Susanne Lattke is research associate at the German Institute for Adult Education at the Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE) in Bonn (Germany).Wolfgang Jütte is professor for Continuing Education at Bielefeld University (Germany).

• Contents: Wolfgang Jütte/Susanne Lattke: International and comparative perspectives in the field of professionalisation – Helen Murphy: The professionalisation of adult education in Ireland. An exploration of the current discourse, debate and policy developments – Richard Wittorski: Professionalisation: Issues, meanings and ways in the French context – Joachim Ludwig/Stephanie Günther: Insights from Germany: Theoretical models of professional knowledge and their relevance for empirical research – Petra Heidegred Steiner: Professional cultures and a new conceptualisation of profession. Theoretical contributions to professionalisation of adult education – Regina Egetenmeyer/Ingeborg Schüßler: Academic professionalisation in Master’s programmes in adult and continuing education. Towards an internationally comparative research design – Katrin Karu/Larissa Jõgi: From professional studies to learning experiences - creating learning possibilities for adult educators – Susanne Lattke: An international core curriculum for the training of adult educators: Curriculum globALE. Professionalisation between convergence and diversity – Georgios K. Zarifis/Achilleas Papadimitriou: Identification of key comparable professional competences for adult educators in the European context. A proposed model framework – Christian Marx/Annika Goeze/Josef Schrader: Adult education teachers’ pedagogical-psychological knowledge. Potential elements and test development – Bernd Käpplinger/Thomas J. Sork: Making program planning more visible: what to do when they don’t know what they don’t know – Annika Goeze/Dorett Schneider: What creates and regulates access to the adult education profession? A research project on recruiting practices.

Susanne Lattke is research associate at the German Institute for Adult Education at the Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE) in Bonn (Germany).Wolfgang Jütte is professor for Continuing Education at Bielefeld University (Germany).

• Contents: Wolfgang Jütte/Susanne Lattke: International and comparative perspectives in the field of professionalisation – Helen Murphy: The professionalisation of adult education in Ireland. An exploration of the current discourse, debate and policy developments – Richard Wittorski: Professionalisation: Issues, meanings and ways in the French context – Joachim Ludwig/Stephanie Günther: Insights from Germany: Theoretical models of professional knowledge and their relevance for empirical research – Petra Heidegred Steiner: Professional cultures and a new conceptualisation of profession. Theoretical contributions to professionalisation of adult education – Regina Egetenmeyer/Ingeborg Schüßler: Academic professionalisation in Master’s programmes in adult and continuing education. Towards an internationally comparative research design – Katrin Karu/Larissa Jõgi: From professional studies to learning experiences - creating learning possibilities for adult educators – Susanne Lattke: An international core curriculum for the training of adult educators: Curriculum globALE. Professionalisation between convergence and diversity – Georgios K. Zarifis/Achilleas Papadimitriou: Identification of key comparable professional competences for adult educators in the European context. A proposed model framework – Christian Marx/Annika Goeze/Josef Schrader: Adult education teachers’ pedagogical-psychological knowledge. Potential elements and test development – Bernd Käpplinger/Thomas J. Sork: Making program planning more visible: what to do when they don’t know what they don’t know – Annika Goeze/Dorett Schneider: What creates and regulates access to the adult education profession? A research project on recruiting practices.

Susanne Lattke is research associate at the German Institute for Adult Education at the Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE) in Bonn (Germany).Wolfgang Jütte is professor for Continuing Education at Bielefeld University (Germany).

• Contents: Wolfgang Jütte/Susanne Lattke: International and comparative perspectives in the field of professionalisation – Helen Murphy: The professionalisation of adult education in Ireland. An exploration of the current discourse, debate and policy developments – Richard Wittorski: Professionalisation: Issues, meanings and ways in the French context – Joachim Ludwig/Stephanie Günther: Insights from Germany: Theoretical models of professional knowledge and their relevance for empirical research – Petra Heidegred Steiner: Professional cultures and a new conceptualisation of profession. Theoretical contributions to professionalisation of adult education – Regina Egetenmeyer/Ingeborg Schüßler: Academic professionalisation in Master’s programmes in adult and continuing education. Towards an internationally comparative research design – Katrin Karu/Larissa Jõgi: From professional studies to learning experiences - creating learning possibilities for adult educators – Susanne Lattke: An international core curriculum for the training of adult educators: Curriculum globALE. Professionalisation between convergence and diversity – Georgios K. Zarifis/Achilleas Papadimitriou: Identification of key comparable professional competences for adult educators in the European context. A proposed model framework – Christian Marx/Annika Goeze/Josef Schrader: Adult education teachers’ pedagogical-psychological knowledge. Potential elements and test development – Bernd Käpplinger/Thomas J. Sork: Making program planning more visible: what to do when they don’t know what they don’t know – Annika Goeze/Dorett Schneider: What creates and regulates access to the adult education profession? A research project on recruiting practices.