In einer Zeit, die von »alternativen Fakten« und »Fakes« geprägt ist, erscheint die Beschäftigung mit den Fundamenten der Erwachsenenbildung geboten: Was ist unumstößlich, was unhintergehbar? Der Autor begründet in seinem Beitrag thesenhaft die christlich-aufklärerisch geprägten normativen Ansprüche, die für ihn konstitutiv für die Erwachsenenbildung sind.
Das von Bertolt Brecht verfasste, nachfolgende Gedicht "Lob des Lernens" appelliert an die unterprivilegierten und ausgeschlossenen Menschen, in allen Kulturbereichen zu lernen.
This paper draws on three data sources – a national survey from Germany of adult literacy and numeracy skills (leo. – Level-One Study), the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC), and case studies of workplaces in England – to argue for a greater focus by policymakers and researchers on the literacy demand experienced by adults. We consider the heterogeneity of the population of adults deemed functionally illiterate by large-scale national and internatio…
Using the crisis-ridden Afghanistan as an example the authors show the importance of adult und continuing education for the positive development of a conflict region. By strengthening the employability of young people in transition from school to university or professional life it helps preventing frustration, aggression and violence – and thus also the emergence of new conflicts.
The article illustrates a heuristic model that describes the multidimensional interdisciplinary social phenomena of functional illiteracy in a clearly arranged way. To implement professional literacy programmes that match the different target groups, scientific findings about educational deprivation, life circumstances and barriers to equal participation in connection with low literacy skills are to be arranged in a proper order. One result of the research project “HABIL” is the development of …
