Various needs and requirements need to be taken into account for developing urban educational spaces. At the same time, the demand for cooperation between educational and cultural institutions creates obvious and concealed competition between educational and cultural planners. Based on a scientific project support, this article provides guidance on the causes and handling of potential competition.
In the context of lifelong learning, adults are increasingly being viewed from a biographical perspective. This article takes a look at how differently – and in some cases inconsistently – adults are construed as biographical subjects in education policy, in educational practice, and in research on adult education. It argues that to even begin to examine the processes and practices of biographical subjectification that take place in adult and continuing education, biographical research must be …
Schriftliche Fassung des Vortrags, den Wolf Gunter Brügmann im Rahmen der 1. Internationalen Wiesbadener Konferenz zum Lebensbegleitenden Lernen am 25. April 2005 gehalten hat. Er stellt die Weiterbildungsberatungsstelle Rhein-Main in der Walter-Kolb-Stiftung als Best-Practice-Beispiel vor und entwickelt aufgrund der dortigen Erfahrungen Anforderungen an Berater, aber auch an die Institutionalisierung von Weiterbildungsberatung als Aufgabe für politische und gesellschaftliche Instanzen. Der Aut…
Zum Themenschwerpunkt »DIY – Do It Yourself« Ob Stricken, Fotografieren oder Brot backen: Selbermachen ist angesagt. Gelernt wird es nicht nur in der Erwachsenenbildung, sondern auch mithilfe von Ratgeberliteratur oder über Youtube. Dieses handwerkliche Lernen erfolgt bisher unbeachtet von der erwachsenenpädagogischen Diskussion – zu Unrecht. In diesem Heft gehen wir verschiedenen Fragen nach: Wer lernt was und an welchem Ort? Wie viel Anleitung benötigt und verträgt Selbermachen? Bestätigt od…
The "Green Series" introduces reliable knowledge, current topics and didactic methods, which were tested in other fields, to adult education specialists. All volumes are designed from the action perspective, convey application-oriented formulas, and set standards based on the state of research, They contribute to competence and quality development in practical adult education.
Management of transition in further education of Bochum Consultancy, qualification and education at the transition between school and vocational training The contribution describes, from the perspective of a scientific practical guidance, how a communal further education information centre (in the Ruhr area of Bochum) engages in the transition between school and vocational training in terms of offering help and orientation to school children concerning their choosing of a profession. In a qu…
