Theoretical references in professional adult education and vocational training To the extent that social sciences are dependent on the terms with which they are formulated also adult education underlies the impacts of terminological decisions, that can be encountered this way or another way. The usage of the term intervention is such a decision, it stands in the centre of this contribution. By interpreting the empirical results of research on self-learning competences as well as by theoretic…
Das Buch führt in die Geschichte der Erwachsenenbildung ein. Dabei geht der Autor geht nicht rein chronologisch vor, sondern diskutiert im historischen Zusammenhang die verschiedene Aspekte der Erwachsenenbildung wie "Erwachsenenbildung als Institution", "Erwachsenenbildung als Wissenschaft", "Erwachsenenbildung als Beruf" und neu in der 3. Auflage "Lernorte in der Erwachsenenbildung". Originaldokumente am Ende jedes Kapitels geben einen Einblick in die Quellen und vergegenwärtigen die Bedeutun…
Warum nehmen Erwachsene an Veranstaltungen der allgemeinen Bildung teil? Wie verlaufen Vermittlung und Aneignungsprozesse in der gegenwärtigen Bildungspraxis? Was bedeutet dies für die Aufgabenbestimmung und Definition von Erwachsenenbildung? Diesen Fragen wird in der qualitativen Studie auf der Basis von Interaktionsprotokollen aus über 20 Kursen der sozio-kulturellen Erwachsenenbildung nachgegangen. Die konkreten Untersuchungsergebnisse beziehen sich auf die Problembereiche - Reaktionen …
The article focuses on the development of the global educational discourse from a human rights perspective, particularly with regard to adult education and lifelong learning. The author discusses the historic milestones set by the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the consequent understanding of learning as well as the various national implementation strategies of the right for lifelong learning.
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…
Biographical Learning as a Contribution to the Professionalization in Adult Education at University Level Biographical learning as a subject matter in the course of studies is a method to reflect upon and change individual learning strategies. One can describe such strategies both as an unconscious as well conscious reflection of biographies that strive for development. On the one hand, this is aiming at reflecting previous learning processes; on the other hand, this shall serve to develop a…
The paper is based upon a qualitative-empirical study in the field of basic education for adults (literacy, numeracy, language, and computer skills). The study is located in the andragogical research on teaching and learning. A constitutive characteristic of the examined basic skills courses is the variety of the participants. The variety is both, didactical challenge and potential, for it enables teaching and learning interactions. With interpreting some data examples the paper aims to show ho…
Citizens’ involvement increasingly gains appreciation in the public perception. Also in the adult pedagogical discourse the attention is raised in the context of lifelong learning. In this contribution the author discusses how learning processes in adult education, that take place in a societal action context, can be supported, guided or even initiated. On the basis of own empirical inquiries the author examines citizens’ involvement as an action- and learning field and asks for learning experi…
The "learning time account" links the politics of working hours with professional adult education. As a derivative from the "working hours account" it represents an instrument with which the worked for time demands of the employee is changed into adult education instead of into money. Depending on whether the adult education serves work related or private matters, the resources are made available by the employer or by the employee (time and money). In the discussion of lifelong learning the ins…
Intergenerational learning can be considered as a chance for institutions of adult education. Besides explicitly planned courses for different generations, intergenerational learning opportunities also take place incidentally in the educational work in seminars and courses, when the participants belong to different age groups. In both cases, the question arises how to arrange those courses didactically in order to support intergenerational learning processes. Based on systematic considerations …
