The German Atlas of Continuing Education documents empirical educational research results which identify geographical location, in addition to socio-economic status, as an important dimension of inequality in educational opportunities for adults. Generally, the German Atlas of Continuing Education describes the provision of continuing education and participation in continuing education at the levels of federal states as well as districts and independent cities over time. In addition, the Atla…
Blended Learning ist die Kombination von Online- und Präsenzphasen. Um der Gefahr zu begegnen, dass Präsenzphasen als Highlight und Onlineanteile als »Durchhängephasen« erlebt werden, braucht es eine sinnvolle Kombination unterschiedlicher Prinzipien des Blended Learnings. Diese stellen die Autoren vor.
Im Zusammenhang mit lebensbegleitendem Lernen geraten kooperative Bildungsarrangements, d.h. Weiterbildungsangebote, -projekte, -maßnahmen und -initiativen, die in Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Organisationen entstehen, in den Blick. Solche Arrangements werden in Deutschland von bildungspolitischer Seite gefördert. Erwartet werden Problemlösungen in pädagogischer, wirtschaftlicher und organisatorischer Hinsicht. Es ist Aufgabe der erwachsenenpädagogischen Forschung, die Rahmenbedingungen genauer z…
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…
Similar to the literary cafés there is the model of “philosophical cafés”. It first came into being in France in 1992 by M. Sautet. By now it is also recited by adult education. It is based on the statement “All people are philosophers“ and it animates a daily routine of philosophical discussions. With the example of the theme “joy“, the author sketches his experiences as a manager of such a café.
The article describes reasons, targets, elements and areas of applications of the concept of gender democratic didactics in adult education. The author investigates prepositions and consequences to pedagogical acting, methodical structuring and basic conditions of educational processes. Finally the concept of gender democratic didactics must not stop in front of the institutional structures. Gender perspective should become part of quality management and organisational and personal development …
In February 2009, a national association of guidance practitioners and scientific experts, known as the German National Guidance Forum for Education, Career and Employment (nfb), presented a widely recognized key issues paper. The following report comments on the paper from the perspective of continuing education research with a special focus on the following issue: Will the structural improvement of continuing educational counselling lead to an increase of participation in adult education? Due…
Der vorliegende Band präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Weiterbildungsstatistik im Verbund zum Berichtsjahr 2020. Die Statistik basiert auf einem gemeinsamen Kern von Merkmalen, der bei allen Einrichtungen der beteiligten Verbände BAK AL, DEAE, KEB und dem DVV als assoziiertem Partner erhoben wird. Sie liefert Daten zu institutionellen Strukturen, der Finanzierung und dem Personal sowie dem realisierten Veranstaltungsangebot und weiteren Leistungen der Einrichtungen in den vier Verbänden. Die Wei…
