Der Beitrag stellt Konzeption und Implementierung eines neuartigen erwachsenenpädagogischen Studienganges, des European Master in Adult Education (EMAE), als Beitrag zur akademischen Professionalisierung kritisch dar. Als zentrale Aspekte werden curriculare Kernthemen, didaktisch-methodische Ansätze und Arbeitsmarktbezug des Studiengangs aufgegriffen. Vor dem Hintergrund der ersten Implementierungserfahrungen wird das Konzept des Studiengangs auf seine Relevanz und Weiterentwicklungspotenziale…
Internationality is increasingly gaining in importance for the domain of further education. However, its tangible added value is of a size which has hitherto been difficult to define for adult-pedagogic practice. This tape presents the results of an evaluation of around 100 international cooperation projects which were promoted within the framework of the EU SOCRATES programme. Numerous examples reveal the possibilities which currently exist and limitations of European cooperation. Deductively,…
Mit dem Adult Education Survey (AES) wird das Berichtssystem Weiterbildung (BSW) fortgeführt, das seit 1979 mit repräsentativen Erhebungen im dreijährigen Turnus aktuelle Entwicklungen der Weiterbildungsbeteiligung aufzeigt. Der AES thematisiert Fragen wie: Wer nimmt an Weiterbildung teil und wer nicht? Welche Weiterbildungsangebote sind gefragt? Wie setzt sich die Zielgruppe der Bildungsteilnehmenden zusammen? Wie stellt sich die Weiterbildungsbeteiligung in Deutschland im internationalen Verg…
The high mortality rate among Lesotho’s younger generation, caused by disruptions such as chronic illnesses and other socio-economic and cultural changes, has led older adults to become caregivers. This paper reports on the experiences of older adults regarding their caregiving role during times of disruption. It further reveals how older adults have learned about their role as caregivers. Adult learning theories were reviewed and used to interpret the results of the study. The interpretive par…
The article deals with cooperation under the perspective of governance from an organisational view. According to the variety forms of cooperation in the field of adult education, cooperation can be seen as a medium that adult educational organisations can use for their reproduction and coordination in different institutional environment. Based on empirical findings from a case study, it can be shown that organisations initiate cooperation for collecting resources and legitimation. So, organisat…
The relation between sustainability and widening access to adult learners in higher education is both well comprehensible and highly vague. Accordingly, and following the arguments of Seghezzo (2009) and Foster (2001), the paper aims to complement academic discourse on widening access of higher education by showing the benefit of using the concept of sustainability not merely as an operational measurement index or a learning topic content-wise. Rather, a different understanding of sustainabilit…
This article discusses the consequences of increasing access of non-traditional students to higher education (HE) in Sweden for society, individuals, and HE. The findings are based on a recently finished European Research Project called Access and Retention: Experiences of Non-traditional Students in Higher Education (RANLHE) with seven countries involved. First, an introduction about opening access to HE is presented, followed by a review of Swedish HE policy. Next is a presentation of the RAN…
The article deals with the question of organizations' internal control problems, which appear during the implementation of scientific continuing education, and how these problems relate to the implementation process and also to the general opening of universities for higher education to adult learners. Based on qualitative empirical results from a currently ongoing DFG project, three control problems are deployed and appropriate forms of action are demonstrated. The results provide evidence of …
