Our projects and publications regarding Literacy and Basic Education

Do you know the network "AlphaFunk", the "KANSAS" search or the database "PAG"? On this year's World Literacy Day, we present current research projects, networks and publications.

The DIE thus supports adults with low basic education and those who cannot read, write or calculate well.

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DIE Forum on Continuing Education 2023

Please make a note! The DIE Forum 2023 will take place on 4/5 December in Bonn. The topic: "Understanding transformations — promoting participation. Designing further education for just and sustainable progress". In order to be able to deal with the challenges in a positive way, diverse learning processes are necessary. The DIE Forum aims to stimulate discussion of the opportunities and tasks for adult and continuing education.

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Dictionary Adult Education: online and print version

The "Wörterbuch Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung" (Dictionary of Adult and Continuing Education) is a reference work that brings together current knowledge about adult and continuing education and its science. More than 300 keywords have been written by renowned experts according to the latest state of scientific discussion. It is available in print and as a freely accessible website.

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The ProfilPASS for women

Due to, for example, interrupted employment and part-time work as a result of childcare, women are more often in situations that put them at risk of poverty. This new edition of the ProfilPASS (English, German) is intended to support the counseling work and competence assessment with regard to (re)integration into the labor market. Through the ProfilPASS-supported counseling, women should be strengthened to shape their future in a self-determined way.

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