The report presents first results of a study dealing with the whereabouts of former participants of literacy classes. Assuming courses of adult education have a beginning and an end, the authors pursue the phenomena of participants sojourning permanently at adult education courses. Taken data material into account, the reconstruction of possible reasons for staying in the courses finally leads to the demand for an initial consulting – analogical to the starting and learning consultation in the …
Organization and Participants – Development of the instrument [OrTe] to evaluate expectations regarding teaching, learning, and organization in further education Most of the quality management procedures in continuing education require participant surveys. The perusal of 72 questionnaires in the field of continuing education practice showed that they are mostly related to the participants’ satisfaction with their teachers and the organisation of the course. When those questionnaires’ results…
Case studies The contribution describes principles and possible yields for the implementation of case studies in the area of adult education. The research practical implementation itself is deliniated with an example from a research project from the area of learning research. Amplified are especially the central phases of the approach to the research field and the interpretation work.
Welche Genderkompetenzen sind in unterschiedlichen Phasen des Bildungsprozesses pädagogisch relevant? Dieser Fragestellung geht der vorliegende Praxisband nach und richtet die Perspektive auf das lebenslange Lernen: von der frühkindlichen Bildung über den schulischen Bereich, den Übergang von der Schule in Ausbildung und Erwerbsarbeit bis in die Erwachsenenbildung. Dabei werden sowohl formelle als auch informelle Bildungskontexte berücksichtigt. Autor und Autorin skizzieren Fakten, Diskurse und…
Mediating considered from a learning theoretical angle Mediating and the theory or science of mediating are current topics of theory building and practice in the field of didactics. This was the reason to investigate whether and how research results combining learning and teaching may support the construction of such a concept. A general framework of acting and teaching is introduced from the perspective of the learning subject. The focus is on the concept of a complex and more dimensional a…
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Changing the focus on Natural Sciences At present, public debates postulate more attention to natural sciences in the education sector. First, we will examine the precarious status of natural sciences in adult education and than argue that the traditional focus on natural sciences need to be readjusted. This change of focus aims at a general understanding of scientific developments by which both the individual and the society as a whole will gain and maintain its capacity to judge and act on…
Biography and Education Biographical aspects are coming increasingly under the focus of teaching-learning and educational research in the context of international comparative studies and the debate over self-organised and self-guided learning. Different theoretical approaches are selected and current empirical findings in the area of biographical research are presented in this issue in order to shed light on the interrelationship between education and biography.
Die kooperative Zusammenarbeit von Lehrenden in Professionellen Lerngemeinschaften (PLG en) kann helfen, professionelle Überzeugungen über das Lehren und Lernen zu entwickeln. Möglichkeiten der Implementierung von PLG en in das Feld der Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung sowie ihre Potenziale für Überzeugungsveränderungen erforschen die Autorinnen in einer Nachwuchsgruppe am DIE.
Popular education refers to education for, by, and with, the people. In using examples from the pro refugee movement in his article, the author outlines how this concept supports practice and research to improve the reflection of effects and effectivity of actions in civic organisations.
