100 Years of "Volkshochschule" in Germany -- 50 Years of DVV International: Signposts for Local and Global Comparative Perspectives on Adult Learning and Education

Autor/inn/en	Hinzen, Heribert; Meilhammer, Elisabeth
Titel	100 Years of "Volkshochschule" in Germany -- 50 Years of DVV International: Signposts for Local and Global Comparative Perspectives on Adult Learning and Education
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 68 (2022) 1, S.125-154 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-022-09944-y
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Adult Learning; International Cooperation; Institutional Cooperation; Educational Policy; Educational Legislation; Educational Finance; Comparative Education; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bildungsfonds; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Deutschland
Abstract	In 2019, German folk high schools -- "Volkshochschulen" (vhs) -- celebrated the centenary of their inclusion in the Constitution of the Weimar Republic in 1919, an era when they founded local centres in many parts of the country. Ever since, they have played an important part in the adult learning and education (ALE) sub-sector of the German education system, meanwhile reaching a participation level of almost 9 million learners per year. Under the umbrella of its national association "Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband" (DVV), founded in 1953, the vhs offers courses in a variety of subjects and different forms through roughly 900 adult learning centres and almost 3,000 local branches. In 1969, DVV expanded its operations with the establishment of its own institute for international cooperation. DVV International, whose 50th anniversary coincided with the vhs centenary, has institutionalised the diversity and ever-growing scale of cross-border and global cooperation activities of the national association. Marking both anniversaries generated a kind of collective cultural memory which located the vhs in the institutional foundations of a democratic society, and paved the way to advance policy dialogue. At the same time, these anniversaries also fed into a marketing strategy to mobilise higher levels of support and participation. DVV International used the example of the evolution of the vhs system to demonstrate the importance of interventions for better policy, legislation and financing at local, national, regional and global levels. Activities throughout the anniversary year included high-level events, conferences and workshops, publications and studies. Based on these activities and outputs, the authors consider and compare commonalities and differences of ALE milestones in other countries and regions of the world, and their potential for learning from the past for the future. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11