Sokrates Grundtvig Learning Partnership Volkshochschule Schrobenhausen e. V. Halk Eğitim Merkezi Schrobenhausen Sense of Ecotourism

Anamur Project Meeting 28 th – 31 st Oct. 2013

Who are we? - Where do we come from? - What are we doing?

Where we come from: Schroben- hausen

Where we come from: Schrobenhausen

Medieval fortification in autumn and winter.

Schrobenhausen – some Basics (I) Schrobenhausen is a rural town in Southern Bavaria 60 km north of Munich Schrobenhausen has almost inhabitants The beginnings of the town date back to the 9 th century

Schrobenhausen – some Basics (II) Schrobenhausen has a vital Turkish community. There are about 600 Turkish speakers (3.5 % of the population) The are two mosques: „Fatih Merkez Camii“ and „Schrobenhausen Camii“

Schrobenhausen – some Basics (III) Aspargus and underground engineering Kuşkonmaz

Schrobenhausen – some Basics (IV) European Asparagus Museum Franz von Lenbach ( ) Portrait Painter

Adult education: A Glimpse of History (I) Early rudiments date back to the 18 th century (Age of Enlightenment) In 1844 Nikolai Grundtvig opened the first „volkehøjskole“ (Volkshochschule) in Denmark. Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig ( ) Halk Eğitim

Adult education: A Glimpse of History (II) The origins of adult education in Germany go back to the workpeoples’ education organisations. The first “Volkshochschule” was opened in Berlin in the year Today there are in Germany 940 adult schools (“Volks- hochschulen”) with full-time employees and part-time teachers. There are more than attendants a year.

Adult education: Basics of Organisation In Germany education is a task of the Federal States. Every Federal State has ist own legislation for education and so for adult education as well. In Bavaria adult education is in the responsibility of town and district administrations. In Bavaria quite a lot of adult schools are managed by non- profit incorporated societies on behalf of the town administration, like in Schrobenhausen. These societies are funded by local administrations on the town and district level and (a very little part) by the state of Bavaria, but are often forced to act more in an economical than in a pedagogical way by lack of aid.

vhs – some Basics (I) Volkshochschule (vhs) Schrobenhausen is a non- profit organisation for adult education. vhs Schrobenhausen is serving the town of Schrobenhausen and its environs totalling about inhabitants. vhs Schrobenhausen offers about 600 courses, seminars, lectures and other performances a year.

vhs – some Basics (II) vhs Schrobenhausen counts 5300 to 5500 attendants a year. We offer courses in 10 languages, information technology, psychology, education, history, law, literature, painting, music, health, dancing, cookery, ecology etc. vhs Schrobenhausen is managed by the headmaster and three part- time assistants. There are 156 free- lance teachers and lecturers. vhs Schrobenhausen‘s Head Office in the historic town centre.

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