"Nachhaltigkeit" ist zu einem Containerwort verkommen und bezeichnet inzwischen alles, was Bestand hat oder bleibende Wirkungen entfaltet. Wenn sich die DIE Zeitschrift der "Nachhaltigkeit" widmet, dann in dem sehr viel engeren Begriffsverständnis von "nachhaltiger Entwicklung". Wobei die Verknüpfung mit Bildung ("Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung") dann wiederum erheblich mehr thematische Breite verspricht: Hierunter werden alle Bemühungen verstanden, Bildungsprozesse auf das gemeinsame Ziel…
Didactics – more than the art of teaching? The contribution gives an overview of the historical terms of didactics. With the background of changing paradigms, drawn is the entry of the didactical term into adult education and its development since the 1960s. One focus of the consideration is on the didactical change from “teaching“ to “formation of learning contexts”, which was influenced by the discussion on constructivism. Concluding, the author elaborates on the state of research on didac…
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…
Das DIALOG-Praxisnetzwerk für Wissenstransfer und Innovation des Deutschen Instituts für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) fördert den Austausch zwischen Forschung und Praxis im Feld der Erwachsenenbildung. Das Jahresthema 2023 des Netzwerks, das aus 34 Mitgliedsorganisationen aus allen Bereichen der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung besteht, war die Rolle der Weiterbildung im Kampf gegen den Fachkräftemangel. Auf dem 7. DIALOG-Netzwerktreffen am 8. September 2023 fand eine Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema stat…
Within the field of adult education/continuing education the topic counselling occupies a central role. This concerns the theoretical discourses as well as the different types of offers. This study book situates the topic counselling in its pedagogical reference framework and provides central lines of development and differentiation. These include questions about the interaction, the forms of action and the conditions of good consultation. Moreover different forms of educational guidance are ou…
Emotions in Adults’ Learning Neurophysiological research has shown the relevance of emotions in learning processes. Nevertheless, the exploration of learning processes and the development of competencies is rather characterised by a cognitive perspective. On the basis of systemic-constructivist concepts the authors show that sustainable learning only works when internal experiences are supplemented with external experiences. By that way the levels of emotional and cognitive learning can be c…
