Diese Ausgabe des REPORT widmet sich unterschiedlichsten Fragen zur Zukunft von Weiterbildung im kommenden Jahrhundert. Die Beiträge behandeln u. a. Themen wie Medien und ihre zukünftige Bildungsfunktion, Bildungspolitik im nächsten Jahrhundert, Bedeutung von Weiterbildung für die Unternehmensentwicklung.
Innovationen sind Motor und Zukunftsgarantie für unsere heutige Gesellschaft. Sie sind Folge einer bewußten Wahrnehmung von Veränderungen, Zeichen von Lebendigkeit, Voraussetzung für zukünftiges Handeln. Innovationen gerade auch in der Erwachsenenbildung garantieren, daß wir unsere sich ständig verändernde Welt bewältigen und bewußt gestalten. Der „Preis für Innovation in der Erwachsenenbildung" lenkt das Augenmerk auf die Notwendigkeit von Innovation, aber auch auf deren erforderliche Qualität…
The concept of self-optimisation is closely linked to discourses on lifelong learning and has been discussed in adult education research for some time. The talk about selfoptimisation is mostly articulated as a critique or critical analysis, appears as almost self-evident and thus gets caught up in the pull of normalisation. The established problematisation of self-optimisation is therefore also subjected to problematization in this paper in an attempt to reopen the thinking of the problem. Th…
This article regards the publication of a text-foto-volume on the 100-year-history of the German Volkshochschule as an impulse for a possible innovation of writing history of adult education. First, the methodological principles of a both empirical and narrative historiography and its terminology will be described. Departing from a pragmatic moral intention of the book to present an affirmative history of the Volkshochschule, the article suggests a historical-normative historiography. Thereafte…
The article deals with the question how learning is made possible in time and space in university continuing education. The analysis focuses on the phases of on-site study and self-study, which are regarded as two forms of dealing with time and space in university continuing education. Both formats present specific challenges for the students, showing that the quality of learning time and learning spaces plays a key role in participation. In addition, times and places for on-site study and self…
The planning of teaching and learning is a key task for teachers of adult and continuing education. This recurrent challenge demands situational decisions regarding objectives, contents, media and activities of teaching and learning, taking into consideration both the learner as well as organisational and spatial factors. However, empirical research indicates that these complex and interdependent decisions are often tackled insufficiently. Digital planning tools can be used to reduce the comple…
