Wissensvermittlung und Aneignungsorientierung. Antworten der Erwachsenenbildung/Weiterbildung auf den gesellschaftlichen Wandel des Umgangs mit Wissen und Nicht-Wissen

Transformations in German adult and continuing education (ACE) are discussed in their relation to more far-reaching transformations in society concerning the ways in which knowledge and non-knowledge are processed. Some features of the discourse related to the notion of „knowledge society” as well as empirical findings on the general spreading of knowledge transfer activities are pointed out, before three instances of change in ACE are discussed. While issues of transferring knowledge appear to become a ubiquitous phenomenon and no longer are a distinguished feature of ACE, ACE seems to specialize on the task of facilitating and assessing the acquisition of knowledge by differentiating, reinforcing and expanding its focus on this issue.