Konfuzius war Gelehrter und Begründer des Konfuzianismus, Erziehungsphilosoph und Lehrer. Dem lebenslangen Lernen kommt nach Konfuzius ein zentraler Stellenwert zu. Nach ihm macht erst das Lernen den Menschen zum Menschen.
Validierung wird als eine intermittierend angelegte Selbstvergewisserung im Verlauf lebenslanger Bildung verstanden, die jetzt schon im Kontext informeller Anerkennung praktiziert wird. Der anerkennungstheoretische Diskurs bietet wichtige Anregungen, in welchem pädagogischen Aufgabenverständnis sich Erwachsenenbildung für dieses Erfordernis zuständig erklären sollte. Perspektivisch kann Validierung zu einer intermediären Struktur in einem integrierten Gesamtbildungssystems entwickelt werden.
The following article focuses on the debate on organizational learning from an adult-educational point of view. In most approaches to organizational learning the members of an organization are regarded as the main drivers of organizational learning processes. However, such approaches do not systematically incorporate important presumptions of learning-theory, although this promises to create a better understanding of adult-educational experiences within organizations. Hence, the article present…
Due to the increasing blur of learning boundaries, the need arises for re-defining the concept of learning space. Based on an understanding of learning space, which refers to the local circumstances within organized education programs, the article initially aspires to include the debate on learning space in the discussion of informal learning, before it then focuses on the relation between time and location and the significance of virtual learning spaces. The article itself does not re-define t…
This article provides an overview of the debate on learning environments and learning locations within adult education research; the authors use a historical review of main research topics in order to understand current learning environments and recent theoretical and empirical discussions. The term of learning environments or learning locations has been introduced into research on adult education in the 1970ies; since this time, each following decade can be characterized by several specific re…
