Dieser Studientext beschreibt den nationalen und internationalen Stand der Forschung zum Phänomen des funktionalen Analphabetismus. Der Autor grenzt Begrifflichkeiten voneinander ab, veranschaulicht Argumentationsstränge und schafft damit eine fundierte Basis zur Entwicklung neuer Perspektiven und Ansätze für die weitere empirische und theoretische Erforschung von Lese- und Schreibfertigkeitsdefiziten. Studierende der Erwachsenenbildung und interessierte Akteure im Umfeld der Alphabetisierung…
The forgotten walking stick. A find from the legacy of Franz Pöggeler This article presents an object from the historical archive of the Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung – a walking stick which has been passed down by Robert von Erdberg, Walter Hofmann and Rudolf Reuter among the protagonists of the »Hohenrodter Bund« which was found in the legacy of Franz Pöggeler. By tracing how this object was handed down, it is possible to illustrate continuities in the history of adult educati…
Debatten sind das »Lebenselixier der Demokratie« – so überschreibt Benedikt Widmaier sein »Stichwort«. Damit Debatten und gesellschaftliche Diskurse einlösen können, was ihnen an Demokratie stärkender, fördernder, gar schaffender Wirkung nachgesagt wird, reicht es nicht aus, die eigene Meinung kundzutun, zu posten oder zu tweeten. Dies gilt besonders in den sozialen Medien, so dass Caja Thimm eine »digitale Werteordnung« fordert. Dass wir Räume für konstruktiven Streit benötigen (Thomas Krüge…
Das Länderporträt bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die gegenwärtige Situation der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung in Liechtenstein. Es deckt wesentliche Aspekte ab, darunter die historische Entwicklung, die gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen, die relevanten Institutionen und deren Angebote, die Teilnehmendenquoten sowie die Finanzierungsmechanismen. Darüber hinaus werden die internationalen Kontakte und Kooperationen aufgezeigt, die für den Bildungsbereich von Bedeutung sind. Das Buch richtet…
Biographical Learning as a Contribution to the Professionalization in Adult Education at University Level Biographical learning as a subject matter in the course of studies is a method to reflect upon and change individual learning strategies. One can describe such strategies both as an unconscious as well conscious reflection of biographies that strive for development. On the one hand, this is aiming at reflecting previous learning processes; on the other hand, this shall serve to develop a…
Personal and organisational educational counselling The need for support in the search for tailor-made educational programmes is growing along with the ongoing individualisation of educational pathways. Counselling of individuals and organisations is gaining importance in this context. This issue focuses both on new theories as well as educational policy developments, devoting attention to current challenges in various fields of action: the training of vocational counsellors, research of coun…
The authors take the model of reproduction contexts, which has been developed by Josef Schrader in order to systematize the adult education sector, as a point of departure to discuss the possibilities of its empirical transfer. Based on the re-analysis of structural data of adult education institutions the problems of transfer of a theoretically developed model are explored. They conclude by outlining impulses for further discussions.
The "Blue Series" is the DIE's most traditional series of books. It is aimed at researchers and students of adult education as well as academically interested practitioners. Scientific papers on a theoretical and empirical base provide access to adult education research and enhance the transfer of knowledge between practice and research. Over the past 30 years, it contributed significantly to the discipline of adult education.
New service for programme research. The DIE online archive of further education programmes The German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung, DIE) has an archive of Volkshochschule programme plans from 1957 to 2004. Now, a new stage of development has commenced, in the form of its online archive of further education programmes: a smaller-scale digitalised continuation which also forms a picture of the structure of the Volkshochschule situation. This article p…
