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Jost Reischmann (ed): Papers presented at the Standing Conference on the History of Adult Education (IESVA), Sept. 27-30, 2006, Bamberg, Germany Reischmann, Jost: Introduction and Results.................................3 Part 1: General Perspectives on “Adult Educators” ...................7 Bélanger, Paul: On Becoming an Adult Educator. What happened since CONFINTEA V ? ..............................................................7 Boucouvalas, Marcie: On Becoming an Adult Educator The Meaning of and Possibilities for Historical Research in Adult Education....................................................19 Jost Reischmann (ed): Savicevic, Dusan: Convergence or Divergence of Ideas on Andragogy in Different Countries .............................................27 “On Becoming an Adult Educator - Tøsse, Sigvart: The ideal of selfeducation in popular adult historical and contemporary aspects” education A historical and comparative perspective .................51 Avoseh, Mejai B.M.: Without Genealogy: A Search for the Unwritten History of Adult Education in Traditional Africa .........73 Papers presented at the Part 2: “Historic Persons” becoming Adult Educators..............85 Henschke, John A.: Malcolm S. Knowles: Four Major Historical 11th Standing International Conference Social Movements that Influenced Him and on the He Influenced as He Became An Adult Educator .....................85 Heuer, Klaus: Sind es dann doch die Verhältnisse? Wie Fritz Laack History of Adult Education Erwachsenenpädagogik lernte und sie möglicherweise auch wieder verlernte Die Tagebücher von 192527 als neue Zugänge zur Berufsgeschichte der Erwachsenenbildung......................115 Isac, Ionut: How to become an ‘adult educator’ in the interwar Romania: the examples of Nicolae Iorga and Dimitrie Gusti ...131 Kloubert, Tetyana: Hryhoriy Skovoroda as a wandering teacher and searcher for happiness ...................................................141 Németh, Balázs: Why did István Türr become an adult educator? Bamberg, Germany Personal aims and actions in the establisment, national September 27-30, 2006 development of Folk Education Circles (Népoktatási Körök)...155 Bezenšek, Jana: Jurij Jug's Role In Development Of Slovene Adult Education. Podnapis: the andragogical “ambassador” of Slovenia on the European scene .................165 Busto Gilligan, Shauna: Adult education in twentieth century Ireland – towards recognition of the full story. An Examination Source: Reischmann, Jost (ed) (2006): “On Becoming an Adult Educator historical and contemporary aspects”. Bamberg. http://andragogy.net/conference2006.htm Bamberg Conference 2006 3 of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Reischmann, Jost Sacred Heart (temperance movement) ..................................179 Bamberg University, Germany Theiss, Wiesław / Bron, Michal Jr: Freedom fighter – Instructor – jost.reischmann@unibamberg.de Professional On becoming an adult educator in Poland .........197 Schiebel, Martina / Miete, Ingrid: Adult educators, political models Introduction - and Results and moral leaders: Instructors of "Workers' and This conference in Bamberg, Germany, September 2730, 2006 was Peasants' Colleges"(ABF). Biographical, institutional part of an ongoing series of conferences dealing with the history of and professional processes in the 1950s of GDR...................215 adult education. These were the preceding conferences: Morris, Roger K.: The Formal Education of Adult Education Prac titioners in Australia: The Case of UTS and Its Precursors .....231 Standing International Conference on the History of Adult Education Faber, Werner: My Way to Andragogy Autobiographical 1986 Oxford/Great Britain Reflections ............................................................................249 1988 Aachen/Germany The State and Adult Education 1990 Jerusalem/Israel Adult Education in Crisis Situations Part 3: Contemporary Aspects..................................................265 1992 Strobl/Austria National Identity and Adult Groß, Maritta: Why do people decide to study andragogy and what Education happens during their studies? A qualitative research study. ..265 1994 Brdo/Slovenia Democracy and Adult Education Karm, Mari: Adult educators’ career trajectories, learning patterns 1996 Jena/Germany Personality and Biography in the and educational philosophy−connections, contradictions .......275 History of Adult Education Henning Loeb, Ingrid: Development and Change in Municipal 1998e Dundee/Scotland The Rise and Fall of Adult Adult Education Life History Studies and Narrative Education Institutions and Social Analysis of Teacher Trajectories............................................289 Movements Traynor, Garry John: The Modern Postmodern Divide. 