Receptive or hostile to continuing education? Course tutors caught between the pressure to conform and resistance This article presents the results of a qualitative dissertation. The author has investigated the acceptance of adult education teacher training courses among part-time and freelance teachers based on the example of the initial adult education teacher training qualification offered by the North Rhine Westphalia VHS (adult education centre) regional association. For the issue of a…
Weichenstellungen von heute werden die Zukunft von morgen mitgestalten. Welchen Beitrag kann die Erwachsenenbildung leisten und was werden die Themen sein, die in die Zukunft weisen? Die Beiträge des Heftes beschäftigen sich mit aktuellen Tendenzen: Medienkompetenz (Lehmann, Grube u.a.), Veränderungen in Berufsbiografien (Pongratz), Leben mit Anderen (Hafeneger), Erwachsenengrundbildung (Kamper) und künftige Aufgaben im institutionellen Gefüge von Weiterbildung (Schneider). Alfred Grosser (Par…
Over the past few years, various institutional forms of learning centres have been developed. Of these, the “one-stop shop” is the most relevant to the form of cooperation. Here, information, education and advice are all provided at one spot. Management models, structures and the effects of cooperation are elaborated based on this form of cooperation.
Virtual interaction or virtual silence? Setting out from the point of her study on resisting learning in the internet and a short clarification of her conception of learning, the author explores substantiation samples for the virtual silence in interactive situations when learning with the medium internet.
Ausgehend vom verbreiteten Phänomen der Prüfungsangst werden anhand ausgewählter Beispiele aktuelle Möglichkeiten vorgestellt, Prüfungen online durchzuführen. Vorgeschlagen wird eine Ergänzung von Online-Prüfsystemen um teststatistische Module durch die sowohl die Qualität von Prüfungsfragen optimiert als auch eine differenziertere Interpretation von Prüfungsergebnissen auf dem Hintergrund von Vergleichsgruppen ermöglicht wird.
Exploring the inner aspect of learning. Methodological considerations for investigating life-long learning This article sets out research methods required for qualitative research aimed at understanding the inner aspect of learning. The aim is to make qualitative single case studies more relevant with regard to issues of education policy and social analysis. For this purpose, the following measures are proposed. (1) Close reading and reflexivity: Precisely studying the source texts sheds lig…
Foreign languages à la mode. Trends in adult language acquisition based on the example of the VHS programme Learning foreign languages is a high-status activity in organised adult learning. Based on VHS (adult education centre) statistics, the author shows that foreign languages are an indispensable element of the VHS programme range; hardly any other area is in such constantly high demand, a demand which can also be seen in relation to income status. Now making up 30 percent of all courses,…
