Einst galt die Zukunft als Schicksal, dem man ausgeliefert war – heute verstehen wir sie als gestaltbaren und pluralen Möglichkeitsraum. Doch das Gestalten vielfältiger Zukünfte will gelernt sein. weiter bilden fragt, welche Rolle Erwachsenenbildung dabei spielt und was für ihre eigene Zukunft wichtig sein wird.
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.
Theoretical references in professional adult education and vocational training To the extent that social sciences are dependent on the terms with which they are formulated also adult education underlies the impacts of terminological decisions, that can be encountered this way or another way. The usage of the term intervention is such a decision, it stands in the centre of this contribution. By interpreting the empirical results of research on self-learning competences as well as by theoretic…
In consideration of the omnipresent commitment to the significance of lifelong learning, the article analyses the role of continuing education within public education funding. Over the past 20 years, public continuing education funding has been reduced by 41 %. The low participation rate in continuing education, particularly among the less qualified and atypically employed, encourage an increase in public investments. Funds should enhance staff counselling, qualification and professionalism as …
Students of German as a foreign and second language are often confronted with the problem that dialogues in textbooks rather resemble written than oral German. Oral language phenomena are neglected and generally not systematically presented. This also applies for recent online textbooks. It is a wasted opportunity since multimedia content may be easily used for contrasting formal and informal speech.
As a result of the current migration of several hundreds of thousands refugees in Germany alone, concepts for successful language training become increasingly important. The integration programme funded by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) plays a central role. This article refers to data collected by the author regarding success factors for language learning. In this qualitative study, 51 interviews were conducted with integration programme participants in a reception centre…