2000 Pécs/Hungary Ethics, Ideals, and Ideologies in the Differing Motivations of Adult Learners?.................................305 History of Adult Education 2002 Leiden/Netherlands Adult Education and Globalisation: Nuissl, Ekkehard: Profession and Professional Work in Adult Past and Present Education in Europe ..............................................................323 2005 Helsinki/Finland Lifelong Learning and Migration: Egetenmeyer, Regina: European Master in Adult Education. A Historical and contemporary Curriculum for Transnational European Education perspectives of Adult Educators .................................................................331 2006 Bamberg/Germany On becoming an Adult Educator Hinzen, Heribert / Przybylska, Ewa: Studies of the past and cooperation for the future in the training of adult The focus “On Becoming an Adult Educator – historical, contemporary, institutionalized, individual aspects” opened a wide educators at universities. Preparation, implementation and results of the TEACH project .................................................341 range of questions: One root of this conference theme can be seen in the 1996 Popovic, Katarina: International Projects and Comparative historyconference in Jena, Germany, exploring the theme Adult Education. The Example of EBiS ..................................355 “Personality and Biography in the History of Adult Education”, dealing Zmeyov, Serguey I.: Andragogy and adult educators’ training in with personalities (internationally wellknown or just of regional/local Russia: Actual state and trends .............................................369 influence), their biography, influence, and legacy. In our conference Participants of the Conference: ................................................377 historic personalities can be researched under the specific focus: How did important (historic) personalities / individuals "became adult educators"? Source: Reischmann, Jost (ed) (2006): “On Becoming an Adult Educator historical and contemporary aspects”. Bamberg. http://andragogy.net/conference2006.htm 4 Bamberg Conference 2006 Jost Reischmann: Introduction and Results 5 What was their understanding of “adult education”? good example of a scholars “way to andragogy”. How did their surrounding “world” then (and perhaps now) The Professional graduated from a University Adult Education perceive their activities? Program and works mostly on a higher hierarchylevel in Institu Volunteers, "Moonlighters", moral leaders, knowledgeexperts, tion (not necessary “adult educational”), but in staff or (semi)professionals historic examples and developments. organizational development, politics, parliament, CEO, armed In which different ways in different times/countries/cultures one forces, church, hospital, research, … The historic papers do not became an "Adult Educator"? contain examples (no wonder this is a quite new development), Are there / had there been different types / categories of adult but the “contemporary” papers describe this group (Gross pp. educators? 271, Egetenmeyer pp. 337, Hinzen/Przybylska pp. 347). How did the role of adult educators develop in institutions? Vocational: Fully employed/paid, often planning, managing which A second aspect this conference deals with the contemporary implies that institutions exist. Not necessary for adult education, situation of adult educators: but also in HRD, cultural institutions, media etc. Often not trained What is the knowledge / the competencies / the attitudes in Adult Education (Karm: “that they often have not had the expected from adult educators in different historic and opportunity to study how to do their job” p. 275, but “grown into contemporary movements / institutions / traditions? the field” (Karm pp. 281, Henning Loeb pp. 295, Zmeyov pp. 376). What are individual growth and learning processes adult Developer: Grassrooter, facilitator, not teaching, but supporting educators go through? individuals, groups, and institutions to solve their problems Education of Adult Educators: What training schemes are themselves by learning. Could be vocation or volunteer, available? (selfmade) grassrooters, .dialogers, interactionists, integrators. Certification of adult educators? Not “knowing better”, but “supporting learning”. Example: Oleson Is an adult educator a teacher? Professional roles of adult and the Study Circle Movement (Tosse, esp. pp. 58). educators. Teacher: Could be andragogical trained, or subject matter specialist What can be trained, what is “personality”? (often not feeling as “adult educator”). Range from fully paid to Of course not all these questions could be answered. But the papers (mostly) parttimer to highspirited volunteer,