Since the formation of regional entities in the modern age, the concept of „region“ has been interpreted in different ways. While in the after-war years attempts at strengthening structurally weak regions by attracting industry from without (the „exogenous“ strategy) were successful, nowadays the „endogenous“ strategy is becoming relevant, which builds on efforts from within the region. The author maintains that the success of „learning“ regions will depend on the efficiency of the regions’ edu…
Woran liegt es, dass Online-Lernen bislang noch auf wenig Akzeptanz stößt? Apel zeigt an Beispielen, dass Online-Lernen vor allem größere Anforderungen an Selbststeuerung und Lerner-Aktivität stellt.
The role of regions is changing, as there is an increased tendency towards economic competition amongst them. Networking promises to provide competitive advantages. However, attempts at establishing and successfully employing networks both in the sector of private economy and in the public/communal sector meet with various problems and, notwithstanding their potential, will rather be able to provide solutions where a consensus seems realistic, whereas conflictive processes will continue to requ…
Begriffsklärungen und Begriffswandel rund um das Thema Sprachenlernen.
Teaching and learning situations are only super ficially described as transfer of knowledge. Beneath that surface complex processes of understanding influence the teacher-learner as well as the learner-learner interaction. Learners bring previous knowledge, experiences and attitudes into the classroom which may facilitate but also inhibit learning; they are not usually invited to express their beliefs, doubts and expectations and make them part of their individual learning prcoesses. The author…
The author starts out from a review of the relationship between language didactics and other fields of research giving inspiration to it (learning psychology, linguistics, second language acquisition research, anthropology), exploring whether constructivism might be one of these fields. He criticizes that in order to explain constructivist perspectives on learning, constructivists tend to use „instructionalism“ as a background against which to position their own ideas, „instructionalism“, howev…
In the current transition from industrial society towards an „information society“, the importance of access to and information about new information and communication technologies is ever growing. A „digital divide“ between competent users and nonusers, forming a new class of „information have-nots“, may be the consequence. – The author points to the increasing importance of the Internet as a provider of everyday information, as well as to the danger of excluding great numbers of individual…
Der Übergang in die Wissensgesellschaft stellt neue Forschungsfragen. Schiersmann betrachtet das Leitbild der Selbststeuerung von Lernprozessen, das die Diskussion in der Weiterbildung bestimmt. Hiervon ausgehend entwickelt sie zwei Teilaspekte als Zukunftsfelder: die zunehmende Bedeutung von Beratung und die Erforschung und Veränderung institutioneller Strukturen.
Begriffklärungen rund um das Thema Polarisierungen und Polaritäten.
