Bremen adult education center
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The Bremer Volkshochschule (VHS) in Bremen - Mitte , Faulenstrasse 69 in the former, renovated Bamberg department store is a public company owned by the city of Bremen.
As an adult education center , it is a non-profit institution for further education for children, young people and adults.
history
One of the forerunners of the adult education centers was the educational work of the workers' and craftsmen's education associations and the popular education associations of the 19th century.
It was Pastor Emil Felden ( SPD ), a member of the Bremen citizenship , who suggested founding an adult education center after the First World War , after this institution had already proven itself in other places in the Reich . At that time it was also an attempt to introduce the former soldiers to a university education. Adult education in the political, social, economic and cultural fields should be improved.
The first adult education center in Bremen was established in 1919 and was associated with the establishment of the Lower Saxony Association of Adult Education Centers. On November 2, 1919 in the commercial building , the club Bremer community colleges founded and decided to establish a VHS. In Bremen the founders were u. a. the conservative pedagogue Alfred Schmidtmeyer , the pedagogue and later high school supervisor Gustav Dehning , the teacher Richard von Hoff and other teachers, editors and artists (such as Ernst Müller-Scheessel ). The historian Schwarzwälder mentioned: "Völkisch and national tones were unmistakable". In 1933 the VHS had 35 employees. In 1935 the Bremen Education Senator von Hoff ( NSDAP ) dissolved the association. After that, the tasks were taken over by the district training office of the NSDAP. In 1941 the Bremen People's Education Center was founded, which Hinrich Knittermeyer (NSDAP) headed until 1945.
In October 1946, on the instructions of the American military government, a public youth college was established in Bremen. In November 1946 a branch was set up in Bremen-Nord . The Bremen adult education center developed from this. In 1952 the report was created for the Senator for Education Willy Dehnkamp (SPD). With the establishment of Bremen town houses since the 1970s, VHS branch offices have also sprung up in various parts of the city. In 1999 the VHS was given the legal status of a municipal company in Bremen . The VHS has been based in the Bamberg House since 2007. The VHS Language Center has existed since 2015.
Educational offers
The objective of the VHS is regulated in the Bremen Continuing Education Act (BremVHSOG § 2 Paragraph 1) with “a public, generally accessible central and decentralized educational offer”.
In 2017, the VHS Bremen presented around 2500 events on 300 pages. The VHS offers programs for children and young people, parents and families, the elderly, women, companies and teachers.
It offers various courses in the areas of society, politics and culture, languages, work and occupation, IT and IT, the environment, health, exercise and relaxation, as well as eating and drinking.
Children and young people receive vacation and tutoring offers. For families, educational topics are dealt with. Learning in old age is given in-depth attention. There are programs for women who want to learn with other women and from teachers. Specific offers are also being set up for companies. New course leaders are prepared and all teachers can take courses on methodical and subject-specific topics.
organization
The VHS is part of the Senator for Culture . The supervisory body is a works committee of the city citizenship, which includes members of the Bremen citizenship as well as representatives of the employees.
84 employees and 940 course instructors from over 40 nations work at nine locations. Every year around 54,000 participants take part in around 4,000 events (around 2017).
The VHS is financed 56% from revenues and 44% from public grants (around 2014).
The Pedagogical Conference is a coordination point between the departments, branches, director and the central services and serves to ensure quality.
A course instructor council is elected for two years.
The VHS is integrated into numerous networks and implements joint offers and projects with its partners. It cooperates with around 120 institutions.
Membership in organizations and initiatives exist in the German Adult Education Association , Work and Life Bremen of the German Trade Union Federation , bremen digital media , Bremen Language Council , Federal Association for Literacy and Basic Education , City Initiative Bremen Werbung , Interest Group Medienmeile Bremen , Kultur vor Ort , Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit Bremen , Location community Stephani and association of labor market policy service providers in Bremen .
The director of the VHS is Dr. Sabina Schoefer.
Locations
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The VHS is at the locations
- VHS - headquarters in Bamberger in Bremen-Mitte, Faulenstrasse 69
- VHS - regional office north in the Gustav-Heinemann- Bürgerhaus in Vegesack , Kirchheide 49 / Sedanplatz
- VHS - regional office east in the Vahr in the community center Neue Vahr, Berliner Freiheit 10
- VHS - Regional Office South in Kattenturm , Theodor-Billroth-Straße 5
- VHS - Regional Office West in Gröpelingen , Gröpelinger Heerstraße 226
- VHS in the old lost property office in the eastern suburb , Auf der Kuhlen 1A next to the house in the district
- VHS in Plantation 13 in Findorff
- VHS - Language Center in Bremen - Mitte, Faulenstrasse 67 next to the Bamberg house
- VHS at Bremen Central Station , Breitenweg 2 with a focus on IT and work
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Web links
- Bremen adult education center
- Literature from and about Bremer Volkshochschule in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ local law on Bremer community college own operation of the municipality of Bremen (BremVHSOG). Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , April 12, 2011, accessed on October 31, 2018 .