On the occasion of the UN decade relating to alphabetisation 2003 to 2012 the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Federal Ministry of Education and Research) published the support focus "Research and development relating to the alphabetisation and basic education of adults". The actual projects and any linked transfer activities within this support focus resulted in the topic of adult literacy in Germany to be brought into the public's eye as well as to improve the theoretical foundations. The final documentation presents the most important results from more than 100 individual projects. The anthology provides a compact overview of the insights, results and products, which developed in the years between 2007 and 2012. Thus, starting points for future work within this field of action may be established. The results of the support focus may be downloaded from www.alphabund.de.weiterlesen