Wie ist es dazu gekommen, dass das Land NRW im neuen Weiterbildungsgesetz öffentlich geförderte Weiterbildungseinrichtungen dazu verpflichtet, BNE-Angebote bereit zu stellen? Die Autorin zeichnet die Schritte und die Begründungen zur Verankerung von BNE nach.
The report covers approaches for research and modeling an orientation to social spaces of educational facilities in synergy with real-world oriented search for education. According to the author, it is based on four central categories: living environments, educational spaces, thematic portals and learning cultures. The analyses of educational participation in social spaces from a meso and macro didactical perspective, based on educational theories, can support the identification of educational …
This contribution describes an approach for the assessment of the total expenditure for adult and continuing education and training (ACET) in Austria, broken down by public and private sources of financing. Variants of estimates of the expenditure are presented. Direct expenditure has been at 0.7% and the sum of direct and indirect expenditure at 1.2% of GDP in 2009. The largest share is born by the enterprises (40%), followed by the public (30-34%), and the individuals slightly below 30%. Amon…
Continuing education and justice The question as to the connection between education and justice has always been important, even before education was established as a functioning sub-system of society. This applies in a similar manner to the sub-field of “continuing education”. The REPORT examines different approaches to the difficult topic of justice and the required linkage between a discussion based on standards and norms and empirical data (which is too unreliable). The articles especially…
Unter den Gesichtspunkten der wissenschaftlichen Verarbeitung, der Interaktion, der Bildungsintentionen und -interessen und der didaktischen Kooperation wird die Problemsituation von Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung diskutiert.
Schwerpunktthema ist die Vermittlung von Wissenschaft und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung. Dabei gibt es besondere Schwierigkeiten, die vor allem daraus resultieren, dass die Wissenschaft von der Erwachsenenbildung noch sehr jung ist, dass der Kernbereich erwachsenenpädagogischer Praxis undeutlich ist und dass Erwachsenenbildung bei steigender gesellschaftlicher Relevanz in föderalen und subsidiären Prozessen verbleibt. Die einzelnen Beiträge dieses Heftes versuchen, aus der Sicht wissenschaftlic…
Based on the development of modern information and communication technologies, the author tries to get to the bottom of the significance of reading and writing skills for the participation in society and the job market. He recognises a growing replacement by auditive and visual formats such as voice recognition and pictograms. Against this background, he calls for the recognition of developing smart technologies as the key for handling insufficient reading and writing skills.
Within the process of socio-political transition adult education is an important tool for Eastern Europeans to orientate themselves in their rapidly changing social environment and to find new professional perspectives. Nevertheless, there are many obstacles blocking the way to the participation of all ethnic groups of the former Soviet Union in adult education courses. The article intends to show that besides various objective reasons, e.g. the disastrous economical situation, there are sever…
