Gender skills for adult education Gender mainstreaming is a central maxim for political action all across Europe. However, little effect is yet to be felt in adult education. Where there is gender-sensitive adult education, this is still strongly oriented towards the differential approach. In view of participation rates in general and vocational adult education, and the division of interests within the segments, which is again gendered, the author speaks of a “doubly divided structure”. For …
In today’s societies literacy is regarded as the prerequisite for participating in the professional and private spheres of everyday life. It is regarded as a human right, a tool for personal empowerment and a tool to influence the behaviour of individuals, families and communities. Despite the international consensus that literacy skills determine opportunities and provide access to today’s information-based societies, many adults in both industrialized and developing countries find themselves …
This report from England is part of a research project entitled Literacy/Basic Education – State of the Art from a historical and systematic Perspective in terms of Transferability. It focuses on the way adult (il)literacy has been approached, dealt with, discussed and analysed both politically and scientifically in England. It provides a historical overview on government strategy papers and outlines central ideas in theoretical discussions regarding literacy and literacy practices. However, in…
The German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung) in Bonn annually publishes this continuing training statistics, in which data from five large organizations of general and political further training are summarized. The commentated tables contain numerous illustrations to the legal form, personnel, financing and meeting profiles of the training organizations involved.
Museen sind Aufbewahrungsorte und Fundgruben für die materielle Kultur von Ländern, Schichten und Zeiten. Sie sind Orte gemeinsamer Erinnerung und Vergangenheit, die heute mehr denn je den Anspruch erheben, nicht nur Orte zu sein, in denen man seine Freizeit verbringt, sondern Stätten für Begegnung und kommunikative Auseinandersetzung. Andererseits sind Museen zunehmend in der Krise: Sinkende Besucherzahlen und Budgetkürzungen zeigen, daß sie sich ebenso wie etwa die Einrichtungen der Erwachsen…
