"Adult education students" as subject of the participation research After a short introduction into the questions and methods of a research project of participation research at the further education Danube University Krems, a partial result for motivation structure is sketched.
In the present European context migrants and refugees are represented as a threat to security in the first place. Adult Education, especially when subsidised by the state, finds itself in a double-bind. On the one hand it has to offer a place for “Bildung” for all adults, where they can develop themselves according to their interests, capabilities and needs. Unequal chances are to be reduced and the humanistic ideal of development and expression of one’s personality shall be met. On the other h…
Seit dem russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine hat Schweden seine gesellschaftliche Krisenvorsorge (totalförsvar) grundlegend neu ausgerichtet – ein Kurswechsel, der 2024 im NATO-Beitritt mündete. Welche Rolle spielt dabei die traditionsreiche schwedische Erwachsenenbildung, die folkbildning? Im Interview mit Co-Herausgeber Matthias Rohs erläutert Thor Rutgersson vom Folkbildningsrådet, wie freiwillige Bildungsarbeit gesellschaftliche Verunsicherung aufgreifen kann – und an welchen Grenzen…
Construction of reflexive acting in work related learning adult education in the context of the company With the arising of post industrial work relations employment contracts, learning and further education develop to an important factor of success in companies. In an increasingly customer orientated and globalized economy, a reflective work action has become possible and necessary both in view of subject related developments and work environments and structures. This double reflexibility …
At the present time those people are retiring who became the managers of adult evening classes institions during the education campaign around 1970. The author approaches the future alteration of generations in the top management positions by a comparison of the general conditions. These were better around twenty years ago: larger scopes for development, established role as a hub of culture and educational politics. Today the permanently solidifying work is distinct of innovation requirements a…
How can the performances of continuing education become more influential in the German Qualification Framework (DQR)? The author presents concrete recommendations derived from a cross-provider work group: presentation of key competences across all levels; classification of qualifications acquired in continuing education to individual levels (example of level 6). With regard to the inclusion of non-formal and informal competences in continuing education, the author refers to the potential of EU …
The author bridges the gap between culture and education by dealing with two sides of the coin. He initially observes a currently active interest in culture. Cultural education is a generally accepted objective in the field of cultural policy. By using a historical outline, the author illustrates this attribution to a lack of visions in cultural policies. Beneficiaries are institutions for cultural education as well as classical institutions for adult education such as adult education centres. …
The German Adult Education Centres (VHS) consider themselves as further learning institutions for all whose aim it is to address the population at large. However, the data basis on the extent to which socially disadvantaged groups are reached is restricted. The present contribution investigates to which extent persons with a low level of school education are represented among the participants of the Adult Education Centres in Berlin. The investigation is linked to previous results of the resear…
In addition to (in-)formal organisational structures, the perspectives and actions of the management and its influence are central to the coordination of organizational members. How management shapes this task, however, is so far hardly attributed to institutional influences of the organisational environment. Against this background, this book explores in a contrastive case study from a neo-institutionalist point of view how the action-guiding sense of leadership of managers in adult education …
In seinen Lebenserinnerungen hält der 1869 in Buchholz geborene Dr. Anton Heinen 1932–1934 kritisch Rückschau vor allem auf seine Berufsbiografie im katholischen Bildungssystem von 1893 bis 1918 und auf dessen Institutionen. Außerdem beschäftigt er sich ebenso mit Fragen des beruflichen wie des privaten Handelns als Geistlicher. Auf diesen „Rechenschaftsbericht“ stieß Dr. August Pieper (1866–1942) in Heinens Nachlass. Von Pieper stammt die in dieser Ausgabe enthaltene kurze Einleitung und in…
