Diese Ausgabe der DIE Zeitschrift thematisiert Veränderungen der Funktion von Weiterbildung für die Erwachsenenbildung und damit veränderte Anforderungen an die Kursleitenden. Kompakte Lernorganisationsformen und die Vernetzung von Lernorten und Akteuren auf dem Weiterbildungsmarkt gewinnen an Bedeutung, immer mehr unterschiedliche Lernanforderungen werden in Lernarrangements integriert. Dabei erhält die Vermittlungskompetenz des Kursleitenden gegnüber der Fachkompetenz einen höheren Stellenwer…
“The Ideal World of the Bildungbürger and Rural “Borderline Experiences” Programmes of German adult education centres in 1957 In this article course programmes of German adult education centres in 1957 are examined from the perspectives of four time-witnesses of German social history during the Cold War: (1) What memories are stimulated among time-witnesses as to what the courses were really like? (2) What approach is used in the cover text? (3) What differences can one find when comparing th…
Der Schritt vom Paar zur Familie ist groß: Ein Kind zu bekommen, ist ein einschneidendes, alles veränderndes Ereignis. Dennoch wird die Familiengründung noch viel zu selten als kritisches Lebensereignis verstanden, das einer besonderen Beachtung bedarf. Über den Übergang zur Familie, damit einhergehende Herausforderungen und mögliche Bildungsangebote für die Familiengründung sprach Redakteurin Julia Lyß mit der Paar- und Familientherapeutin Eva Tillmetz.
In the usually clearly word- and text-oriented research field of adult education, for a while now, approaches have been observed, which understand visual presentations as data to be analyzed in a methodically controlled way. These data are used in order to generate and substantiate knowledge about adult education, whereby intensity, contexts, theoretical background and methods or methodology are different. This article presents these approaches in the research fields focusing on students, progr…
How to relate Natural Sciences to Adult Education Drawing on an intensive debate on the improvement of scientific literacy going on in Germany for more than ten years, this article deals with possible contributions of adult education. Starting with the marginal supply of science courses for adults, I focus on typical didactical arrangements and concepts. Based on an empirical study, exemplary didactical concepts are analysed regarding aims, topics, course type, and audience. The results are…
Geld kann es für Bildung nie genug geben. Darüber sind sich alle Akteure – von den Betrieben über die Einrichtungen und Anbieter der Weiterbildung bis hin zu den Teilnehmenden – einig. Dennoch bestimmen Rationalisierung, Effizienzsteigerung und die Abwägung von Kosten-Nutzen-Relationen auch die Diskussion um die Finanzierung von Weiterbildung. Die Bildungspolitik versucht ihrerseits, die Kosten der Erwachsenenbildung auf verschiedene „Schultern“ zu verteilen und Förderungen gezielter einzuset…
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…
The National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) reflects upon adult learning from the perspective of a life profile. The article describes the system and methodological approach of the NEPS with a special focus on the group of adults. The education and employment history as well as the consequent competence development of the adult working age population is analyzed. Overall, 60,000 people are surveyed in the NEPS including more than 11,000 adults. First data is already available to the expert publ…
Adult education and its terminology This article focuses on the interaction between the history of ideas and adult education. The question of the disciplinary and the individual self-conception, which can be extended by an approach from the history of the understanding of concepts, is central to this consideration. After discribing the possible usage of general terminology it offers different perspectives and levels for adult educational analysis. As a conclusion it discusses to which extent…
