowing of focus giving priority to funding qualifications related to the labour market. Throughout the period it highlights restless change in institutional structures.
