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TRANSIT opens the next chapter

by Ronald Schenkel

Flexibilisation will be at the centre of TRANSIT's attention in the near future. The topic swung just above in the recent survey conducted by the think tank for adult education. The survey also showed that the interest in future issues of adult education and in opening new horizons of thinking is unbroken.

November 17, 2021
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Agenda
June 16, 2020

Releasing the Chained Giant

Our second trend report is available for download. Its title is: Releasing the Chained Giant. A notable aspect of...

by Ronald Schenkel
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February 7, 2020

The concept of heterotopia

In the TRANSIT Salon of January 2020, Ulla Klingovsky, Professor of Adult Education, explained heterotopias.

by Ronald Schenkel
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November 13, 2019

Special issue of “Education Permanente”

In June, the journal Education Permanente focused on the future of continuing education.

by Ronald Schenkel
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Cover Education Permanente
June 14, 2019

First trend report and much more

TRANSIT has published a first trend report in which the work of the last years is summarized.

by Ronald Schenkel
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Public event TRANSIT
January 22, 2019

Take off in the transit zone

The first public event of the Think Tank TRANSIT took place in Zurich on January 16th. Almost 90 people...

by Ronald Schenkel
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September 24, 2018

The future may be more collaborative

One of the assumptions is that collaborative learning and working, perhaps also collaborative learning and working of human and...

by Ronald Schenkel
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Interviews

Interviews, Kaeser

«We are living in a homo sapiens/robot symbiosis»

The physicist and philosopher Eduard Kaeser is one of the most important voices in Switzerland to speak out about our relationship with artificial intelligence (AI). He considers our progressive...

August 17, 2020
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Bianchi, Interviews

Creativity as applied lateral thinking   

Paolo Bianchi and Gabrielle Schmid are both lecturers and creative coaches at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. They teach CAS Creationship, a program that is not aimed...

April 7, 2020
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Interviews, Jyri Manninen

«One of my fears is that adults stop learning deeper issues»

Today's societies are confronted with enormous problems. Jyri Manninen, Finnish researcher and adult educator, is convinced that these problems can only be solved if people, organisations and whole societies...

March 11, 2020
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Erik Haberzeth, Haberzeth, Interviews

The possibility of a direct experience with the senses remains essential

Erik Haberzeth takes up the cudgels for traditional educational institutions at a time when virtual learning rooms are being talked about everywhere.

January 10, 2020
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Interviews, Schenkel

Change is always a creative process

Sonja Schenkel combines art with sustainability and social change. With the Creative Change approach, she accompanies and explores creative processes designed to develop new perspectives.

March 29, 2019
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Interviews, Stalder

There’s no way back

Felix Stalder is Professor of Digital Culture and Networking Theories and studies how the Digital Condition is changing knowledge, and what this means for the education system.

January 21, 2019
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Upcoming Event

Save the date: A place for visionaries

After a break due to the Covid pandemic, TRANSIT invites you to an event in January.
The focus will be on life beeing more flexible.

Life plans are becoming more diverse and flexible: both, life phases (from education to retirement) and  fields of life (work, family, learning, leisure…) are losing their rigid classification. What does this mean for learning in the future and for continuing education?

The TRANSIT think tank invites you to discuss together! A working paper (discussion paper) is being prepared and will be available to you in the coming weeks.

A Covid certificate is required for participation at the event.

When: 20 January 2022, 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Where: Photobastei Zurich

The event is free of charge. The number of participants is limited to 55 people. Registration deadline is 13 January 2022. Registrations will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration

In French-speaking part of Switzerland, an event on the topic of flexibilisation is also planned for 5 April. In Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, the topic will be taken up at an event in autumn.

Trend Reports / Trendberichte / Rapport de Tendence

First trend report: First steps and first results of TRANSIT-Process.

Erster Trendbericht: Fokusthemen und Szenarien zur Zukunft der Weiterbildung (PDF deutsch)

Second trend report: Releasing the chained giant

Zweiter Trendbericht: Den gefesselten Riesen befreien (PDF deutsch)

Deuxième Rapport de Tendence: Délivrer le géant ligoté (PDF français)

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