Die Spielweisen einer Community. Spielbetrieb Erwachsenenbildung

In this article the theory and practice of adult education are described as a system which sustains itself using certain rules of play. The author starts out with an introduction to the term _play/game_ placing particular emphasis on the fact that this game sets off further a cts of communication: further moves are made. Next, four dimensions are identified in which ways of playing games can be observed: the personal, the social, the organisational and the community dimension. Adult education is interwoven in to all four dimensions. Using the example of theoretical discussion and of practice, aspects of the game of adult educa tion are singled out : the types of game, where they are played, the rules and the types of player (playing by the rules , playing the fool, cheating).