Die im Januar 2001 im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung vom DIE durchgeführte, interdisziplinär angelegte Expertentagung „Forschung zur Erwachsenenbildung“ hatte sich zum Ziel gesetzt, Forschungsdesiderate auszuloten und konkrete Vorschläge für künftige Forschungsvorhaben zu erarbeiten. Inhaltlich knüpfte sie an das „Forschungsmemorandum für die Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung“ an, das bezogen auf die Forschungsfelder „Lernen Erwachsener“, „Wissensstrukturen und Kompetenzb…
Die wachsende Bedeutung des lebenslangen Lernens gilt als unstrittig. Weniger klar sind dagegen Ursachen, Bedingungen, Erscheinungsformen der Entwicklung in ihrer Vielfalt sowie Veränderungstendenzen und Lösungsoptionen auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen. Diese Situation verlangt eine breite, intensive und nachhaltige empirische Forschung zur Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung. Das Forschungsmemorandum - entwickelt im Auftrag der Sektion Erwachsenenbildung der DGfE - identifiziert, ordnet und benennt Sch…
This study explores the definition of „adult basic education“ from the perspective of public education administration of the German Laender. On the one hand, adult basic education is claimed as a public good that has to be made accessible by public funding. One the other hand, there is still no agreement on the definition of adult basic education. Based on a subject-scientific approach, qualitative interviews are conducted with administrative employees in order to explore dimensions and justifi…
Particularly, disabled people belong to those being excluded from social participation. From these peoples’ point of view, the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities formulates specific challenges for the system of adult and continuing education. What results from these challenges with regard to the various social and individual functions given to adult education and lifelong learning? Answers from the field of adult education, from the pedagogy for the disabled and from socio…
“Validpack” – new tool to validate the skills of adult educators The article describes how, as part of a European project, a validation tool has been developed to validate skills in adult education teaching. Validating adult educators' skills may be one step in the discussion concerning the professionalisation of adult education. There is a description of the aims of the tool, the competence framework it is based on, and the individual steps in the process. So that it can also be of advanta…
The atmosphere of adult pedagogy (Re-) discovery of a central didactical category Even though every teacher would give the pedagogical atmosphere a central meaning for the progression of the learning activity, the marginal theoretical capture of this phenomenon in adult pedagogic is astonishing. A look over the edge of a plate makes it clear, that general pedagogy, philosophy and psychology has already come to interesting cognitions. Against this background, the aim of the contribution is …
Hanft, Anke; Zentner, Tim: Qualification and personnel development – a competence gap in adult education institutions? Results of an empirical study on qualification of staff in adult education institutions The contribution analyses how adult education institutions and universities prepare their staff with education and training for changed structural requirements and reforms. In the centre are two studies of German state universities and public adult education institutions in the country N…
Thriller series with top class actors of the German television occasionally play teachers and learners in adult education settings. And they use the cliche of the organised adult education as a place for problematic customized services. The author watched several different thriller series and advises to take note of the transported image in a sober way: teachers and learners of adult education will have to live with being portrayed in television thrillers as fogy or suspect figures. At the same…
The author presents examples of good practice and defines central tasks and processes of modern libraries, which are regarded as central learning spaces for adults. Using the criteria »shortage – surplus«, »consumption – co-creation« and »product – process«, the relevant social challenges for libraries and adult education are described. It becomes evident that libraries and adult education are in a period of transition, which requires suitable architectural solutions.
„Construction“ and „self organization“ in adult pedagogy Deliberations on the pedagogical status of two concepts Constructivistical concepts have pervaded the younger adult pedagogical discussion in equally promissory as problem marked forms. The contribution unfolds an exemplary analysis fo the two constructivistical key notions „construction“ and „self organization“ which calls attention to the notion logical presentation of a problem as it is so far widely unconsidered in the adult peda…
