Kürzer und kompakter. Veränderungen von Zeitstrukturen bei VHS-Veranstaltungen

Data on adult education centres kept since 1962 shows interesting longitudinal historical results regarding time structures for adult education classes offered at adult education centres: (1) The increase in continuing education activities which can be observed on the whole is only accounted for by course-type classes, not by individual classes. (2) The average course time has decreased by about 20 percent over the last 20 years. (3) With respect to forms of time organisation, the evening course taking place once a week has lost importance. In contrast, classes during the day and courses taking place sev eral times a week have become more prevalent. The results are presented broken down according to topical areas.