Educational and Learning Research Based on three texts from the founding editors from the years 1985, 2000 and 2005, in this contribution, past as well as current scientific objectives of empirical educational and learning research, their embedding in theoretical contexts as well as methodical approaches are assessed and supplemented by further references from the author. Albeit the end results of the two founding fathers are, in the various years, rather sobering, it seems fruitful to thin…
Political Adult Education and its Crises Political education is often attested as being somewhat critical. As was the case of the twentieth publication of REPORT in 1987 in which the main focus – even though at the time it was not identified as such – was on this theme. The issue commenced with a contribution from Horst Siebert; this contribution shall now be the starting point to explore the highlights on the development of the past years and to determine its positioning. This will ensue in…
Theories of Adult Education On the basis of three selected contributions, the adult pedagogical theory discussion which began in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s will be explored. The issues handled here concern the subject-matter relatedness and conceptuality used, the empirical binding and historical localisation, as well as the influence through the so called sister disciplines. The stages of the theory discussion which are addressed convey an ambivalent picture which moves between confidence, …
In Retrospect: On the Conception of REPORT and its Development A conversation with the founding editors The reason for this interview is REPORT’s 30-year existence. Thus, the time has come to once again recall the events and experiences in its long history. In 1978, the “Literature and Research Report Continuing Education” was published for the first time and was essentially a review journal created to give an overview of the still widely scattered and developing discipline of adult and con…
Seit Einführung des Lernerorientierten Qualitätsmodells in der Weiterbildung (LQW) im Jahr 2000 arbeiten etwa 560 Bildungsorganisationen nach LQW und sind dabei, ihre Qualität kontinuierlich zu verbessern. Das Modell fordert sie auf, ihre Qualitätsmaßnahmen in einem Selbstreport – eine Art Qualitätshandbuch – gemäß den Anforderungen darzulegen. Dieser Selbstreport wird von zwei externen Gutachter/inne/n begutachtet, die sich in einer daran anschließenden Visitation von der Qualität vor Ort über…
Ausgangspunkt des Beitrags ist eine Betrachtung der Begriffe „Weiterbildung“ und „Kompetenzentwicklung“. Darüber hinaus wird unter Bezug auf die Anerkennung informell erworbener Kompetenzen das Leitbild des „Lebenslangen Lernens“ in seiner bildungspolitischen Bedeutung näher beleuchtet und auf ausgewählte Beispiele aus der europäischen Bildungspraxis Bezug genommen. Zentrale Annahme ist, dass eine Kompetenzentwicklung als integrativer Bestandteil von Weiterbildung auf Basis einer systematische…
