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…
Das Projekt ENTER (eine Kooperation zwischen dem Deutschen Institut für Erwachsenenbildung und dem Zentrum für Fernstudien und Universitäre Weiterbildung der Universität Kaiserslautern) greift die Konsequenzen einer zunehmenden Digitalisierung in der Weiterbildung auf. 50 Teilnehmer/innen aus dem Bereich des pädagogischen Personals in der Erwachsenenbildung sollen berufsbegleitend eine umfassende Medienkompetenz erwerben.
Ein historischer Längsschnitt über die Bedeutung von Sprachenlernen und den Wandel im Sprachunterricht.
Begriffsklärungen und Begriffswandel rund um das Thema Sprachenlernen.
For 30 years, the author has been director of the communal adult education institute “Volkshochschule” at a middle-size town in Southern Germany. In 1998, the costs of 3 million DM were financed jointly by the town (50%), the participants of the courses (40%) and the Land Baden-Württemberg (10%). In the next three years, the "Volkshochschule" has to reduce the communal subsidy by 12%. The article deals with the financial challenges the institute faces in its new situation of competition at the …
Lifelong learning on a high quality level is a condition for participation in further economical and social developments in society. But how are lifelong learning activities to be financed? Are projects of the European Union the key for solving financial problems of institutional and organized learning? The author describes his experiences made with the acquisition of EU-projects. The article points out difficulties and problems in the process of acquisition, searching partners and trying to co…
