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Adult education has multiple histories in countries around the globe. In the case of Germany, the year 1919 is of high importance, as the Volkshochschulen (vhs)—literally translated as folk high schools, more broadly as adult education centres—became a constitutional matter. Today, they are the larg...

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Έκδοση: Firenze University Press 2022
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-561592022-06-02T03:23:03Z Chapter 100 Years of Volkshochschule – 50 Years of DVV International. Local and Global Perspectives on Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Hinzen, Heribert CONFINTEA / UNESCO history profession sustainable development Adult education has multiple histories in countries around the globe. In the case of Germany, the year 1919 is of high importance, as the Volkshochschulen (vhs)—literally translated as folk high schools, more broadly as adult education centres—became a constitutional matter. Today, they are the largest institutionalized form of adult education in Germany with millions of participants every year. In 1969, the ongoing international activities of the vhs were insti-tutionalized into what is known today as DVV International. This year’s celebrations are used for contextualizing the development of adult education and thus for remembering the past with a view to the future of our profession. 2022-06-01T12:15:10Z 2022-06-01T12:15:10Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855181549_342 2704-5781 9788855181549 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56159 eng Studies on Adult Learning and Education application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 14720.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-154-9_18 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-155-6.14 10.36253/978-88-5518-155-6.14 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855181549 12 13 Florence open access
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