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The term »valorization« has gained a wide distribution by the EU support programme of vocational training (Leonardo da Vinci). The author points to the prospective that the term will soon be able to establish itself in other educational areas. Valorization can be described as a process of dissemination and utilization of project results with the aim of optimizing their value, increasing their impact and integrating them into training systems. A correlatively strategy shall be existent in projec…
In 2001 the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research arranged an information and advice centre for German adult education providers called “iMOVE“, which plans activities in foreign markets. The contribution takes a stock by making an interim statement of the work of iMOVE and it introduces the services offered.
Der Sportwissenschaftler Dr. Hans E. Ulrich ist Geschäftsführer des IST-Studieninstituts in Düsseldorf. Er hat für IST in Shanghai ein zweites Standbein aufgebaut. Mit ihm sprach DIE-Redakteur Dr. Peter Brandt über kleine Fortschritte und geplatzte Hoffnungen beim Versuch, Weiterbildung im fernen Ausland anzubieten.
The contribution assesses the consequences for adult education emerging from the running GATS negotiation round. Initially the present situation of the regulations are described which apply for the EU since 1994 and which restrict liberalisation to privately financed educational services. Since 2002 the USA and Brazil are demanding further steps to be taken by the EU. The possible consequences are estimated of the discontinuation of – among others – the subventions reserve for special areas of …
Which implications does the ongoing GATS negotiation round have for the educational area? Although the WTO minister conference in Hongkong in December 2005 did not result in decisions made for the services sector, it is nevertheless the positioning of the participating member states – including the EU – beforehand and in reverberation of the conference which is interesting. When the »Doha round« expires in 2007, new propositions for liberation need to be available. The author observes the negot…
Adult learning professionals are understood in the context of European Policy as key factor for the quality of adult education. In this paper a transnational European study programme, the European Master in Adult Education, is focussed on as an academic contribution to the professionalization of adult learning professionals: What core themes of European Adult Education can be identified? What didactic approaches are required for a transnational curriculum? How is the labour market taken into co…
During the last decade, the configuration of international-comparative research in adult and continuing education has been interwoven with influences of stakeholders of (inter-)national educational policies and their agendas. This paper works with a broad understanding of international-comparative research in adult and continuing education. This understanding includes the interpretation of similarities and differences as well as studies which focus on the cultural interrelationship networks of …
Die Bibliographie führt die nationalen und internationalen Teilbibliographien, die für den Zeitraum 1873 bis 1973 vorliegen, zusammen, ordnet die Beiträge thematisch und ergänzt fehlende Literaturangaben. Diese Gesamtschau von rund 700 Titeln dokumentiert die Professionalitätsdiskussion in einer Tiefe und Breite, die weder durch Recherchen im Internet noch durch die Sichtung von Bibliothekskatalogen zu erzielen wären. Sie schreibt die nachgewiesene Literatur für diesen Zeitraum fest und legt ei…
