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Die bundesdeutsche Debatte um das Zuwanderungsgesetz betrifft die Erwachsenenbildung in mehreren Hinsichten. Ganz konkret bedeuten die Gesetzentwürfe Handlungsbedarf bei der Konzeption und Durchführung von Integrationskursen für Zugewanderte. Lale Akgün formuliert im Gespräch die Forderung, Kurse müssten neben Sprache auch den „Code der Gesellschaft“ erlernbar machen. Zudem ist im Heft der Umgang mit dem Anderen sehr grundsätzlich im Blick: Alheit beschreibt „Fremdheitskonstruktionen“ in den …
In consideration of the omnipresent commitment to the significance of lifelong learning, the article analyses the role of continuing education within public education funding. Over the past 20 years, public continuing education funding has been reduced by 41 %. The low participation rate in continuing education, particularly among the less qualified and atypically employed, encourage an increase in public investments. Funds should enhance staff counselling, qualification and professionalism as …
In der Berufsbildung ist die Diskussion über europäische und nationale Qualifikationsrahmen in vollem Gange. Die Erwachsenenbildung fühlt sich nicht recht »gemeint« – außer, was die Qualifikation ihrer eigenen Profession angeht – aber das ist dann ja wieder Berufsbildung, gewissermaßen. Das Heft hat weitere Verbindungen zwischen Qualifikationsrahmen und Erwachsenenbildung herstellen wollen, es wird ja immerhin ein ganzes Bildungssystem auf outcome umgestellt. Neue Bezüge zeigen sich indes in de…
How can the performances of continuing education become more influential in the German Qualification Framework (DQR)? The author presents concrete recommendations derived from a cross-provider work group: presentation of key competences across all levels; classification of qualifications acquired in continuing education to individual levels (example of level 6). With regard to the inclusion of non-formal and informal competences in continuing education, the author refers to the potential of EU …
Receptive or hostile to continuing education? Course tutors caught between the pressure to conform and resistance This article presents the results of a qualitative dissertation. The author has investigated the acceptance of adult education teacher training courses among part-time and freelance teachers based on the example of the initial adult education teacher training qualification offered by the North Rhine Westphalia VHS (adult education centre) regional association. For the issue of a…
The focus of this article is on the necessity of competences and qualifications in the lower job segment of the labour market and the applicability of educational programs to acquire these and encourage people with low skills to participate in lifelong learning. Various requirement profiles of literacy in the work context are described. The importance of operational multipliers used in job-related basic education is pointed out. Exemplary methods, used in GRAWiRa in order to concretize basic ed…
As part of a joint project a learning game is currently being developed for adults who are functionally illiterate. Following a generally positive experience with the role of the new media in teaching work with this target group, the partners in the project, including the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE), are now focussing specifically on game-based training. This article introduces the reader to the basic concept of the game and identifies the factors in its use which are critical to…
Foundation of a family as a predetermined breaking point? On the interaction of parenthood and participation in adult education and continuing education Within the context of an empirical longitudinal research project, the processes and turning points of the continuing education practise are documented and discussed in a gender-typical context of life. The survey proves the gender-typical change of the (continuing) education behaviour of men and women when they become fathers and mothers: The …
