After the federal elections, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research has taken on a new organisational structure. For the first time, its activities in further education are now bundled together in a seperate department (»Lifelong Learning, Further Education«), thus enabling the ministry to »speak with one voice«. On top of this, the superior department is »University, Further Education«, which shows that the two are considered as equivalent from the organisationalpolitical viewpoint.
Scientific Education This issue combines empirical and conceptual access points to research of an area of education which has been for the most part neglected by continuing education: What role does natural science knowledge play in the context of informal and non-formal learning processes of adults? And what impetus can be derived for the structure and design of teaching-learning arrangements in other areas? This issue provides insight into specific issues, providing a contribution to inter…
The author bridges the gap between culture and education by dealing with two sides of the coin. He initially observes a currently active interest in culture. Cultural education is a generally accepted objective in the field of cultural policy. By using a historical outline, the author illustrates this attribution to a lack of visions in cultural policies. Beneficiaries are institutions for cultural education as well as classical institutions for adult education such as adult education centres. …
The authors take the model of reproduction contexts, which has been developed by Josef Schrader in order to systematize the adult education sector, as a point of departure to discuss the possibilities of its empirical transfer. Based on the re-analysis of structural data of adult education institutions the problems of transfer of a theoretically developed model are explored. They conclude by outlining impulses for further discussions.
The article discusses the chances of using a gerontological data base (Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adulthood, German Acronym: ILSE) for analyses in educational biography research: Learning to age tends to be the central category of this analyses. The article comments on the current debate of aging and education and expounds the problems of politically driven activation of elders and the programmatic turn in the discussion. In a second step the article elaborates on what terms it is …
Der vorliegende Band präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Weiterbildungsstatistik im Verbund zum Berichtsjahr 2020. Die Statistik basiert auf einem gemeinsamen Kern von Merkmalen, der bei allen Einrichtungen der beteiligten Verbände BAK AL, DEAE, KEB und dem DVV als assoziiertem Partner erhoben wird. Sie liefert Daten zu institutionellen Strukturen, der Finanzierung und dem Personal sowie dem realisierten Veranstaltungsangebot und weiteren Leistungen der Einrichtungen in den vier Verbänden. Die Wei…
Der vorliegende Band präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Weiterbildungsstatistik im Verbund zum Berichtsjahr 2021. Die Statistik basiert auf einem gemeinsamen Kern von Merkmalen, der bei allen Einrichtungen der beteiligten Verbände BAK AL, DEAE, KEB und dem DVV als assoziiertem Partner erhoben wird. Sie liefert Daten zu institutionellen Strukturen, der Finanzierung und dem Personal sowie dem realisierten Veranstaltungsangebot und weiteren Leistungen der Einrichtungen in den vier Verbänden. Die Weite…
