The following article focuses on the debate on organizational learning from an adult-educational point of view. In most approaches to organizational learning the members of an organization are regarded as the main drivers of organizational learning processes. However, such approaches do not systematically incorporate important presumptions of learning-theory, although this promises to create a better understanding of adult-educational experiences within organizations. Hence, the article present…
This issue of REPORT focuses on current trends in adult and continuing education in various European countries, with a particular emphasis on the situation in Spain, Romania, Finland, Great Britain and Germany. Documenting the results of an international lecture series held at the University of Essen-Duisburg, the essays, for the first time, are presented in English. The articles gathered in this REPORT may serve as a point of departure for further studies in this area of research and contribut…
The understanding of a knowledge-based society that orientates itself alongside an economic paradigm, is enhanced by showing up the pluralism of different types of knowledge. Within these different types the specific criteria of scientific knowledge are identified. Concerning the teaching and learning of scientific knowledge the question arises, by which methods this kind of knowledge can be communicated. These methods are associated with the function of unfolding the specific structure of scie…
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From the viewpoint of Akademie Remscheid, a leading provider of further education courses involving education through play, this article presents the facets of the phenomenon of play as relevant to education and illustrates them using several examples of play that can be applied to adult education. The focus is on group games which can be played using simple materials. The central fields of learning targeted by play are identified as social skills, perception, expression, creativity and problem…
Gerhard von der Handt untersucht den Nutzen neuer Medien (interaktive Sprachlernprogramme/Lernsoftware, Internet, E-Mail) für das Fremdsprachenlernen. Lernprogramme reichen als alleiniges Medium nicht aus, können aber bestehende (angeleitete) Lernformen entlasten. Das Internet bietet zum ersten Mal die Möglichkeit, Lernen und Anwenden miteinander zu verbinden und erfüllt damit in hohem Maße die Bedingungen konstruktivistischen Lernens. Das soziale Lernen in angeleiteten Gruppen ist weiterhin si…
Exploring the inner aspect of learning. Methodological considerations for investigating life-long learning This article sets out research methods required for qualitative research aimed at understanding the inner aspect of learning. The aim is to make qualitative single case studies more relevant with regard to issues of education policy and social analysis. For this purpose, the following measures are proposed. (1) Close reading and reflexivity: Precisely studying the source texts sheds lig…
Receptive or hostile to continuing education? Course tutors caught between the pressure to conform and resistance This article presents the results of a qualitative dissertation. The author has investigated the acceptance of adult education teacher training courses among part-time and freelance teachers based on the example of the initial adult education teacher training qualification offered by the North Rhine Westphalia VHS (adult education centre) regional association. For the issue of a…
Diversity management is a popular management approach. It promises to allow diversity in organisations and thus to appreciate people for what they are. It undertakes to recognise different points of view, ideas, abilities and potentials; not to standardise cultural variety but to reinforce it. For adult education, this concept seems highly promising. After all, one claim of educational management is to promote personality development and personal progress in a business context. However, critica…
