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The dissertation analyses the contribution of a social space research perspective to the understanding of (non-)participation of groups of less well-educated individuals in organized further education. Both, the theoretical as well as the methodological framing are defined by a social space perspective. In a substudy of the project “Learning in Social Quarters – Significance of Social Space for Further Education”, at the German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Center for Lifelong Learnin…
Wie lassen sich informell erworbene Kompetenzen zertifizieren? Diese Frage stellt sich im Zuge der Diskussion um selbstgesteuerte und lebenslang erforderliche Lernprozesse. Während Deutschland noch am Beginn dieser Entwicklung steht, haben andere Länder bereits Zertifizierungssysteme eingeführt. Aber trotzdem scheint es für eine Einführung in Deutschland keine vorgezeichneten Wege zu geben. Bernd Käpplinger hat im Rahmen des DIE-Projektes »Transparenz und Akzeptanz berufsrelevanter Kompetenzen…
This study is the first extensive attempt to chart the rise and fall of popular educational movements across Europe following the 1848 revolutions to their demise at the outbreak of World War Two. It examines in detail the relationships between the educational, political and social aspirations of the emergent nationalist, workers' and women's movements, and the challenge to traditional intellectuals and academic knowledge. Following the emergence of the bourgeois public sphere in the early mode…
The article focuses on an empirical desideratum of research on teaching and learning in adult education – the planning of courses. The planning of courses is a complex decision-making process, which influences the teaching and learning behavior. Empirical findings of schoolteachers’ planning and results of interviews with trainers in adult education are used to identify elements and potential factors that influenced planning behavior. Based on this, the article develops research prospects and a…
Seen before the backdrop of adult education being a necessary moral practice, the limited presence of ethical reflections in research and practice on adult education may surprise. This article aims at presenting an overview of pondering on such questions in recent years. Due to the small number of contributions to this issue, the author will include international and school related research as well. Thus, the article will open the view for innovative research aspects and projects stimulating …
Heutzutage ist es einfach, zu vielen Themen kostenlose Bildungsmaterialien zu erhalten. Doch wie kann die Qualität der Materialien eingeschätzt werden, welche Fallstricke gilt es bei der Verwendung zu beachten? Am Beispiel von Bildungsmaterialien zum Klimawandel zeigt die Autorin, dass es Unterstützung für die Einschätzung gibt und dass es hilfreich ist, auf die Lizenzierung zu achten.
Research on participation on the topic learning resistance A concept of participative research and its results The research methods and results from a subproject on learning resistance are introduced, which came into being in the framework of a research project of a Hamburg adult education institutions on self-directed learning and social milieus.
The field of education policy, in particular adult education policy, is gaining importance in recent international-comparative research on education and adult education. In comparative politics, education policy is also a young but increasingly established issue. The close connection of education policy to the discipline of comparative politics, as well as theories used in that discipline, provide a well-founded research approach on education policy, which should be considered by international-…
