Die in der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung e. V. (ANU) versammelten Einrichtungen und Akteure bieten Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) und Umweltbildung unterschiedlichster Formen an. Wie BNE in Einrichtungen wie Kommunen strukturell verankert werden kann, zeigen die Autorinnen anhand von systematischen Überlegungen und Praxisbeispielen.
Was motiviert Erwachsene zu lernen? Sind alle Menschen, die an Weiterbildung teilnehmen, lernmotiviert? Und umgekehrt: Sind diejenigen, die nicht teilnehmen automatisch nicht lernmotiviert? Horst Siebert befasst sich in diesem Studientext mit zwei zentralen Themen der Weiterbildung und zeigt auf, dass das Verhältnis von Lernmotivation und Bildungsbeteiligung äußerst komplex ist. Auf der Grundlage von umfangreichen statistischen Materialien vermittelt er zunächst einen Überblick über die Datenl…
Die DIE-Trendanalyse dokumentiert Strukturen, Prozesse und Resultate der Weiterbildung auf Grundlage von Daten der Bildungsberichterstattung und von aktuellen Befunden der Bildungsforschung. Sie präsentiert aktuelle Trends in den Bereichen Angebots- und Teilnahmestrukturen, Einrichtungen und Personal. Eigene Kapitel widmen sich den Rahmenbedingungen von Weiterbildung, der betrieblichen Weiterbildung sowie der Corona-Pandemie und den damit verbundenen Folgen für die Weiterbildung. Die DIE-Trenda…
Press and public relations work in continuing education is gaining importance through digitization and social media. Here the current guideline for strategic communication in public spaces provides a solid and systematic presentation of the basic structures of press and public relations work. The focus is on different communication strategies for large and small institutions, communication with adult and continuing education target groups, the classic tasks of press and public relations, the We…
Teaching is fun. But teaching and learning situations bear the potential for conflict. With this book, the author elaborates on potential catalysts for conflict and provides strategies to professionally cope with these situations. While presenting best practice examples, he ponders alternative courses of action and delivers help for confident and competent teaching. The author also conveys concise background information on group processes. Because of its practical relevance, the book is not onl…
Changes in the managerial staff of (educational) organizations bring about times of transition with multiple challenges. How can members of the staff be prepared to assume leadership positions? How can new personnel be found and attracted to stay? How can the induction period and the effective transfer of knowledge be organized? To successfully meet all these challenges, a forward-looking strategy is needed, which can be used as groundwork for concrete measures regarding managerial changes. Thi…
The article provides a systematizing overview of contemporary methodological approaches and results of research on guidance and counselling. As well qualitative as quantitative approaches will be explored and concerning its insight located. Different but also complementary findings become visible. At the end, it will be argued in favour of a further elaboration of research on guidance and counselling in adult education. Therefore, it should be looked for a mutual relation between studies and a …
Intergenerational learning can be considered as a chance for institutions of adult education. Besides explicitly planned courses for different generations, intergenerational learning opportunities also take place incidentally in the educational work in seminars and courses, when the participants belong to different age groups. In both cases, the question arises how to arrange those courses didactically in order to support intergenerational learning processes. Based on systematic considerations …
The Financing of vocational adult education has changed a lot over the last decade. Demand-led funding instruments were introduced at federal as well as state level, aiming to support various (target) groups. The paper reviews, whether these funding instruments addressed special gaps in the funding system and tries to provide first and preliminary impressions whether and to what extent these instruments might have contributed to increasing participation rates in Germany. The analysis suggests t…
The article provides an education-theoretical reflection of spaces for teaching and learning in education centres. Adult education is defined as a »learning process concerning everyday life«, which requires particular architectural adjustments. In this context, Joachim Ludwig stresses that architecture is by far more than a simple arrangement of building material. Room structures rather contain a »significance« which has a great influence on the »standard of living« for learners as well as teac…
