Educational association for social learning and communication
The educational association for social learning and communication e. V. is a non-profit adult education institution in Hanover . At the four learning locations in the districts of Südstadt , List , Linden-Nord and Hainholz, it offers over 1,800 courses, seminars , educational leave and working groups each year .
The main office of the institution, also known as “Bildungsverein” for short in Hanover, has been at Stadtstrasse 17 in the southern part of the city since January 1, 2020, the former NILEG office.
history
The association, which claims to be politically, religiously and ideologically independent, emerged from the socio-cultural "scene" of the 1970s and 1980s, which was characterized by catchphrases such as "culture for everyone", "culture from everyone" and "cultural work is politics". The current association was established in 1981 from the context of the self-administered pavilion and partly with the same initiators. The combination of development history, sponsorship, organizational structure, variety of offers and scope of work makes the educational association unique in Germany. Today (2016) the educational association is the second largest adult education center in Lower Saxony.
Objective and legal status
Based on Section 1 of the Lower Saxony Adult Education Act, the association has the following definition of adult education:
- “Adult education is an independent, equal part of the education system and encompasses general, political, cultural and vocational education. The content of adult education is determined by the educational needs of adults. Adult education should offer all people, regardless of their gender and age, their education, social and professional position, their political and ideological orientation and their nationality, the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills required for the free development of their personality and the shaping of society and to acquire skills. "
Since January 1, 1985, the association has been recognized as a local adult education institution entitled to financial aid in accordance with Section 3 of Lower Saxony's Adult Education Act. In Lower Saxony there are currently 60 such institutions, mostly run by municipalities or districts, 58 of which are called “Adult Education Centers”.
organization structure
The executive pedagogical management team currently consists of two people with collective overall responsibility, with certain management tasks and the pedagogical departments being assigned to individual managers. Other educational staff are responsible for various third-party funded projects. Over 350 lecturers are freelance workers and receive contracts for work and services for courses, seminars or educational leave. The association conducts its events at four learning locations with 54 seminar rooms in Hanover.
Conception
In addition to the educational content, the social and communicative aspects of learning are considered particularly important. Educational offers create places and occasions where people of different origins and nationalities come into personal contact. The educational association sees itself as a field of orientation in a rapidly changing society.
Affiliations
The association is a member of the Association of Lower Saxony Educational Initiatives , the Lower Saxony State Association of Adult Education Centers and the Society for Cultural Policy. It is the office of the Lower Saxony Integration Council and the AG Stadtleben - an association for researching and discussing the relationship between city and culture.
literature
- Peter Schulze : Bildungsverein In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 67.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detlef HO Kopmann: Wedekindstrasse - From the villa district to the thoroughfare. In: Oststadt Journal , February 2007 edition; Archive link ( Memento from September 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the page hannover-oststadt.de , ed. by Eckhard von Knorre, Achim Sohns, Uwe Brennenstuhl (District Information System Hannover-Oststadt), last accessed on February 25, 2013