The collection ‘Further Education Program Archive Berlin/Brandenburg’, established by Prof. Wiltrud Gieseke in 1995 for the Department of Adult Education/Further Education, contains programs and information material from more than 1100 institutions in Berlin and Brandenburg. The aim of the collection is to reflect the entire spectrum of adult education/further education, taking into account open and closed further education. (presentation of the collection's origin and purpose)

With its unique collection profile, the continuing education program archive provides a unique database for research and teaching on the regional continuing education landscape and program planning activities at different structural and meso or macro didactic levels. The collected material can be used for questions particularly from program research, but also from organisational and addressee research.

The archiving of programs is ongoing and, where possible, begins retrospectively with the year 1990. However, in some institutions, these programs from the years around 1990 were no longer available by 1995. Furthermore, the continuing education market is in a state of constant change. New institutions and offers are emerging, others are disappearing from the market or are undergoing restructurings and continuing in a different form. In terms of forgetting, the adult education program archive can also become a memory for the developments in the adult education landscape.

Access to the archive and the internal database is on site by appointment only, by telephone or in writing, with the archivist Annika Müllner.

Contact:

Humboldt University Berlin
Faculty of Cultural, Social and Educational Sciences
Institute of Education
Adult Education/Continuing Education Department

Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin

Contact:

Ms Annika Müllner M. A. (Archivist/Documentalist)
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 7, 10117 Berlin, Room 313 (Archive)/Room 408
Tel.: +49-30-2093-66896 (Archive)/-66895 (Office)
E-mail: annika.muellner.1@hu-berlin.de

Director:

Prof. Dr. Aiga von Hippel
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 7, 10117 Berlin, Room 407
Tel.: +49-30-2093-4137
E-mail: aiga.von.hippel@hu-berlin.de

Studies and publications:

• Dehmer, M. (2018). Change in the field of health education from 1984 to 2015 with reference to social and health policy developments. An exemplary program analysis at the adult education centre Berlin Mitte. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 60.
• Dilger, I. (2016). Women's educational institutions and their offers – A program analysis of the educational offers of Berlin women's educational institutions. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 47.
• Elias, S. (2011). Intercultural training in internal higher education continuing education – a program analysis. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report,  20.
• Fawcett, E. (2016). Target group orientation in adult education using the example of the department ‘Offers for disabled and non-disabled people’ at the Nuremberg Education Centre - A program analysis. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report,  51.
• Fleige, M. (2007). Adult education in times of social upheaval. An institutional and program study using the example of the Berlin Evangelical Academy(ies) 1987-2004. Master's thesis. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 10.
• Garelova, S. (2020). Adult education in Islamic organisations in Germany. An analysis of the offers of Berlin mosques. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report,67.
• Georgieva, I. (2016). Recommendations for the development and maintenance of a topic-specific web archive for collections in higher education using the specific example of the collection of the Berlin/Brandenburg program archive of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Information Sciences’, Department of Information Sciences, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 48.
• Gieseke, W. & Opelt, K. (2003). Adult education in times of political upheaval: Program research Volkshochschule Dresden 1945–1997. Opladen: Leske und Budrich.
• Gieseke, W. et al. (2005). Cultural adult education in Germany: exemplary analysis of Berlin-Brandenburg. Volume 1 in the series Europeanisation through cultural education. Münster; New York; Munich; Berlin: Waxmann.
• Hecht, C. (2015). Development of professionalism in trainers. Further training offers in the area of program planning. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 42.
• Helmig, M. (2014). Cultural institutions as places of cultural adult education. A critical analysis of associated education using the example of the Jewish Museum Berlin. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Educational Science’, profile area III: Adult education/continuing education. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 35.
• Hinneburg, V. (2014). Women's education in transition – An exemplary program analysis of the ‘Flotte Lotte’ institution. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Educational Science’, profile area III: Adult education/continuing education. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 34.
• Jubin, B. (2012). Continuing education requirement in highly qualified professions using the example of engineers – focus on organisational structures and program planning. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 22.
• Keppler, S. (2008). Comparative analysis of the program planning process in continuing vocational training in Sonderjylland and Schleswig – focus on needs assessment and program development. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Educational Sciences’ at the Department of Adult Education/Continuing Education, Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy IV. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 14.
• Käpplinger, B. (2007). Degrees and certificates in continuing education. Published in the series of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Bonn. Bielefeld: Bertelsmann. Zugl.: Humboldt University Berlin, dissertation, 2006.
• Pohlmann, C. (2011). Ethics – not a topic in adult education? Synchronic and diachronic comparative analyses of course offerings on ethical issues. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Educational Sciences’, profile area III: Adult Education/Continuing Education. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 18.
• Raczek, H. (2001). Adult education/further education institutions in Berlin. Handbook 2000. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 4.
• Ibid. (2004). Adult education/continuing education institutions in the state of Brandenburg. Handbook 2003. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 5.
• Ibid. (2004). Adult education/continuing education institutions in Berlin. Handbook 2004. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 7.
• Raike, U. (2019). Addressing the target group in inclusive courses in general adult education using the example of the ERW-IN program at the Berlin adult education centres - a program analysis. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 64.
• Seifert, K. (2015). Program planning at centres for university teaching. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 44.
• Steffens-Meiners, C. (2017). Scope for program planning using the example of evangelical adult education. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 52.
• Tomaske-Graff, R.-D. (2020). Individual vocational training at adult education centres. An exemplary program analysis of didactic decisions against the background of forms of knowledge. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 68.
• Trampe-Kieslich, V. (2018). Inter- and transculturality at adult education centres in Berlin. A program analysis. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 57.
• Vorberger, S. (2012). Gender constructions in announcements in adult education. Bachelor's thesis in the degree program ‘Educational Sciences’, profile area III. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 21.
• Zelener, G. (2018). Zelener, G. (2018). Jewish adult education today. An analysis of selected institutions and their programs in Berlin. Master's thesis in the degree program ‘Adult Education/Lifelong Learning’. Berlin: Humboldt University. Adult Education Report, 61.