The contribution reports central thoughts of the American psychologist Csikszentmihalyi from the book “FLOW“, and it sharpens the statements on the reality of learners and teachers. “Flow“ stands for the “optimum experience“. Therewith Csikszentmihalyi indicates a feeling of high spirits, of deeply felt joy that lasts long and that occurs when body and soul of a person is strained to limits in the voluntary endeavour to achieve something difficult and something valuable. In this condition, orde…
In the present contribution the final report of the Expert Commission on Financing Lifelong Learning is compared to a firework: it has provoked a short-term enthusiasm and attention. What is there to do in order not to let the ideas deflagrate but conserve chances for their implementation? The author asks the actors of further education to help oneself offensively with the arguments of the report (“public interest“, “more investments necessary“, “increase sovereignty demand“) and to advertise t…
The contribution contrasts interview statements of further education managers of the car industry from the years 1994 and 2004. The expert interviews draw a sober picture of the reality of operational education in the branch: the methods of determination of requirements and of the educational controlling are barely more elaborated than ten years ago; innovations of the industrial relations law do not grip; group work and e-learning are no longer favoured forms. Therefore the further education o…
Hier wird gezeigt, wie nachhaltigkeitsrelevantes Verhalten und Wissen erlernt wird, wie die Praxis einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung aussieht. Die von der DIE Redaktion gesichteten und vorgestellten Projekte verstehen sich nicht notwendig als BNE-Projekte, nur eines von ihnen ist offizielles Dekade-Projekt. Oft vollzieht sich Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung eben doch unter anderen Vorzeichen. Und das muss nicht einmal ein Problem sein.
