Bücher von Horst Siebert

Didaktik ist der Kern der Bildungsarbeit in Theorie und Praxis. Didaktik ist jedoch nicht nur Lehre, sondern Ansprache von Zielgruppen sowie Gestaltung von Bildungsprogrammen und Lernkulturen. Zur Didaktik gehören deshalb auch die Ermittlung des Bildungsbedarfs und der Bildungsbedürfnisse, die Qualitätssicherung und eine ökologische Bilanzierung.Das hier dargestellte didaktische Konzept orientiert sich an der Erkenntnistheorie des Konstruktivismus. Diese neurobiologisch fundierte Theorie betont, dass Lernen ein selbstgesteuerter, biographisch beeinflusster Prozess ist. Lernen wird also nicht lediglich als eine Reaktion auf Lehre verstanden. Überspitzt formuliert: Erwachsene sind lernfähig, aber unbelehrbar; sie lernen nur das, was für sie relevant und "viabel" ist; sie hören nur zu, wenn sie zuhören wollen.Konstruktivistisch gesehen ist Didaktik vor allem die Planung von Lernmöglichkeiten, die die Selbstverantwortung der Lernenden respektiert. Hierzu liefert das Buch zentrales Didaktik-Wissen und gibt wertvolle Orientierungshilfen zum didaktischen Handeln.

Wie Erwachsene lernen, erklärt Horst Siebert leicht verständlich und wissenschaftlich fundiert in seinem Grundlagenwerk. Das Buch bietet Orientierungswissen und einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft: Lernforschung, biografisches Lernen, Lehr-Lernsituationen, Bildung in postmodernen Gesellschaften und Theorieentwicklung in der Erwachsenenbildung. Diese dritte, vollständig überarbeitete Auflage enthält einen neuen Beitrag von Matthias Rohs zur Erwachsenenbildung in der digitalisierten Gesellschaft.Horst Siebert's basic work explains in a comprehensible but scientifically grounded manner how adults learn. The book provides orientational knowledge and a comprehensive overview of the current state of research: Learning research, biographical learning, teaching-learning situations, education in postmodern societies, and the development of theoretical approaches in the field of adult education. This completely reworked third volume includes a new article on adult education in digitalised societies by Matthias Rohs.

The book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes different policy approaches to the environmental problem. The sixth edition is updated data and contains additional topics.

In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and an unsustainable social security system. Horst Siebert spells out the reforms necessary to overcome these shortcomings. Taking a broader view than other recent books on the German economy, he considers Germany's fiscal policy stance, product market regulation, capital market, environmental policy, aging and immigration policies, and its system for human capital formation as well as Germany's role in the European Union, including the euro zone. Germany's system of economic governance emerges as a common theme as Siebert examines why this onetime economic powerhouse is today a faltering giant. He argues that what Germany needs, above all, is a market renaissance; that it must throw off the shackles of its social welfare economy and of its hallmark consensus approach, whereby group-based cooperative decision-making has undermined competition and markets. In doing so he examines both the country's social security system and its labor market, including trade unions. His focus throughout is on Germany's present concerns, foreseeable future problems, and long-term policy issues. The definitive word on the postwar German economy to the present day, The German Economy is essential reading for economists and finance professionals as well as students, researchers, and others interested in modern-day Germany and its place and prospects at the heart of Europe.

Rules for the Global Economy is a timely examination of the conditions under which international rules of globalization come into existence, enabling world economic and financial systems to function and stabilize. Horst Siebert, a leading figure in international economics, explains that these institutional arrangements, such as the ones that govern banking, emerge when countries fail to solve economic problems on their own and cede part of their sovereignty to an international order. Siebert demonstrates that the rules result from a trial-and-error process--and usually after a crisis--in order to prevent pointless transaction costs and risks. Using an accessible and nonmathematical approach, Siebert links the rules to four areas: international trade relations, factor movements, financial flows, and the environment. He looks at the international division of labor in the trade of goods and services; flow of capital; diffusion of technology; migration of people, including labor and human capital; protection of the global environment; and stability of the monetary-financial system. He discusses the role of ethical norms and human rights in defining international regulations, and argues that the benefits of any rules system should be direct and visible. Comprehensively supporting rules-based interactions among international players, the book considers future issues of the global rules system.