Zum zugehörigen Buch: Können Pädagogik und Erwachsenenbildung ohne Ethik auskommen? Offenbar nein: Selbst da, wo sie vermeintlich ethikferne Theorien rezipieren, sind Transformationsmuster am Werk, die ethische Aufladungen vornehmen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt der Autor in der empirischen Analyse eines ganz besonderen Datenmaterials: des Texts der „Konstruktivistischen Erwachsenenbildung“ von R. Arnold und H. Siebert. Ein prominenter Musterfall für die Rezeptionspraxis im Bereich von Pädagogik/Er…
The Grundtvig project European Intercultural Competence Programmes (EICP) conducted at the DIE tests further education measures for administrative bodies that involve intercultural competence, not just as far as staff development is concerned, but also in terms of organisation development. The concept is based on the idea of civilian dialogue and addresses heads of administration as well as representatives of migrants’ organisations.
Mathematics, natural science and engineering are not among the most favourite learning objectives of either pupils or adults. While they do enjoy a high esteem, they are also perceived as difficult. The authors discuss why this should be so, and give a summary over participation statistics of Volkshochschulen in the past decades, where courses in mathematics, science or technical matters have been on the decline for some time. Against this background, they present aims and methods of their proj…
