Gertrud Antonie Hermes (1872-1942) leistete bleibende Verdienste zur Entwicklung der Erwachsenbildung. Dabei trug sie einen erheblichen Beitrag zur Professionalisierung der Volksbildung in der Weimarer Republik bei, mit Schwerpunkt auf die lebensweltbezogene Arbeiterbildung. Unter anderem gründete sie das erste Volkshochschulheim in Leipzig-Connewitz und war die Assistentin von Hermann Heller, bevor die NS-Regierung ihr 1933 ein Berufsverbot erteilte. Danach richtete sie ihren Fokus auf histori…
This paper draws on three data sources – a national survey from Germany of adult literacy and numeracy skills (leo. – Level-One Study), the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC), and case studies of workplaces in England – to argue for a greater focus by policymakers and researchers on the literacy demand experienced by adults. We consider the heterogeneity of the population of adults deemed functionally illiterate by large-scale national and internatio…
The United Kingdom and Ireland offer examples of national strategies, programmes and projects including services for promoting financial literacy. This report provides descriptions and comparative analysis of policy, practice, and access and engagement in these countries. It makes conclusions and recommendations that can inform future work in adult financial literacy in Germany.
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 …
In this article, the reactor disaster in Fukushima (March 2011) together with the changes in energy policy following in its wake are used to enquire about reactions in the fields of natural science and technical didactics. The empirical finding is that didactical discourse has been little affected by Fukushima. The reason for this, in the view of the author, is to be found in the theoretical problems associated with specialised didactics, in this case didactics involving technology, as well as …
