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This paper argues that propaganda poses a (new) challenge to civic education. It examines the tension between education and propaganda in relation to civic education for adults considering (1) civic education as protection against propaganda attempts and (2) propaganda as a possible element of civic education. This paper explores didactical approaches and core principles of civic education that strive to both resist and deal with propaganda. The core proposal of the paper is to root civic education in the tradition of the German concepts of Bildung and Mündigkeit in order to contrast civic education with propaganda or manipulation. (DIPF/Orig.)

This article addresses the self-images of adult educators in view of exercising their professional agency in contexts of social transformation after the fall of the communist regimes. It draws on research undertaken in Poland, Ukraine and Russia in 2009 which investigated the self-perception and self-evaluation of adult educators with regard to their own educational practice—vis-à-vis the challenges of transition in general and of the need of rethinking the dictatorial past in particular. The interviews with 91 adult educators in three countries illustrate the impact of socio-political change in the period of democratization on the concept of one's professional identity. They also demonstrate how transition policies create dilemmas for practice which adult educators accommodate or resist. The article discusses how different self-images are linked to socio-political challenges of society in the transition times. It analyses the possibilities, challenges, impacts and constraints of different perception and forms of educational practice in the light of the current situation in three countries. (DIPF/Orig.)

This paper will present the results of a research project that deals with the topic coming to terms with the past as a problem of adult education. This project aims to define and describe dealing with a totalitarian past in educational institutions and its impact on civic education. It concentrates on Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

Lebenslange Lernpraxis ist heute in vielerlei Hinsicht eine Existenznotwendigkeit. Warum aber benötigt diese Praxis auch immer mehr Beratung? Und was macht andragogische Bildungsberatung im Kern aus?

Migrants, coming to Germany, must attend integration courses in order to obtain a residence permit. These courses are comprised of a language section as well as an orientation section. The latter's purpose is, according to the German Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), the transmission of knowledge of the German legal system, culture, and history and especially of democratic values of the German political system (BAMF, 2017, p. 6). This article examines the challenges that instructors and participants of those courses face when it comes to the teaching and learning of democratic values, based on a qualitative research conducted in 2018. As the theoretical lens, this article incorporates the concept of dialogue by Martin Buber. (DIPF/Orig.)

Der vorliegende Beitrag reflektiert die in den Wahl- respektive Regierungsprogrammen zur Bundestagswahl am 22. September 2013 formulierten Vorstellungen und Vorhaben der Parteien hinsichtlich lebenslangen Lernens. Der Überblick beschränkt sich auf die Positionen von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen1, CDU/CSU2, Die Linke3, FDP4 und SPD5 - also auf jene Parteien, die bereits jetzt im Bundestag vertreten sind und nach aktuellen demoskopischen Hochrechnungen die größten Aussichten auf einen erneuten Einzug in den Berliner Reichstag besitzen.

Migration is an old, perhaps perpetual, phenomenon. Currently, it is an urgent challenge involving huge numbers of people who leave their home in search of a better life. Differences in language, customs, and norms are often joined by specific manifestations of xenophobia born of particular differences between host countries and their current influx of migrants. In a pronounced way, then, migration reveals important societal questionsof solidarity, of identity, of transition and transformation, of human rights and obligations. The explorations in this collection highlight individual stories of migrants, showcase innovative research methods, and explore concepts and theories that might be usefully applied toward learning needs in a migration society. Including insights from scholars across 14 different countries, this book offers an international perspective on the role of adult education in addressing migration. Such international comparisons hold great potential for seeing new possibilities in any single country, whether in Europe, North America, or across the world.

Drawing attention to today's epistemic crisis, this article seeks to reflect on the role of adult education in addressing this crisis and thereby fostering our democracies. We argue for the need of developing a new shared epistemic basis, a post-postmodern dialogic epistemology. This article presents three core components for this: (1) universalism and particularism, (2) embracing epistemic humility, and (3) seeking for dialogue and the public use of reason. Starting with recognizing the value of postmodern critiques on the Enlightenment ideas of rational thinking and its practices of rigid categorizations, we update key concepts of Enlightenment thinking, such as the power of judgment, human epistemic fallibility, and public reasoning. The modern value of the Enlightenment lies for us predominantly in the democratic educational project that it started. In this light, we see adult education as a (public) space dedicated to developing epistemic responsibility. ; Drawing attention to today's epistemic crisis, this article seeks to reflect on the role of adult education in addressing this crisis and thereby fostering our democracies. We argue for the need of developing a new shared epistemic basis, a post-postmodern dialogic epistemology. This article presents three core components for this: (1) universalism and particularism, (2) embracing epistemic humility, and (3) seeking for dialogue and the public use of reason. Starting with recognizing the value of postmodern critiques on the Enlightenment ideas of rational thinking and its practices of rigid categorizations, we update key concepts of Enlightenment thinking, such as the power of judgment, human epistemic fallibility, and public reasoning. The modern value of the Enlightenment lies for us predominantly in the democratic educational project that it started. In this light, we see adult education as a (public) space dedicated to developing epistemic responsibility.

Grigorij Skovoroda (1722–1794) ist eine der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten der ukrainischen und russischen Pädagogik, Philosophie und Theologie. Er war Lehrer, Philosoph, Denker und ein stiller Kämpfer und Vermittler von Grundwahrheiten, aber auch Querdenker und engagierter Verfechter der Ideen der Selbstbildung und der Bildung als eines allgemein zugänglichen Gutes. "Das Geheimnis der Volkstümlichkeit dieses Gelehrten und Philosophen, der in einfacher, zu Herzen gehender Sprache mit allen Menschen zu reden vermochte, liegt sicher auch in seiner Bereitschaft, sich den Menschen persönlich zuzuwenden und mehr als das: sie zu besuchen und eine Zeitlang ihr Leben zu teilen. Dabei korrespondiert die Lebensform dieser eigentümlichen Freiheit des Lehrens einer Ungezwungenheit, einer echten Freiheit auch des Lernenden." Prof. Dr. Martha Friedenthal-Haase