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Vocational continuing education by gainfully employed persons – the explanatory power of activity-related features for continuing education behaviour Socio-demographic, company and employment data is often used to explain continuing education behaviour of individuals. Even though continuing education needs arise directly in the job context, job-related aspects are less frequently taken into account – not least due to the availability of data. This has been made possible, however, by a repres…
Continuing education and justice The question as to the connection between education and justice has always been important, even before education was established as a functioning sub-system of society. This applies in a similar manner to the sub-field of “continuing education”. The REPORT examines different approaches to the difficult topic of justice and the required linkage between a discussion based on standards and norms and empirical data (which is too unreliable). The articles especially…
Organisation and growth of the continuing training market is increasingly taking place within the private economic sector. There also is increasing reporting coverage of continuing training in accordance with the significance of lifelong learning for societal participation and the retention of occupational competences. In order to enable an accurate picture of the situation and developments of providers of general and vocational education and training to be given, it would be useful to have a k…
Im zweiten Band von „Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland“ kommentieren Fachleute die konzeptionellen Weichenstellungen, die mit der Überführung des Berichtssystems Weiterbildung (BSW) in den Adult Education Survey (AES) einhergehen. Hierbei sparen sie auch kritische Punkte nicht aus – zu wichtig sind die heutigen Entscheidungen für die Weiterbildungsberichterstattung von morgen. Eine Frage lautet: Wird die – für die hiesige Debatte wichtige – Unterscheidung zwischen allgemeiner und beruflich…
In the past, continuing higher education at university level has been a marginal phenomenon in Germany, both within universities and the context of adult education on the whole. Internationally though, adult education has gained significant importance / relevance in recent years. While implementing the objectives of the bologna-process, German universities are undergoing a far-reaching transition. In addition, the rules of market economy will apply for universities increasingly. This very devel…
Aspects of the “Established Outsider Figuration” in continuing vocational training Learning groups involving participants of different origins The main focus of the present paper is on continuing training courses attended by both indigenous and immigrant participants. What potential influences such participant structure on teaching may have is the subject of investigation. This reveals that in courses involving participants of mixed origin, under certain conditions, a constellation between …
in: Kruse, Andreas (Hrsg.): Weiterbildung in der zweiten Lebenshälfte, Reihe: Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung, Bielefeld: Bertelsmann
