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Based on the assumption that the findings gained during the PIAAC study provide an impetus for the development of demand-driven support opportunities, the author points out the needs for improvement in the field of basic education. At the same time, regarding the content, the author warns of constricting adult education in favour of competence and outcome oriented programmes.
In Retrospect: On the Conception of REPORT and its Development A conversation with the founding editors The reason for this interview is REPORT’s 30-year existence. Thus, the time has come to once again recall the events and experiences in its long history. In 1978, the “Literature and Research Report Continuing Education” was published for the first time and was essentially a review journal created to give an overview of the still widely scattered and developing discipline of adult and con…
Klaus Pehl erstellt eine Langzeitanalyse zur Entwicklung der Teilnehmerschaft an Weiterbildungsveranstaltungen auf der Basis der im Rahmen der Volkshochschulstatistik seit 1963 ermittelten Altersstrukturdaten. Daneben zeichnet er die Bevölkerungsentwicklung Deutschlands im selben Zeitraum nach und beleuchtet den Zusammenhang zwischen Weiterbildungsteilnahme und demographischer Entwicklung.