Until now, the organization-specific proportion in professional development has received little recognition despite its significance for the occupational biographical professionalization of teachers and continuing educators. The book “Organization as Context for Professionalism” was written subsequently to a research and development project, which was aimed at the educational management of continuing educational organization for the professional development of educational employees. The result …
This article focuses on continuing education for adults with a migrational background in Germany. Based on recent research findings, the authors call for a differentiated view on adults with a migrational background and point out prospects for research and practice.
Weaving the ‘carpet of memories’: a zigzag movement between association and knowledge This article presents a didactical strategy in the form of »zigzag learning« which works on the basis of a constant linkage between free associative learning elements (sporadic learning) with a logically structured content (systematic learning). A »carpet of memory« is woven in this zigzag movement which is propitious for learning efficacy. The strategy is presented using an example from school biology cla…
„Geringqualifizierte“ gelten in der Wissensgesellschaft zunehmend als Residualkategorie. Anhand sechs qualitativer Interviews ergründet Eva Maaß in ihrer Magisterarbeit die Bewältigungsstrategien und Lebensentwürfe junger Erwachsener, die über keinen formalen beruflichen Abschluss verfügen. Dabei liegt die Annahme zugrunde, dass sich das Scheitern in der Bildungsbiografie aus einer langfristigen Entwicklung heraus ergibt. Prekäre familiale Hintergründe sowie negative Erfahrungen im Bildungswese…
