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TRANSIT Salon on inclusion and exclusion in a migration society
The aim of the event was to gain insights into the meaning of inclusion and exclusion in a society characterised by migration and to reflect together on what this might mean for the future of adult education.
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If only I had been a better teacher!
I didn’t understand the strangeness of what my guest was experiencing. How could I have been a successful teacher under these circumstances? I undoubtedly lacked a certain professionalism.
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When learning merges with work
Recently, I was talking to a young biologist. He told me that his subject is very exciting because nature never ceases to surprise him. The same species of fish can exist in both northern and southern waters, but the local variants behave completely differently. Having studied one does not mean you understand the other. That…
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Changing needs and educational services: A negotiation process
In my opinion, the potential of the third TRANSIT trend report «The more flexible – The better?» is astonishing. It combines scientifically sound and informative knowledge in a coherent way with a determined concern for action and creation. In my contribution, I will try to describe what I mean. When urgent social problems are analysed,…
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Life skills or vocation-specific knowledge?
When I talk about TRANSIT in my private life, I am often asked which technical skills we absolutely have to learn in order not to be left behind in the future labour market. For example, someone recently asked me for an assessment of how a company in the IT sector can succeed in ensuring that…
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The carpenter in me – or self-directed learning in a self-test
Fishing for the right tutorial in the YouTube Ocean is not that easy if you don’t want to be driven by chance. For self-directed learning to be reasonably efficient, it requires skills that usually have nothing to do with the learning goal.
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In what way do adult education and basic vocational education share a common future?
Together with Irena Sgier and Sabin Müller and with the collaboration of several committed experts, I recently published the third TRANSIT trend report «The more flexible – the better? ». In this report, we discuss societal developments and their implications for the adult education of the future. From the discussion about trends towards flexibility, we…
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Why I prefer to learn from humans
If you migrate to a foreign country, you have to learn at least one new language. The apologists of artificial intelligence promise that soon everyone will have a digital tutor at their disposal to address individual concerns. But would such a tutor also be able to convey the lifestyle of another culture? Individual tutoring for…
