The article presents findings of an ethnographical research project concerning the international concept of literacy as social practice. In this project, literacy was analyzed from an individual and a public point of view, focusing on its multidimensional uses and purposes in everyday life. Referring to a broader understanding of literacy as social practice, the study aims at initiating a discussion concerning the purpose and use of literacy among adult educators and practitioners in literacy c…
Initial results of the Level One Survey Germany (leo.) show that functional illiteracy affects 14.5 percent of working-age population (18–64 years of age). This translates into 7.5 million people who lack functional literacy skills in Germany. We will first introduce the method and design of the study. We will then explain the decisions taken in order to obtain the estimate of the dimension of functional illiteracy. These decisions were carefully taken, and they have contributed to a rather con…
The article illustrates a heuristic model that describes the multidimensional interdisciplinary social phenomena of functional illiteracy in a clearly arranged way. To implement professional literacy programmes that match the different target groups, scientific findings about educational deprivation, life circumstances and barriers to equal participation in connection with low literacy skills are to be arranged in a proper order. One result of the research project “HABIL” is the development of …
People with low literacy skills are often experiencing difficulties to manage their everyday life. For example, filling out forms, correspondence or banking may pose huge challenges. But what about the political participation of functional illiterates in a society which is dominated by the use of literacy? The following article focuses on how participants of literacy classes use their possibilities of contribution. These assumptions are based on first results of the qualitative research project…
Die Lehrtätigkeit im Bereich der Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung erfordert spezielles Fachwissen und Kompetenzen. Ziel dieses Moduls ist es, den Lehrenden die notwendigen Information, Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen zu vermitteln. - Beschreibung des Moduls - Zeitplan - Detaillierter Arbeitsplan - Handout für das Seminar
Der Beitrag untersucht anhand der theoretischen Ansätze der Educational Governance und des Neo-Institutionalismus die Steuerung in dem, bezüglich Finanzierung und Angebotsentwicklung fragilen Feld der arbeitsorientierten Grundbildung. Dabei wird fokussiert, wie soziale Ordnungen über die Koordination von Handlungen in verschiedenen Akteurskonstellationen pädagogische Leistung möglich machen. Konkret geht es darum, herauszuarbeiten, welche institutionellen und organisationalen Strukturen in der …
Wirkungen und Erträge von Weiterbildung finden insbesondere in der empirischen Bildungsforschung immer stärkere Aufmerksamkeit. weiter bilden beleuchtet die Herausforderungen bei der Erforschung nicht-messbarer Wirkungen u. a. von Grundbildung, politischer Bildung oder Maßnahmen wie etwa Bildungsurlaub.
