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Seit November 2018 finden Beratungen statt, in denen die Sozialpartner, Länder, Kammern und die Bundesagentur für Arbeit gemeinsam mit den Bundesministerien für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS ), Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) und Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) die Nationale Weiterbildungsstrategie entwickeln. Der Autor und die Autorin bewerten den Prozess aus Sicht der Arbeitgebervertreter.
While the calls to take more notice of the significance of migration for adult education are loud and clear, notably little attention is paid to them with regard to work on categories. In adult education, fundamental theoretical work on definitions of “migration” is still far from complete. Even though individual studies deal with the term, it seems that attempts to clarify categories remain scarce. If adult education research on migration has a genuine interest in examining the risks of the hi…
The competence concept of PISA and IALS New impulses for adult education through international comparative studies In the contribution the literacy concept, which is new to the German education discussion, and some of the results of IALS are presented, whereas parallels but also differences are shown to the PISA study. The causales for the central result of the missing basic competences are questioned, whereas clues are given to contexts between antiquated teaching methods and often lament…
Adult education centers (“Volkshochschulen”) realize their educational mission nationwide, in a wide range of educational topics and for all citizens. In order to foster equal participation opportunities for all population groups, they face the challenge of adapting their work to social developments. Organizational approaches such as diversity management and intercultural opening provide a framework that considers different levels of continuing education work and discusses their contribution to…
Program analyses are considered as genuine methods of research in further education. The basic understanding is that innovation is not only an invention of new methods, but also an implementation of existing methods in new ways. The most important approaches of program analysis will be presented and discussed concerning their alteration. This is also relevant for qualitative research in further education in general.
In adult education as an almost deregulated educational sector, governance happens indirectly via support programs and educational initiatives. Money plays a central role as a medium of governance and is also used to promote quality management systems. Quality management itself unrolls a governing capacity in the adult education system: in doing so, different models stress different starting points for quality development. This paper responds to the question which factors influence the developm…
The article points out the need and the direction of changes in points of view, the planning and the character of programmes, the role of teachers and the organizational structures regarding the further development of the German Adult Education Institute „Volkshochschule“. Schneider identifies development processes towards a customer-oriented institution as balancing out different interests of different learners, clients and cooperation partners, and education management as a new competence of …
In PIAAC werden international Grundkompetenzen von Erwachsenen erhoben. In Deutschland ist die Bevölkerung seit der ersten Erhebung 2012 durch Einwanderung gewachsen und die Alterung der Gesellschaft weiter fortgeschritten. Darüber hinaus hat die Corona-Pandemie Kontakte und damit auch Bildung zeitweise massiv beeinträchtigt. In diesem Beitrag zeigen wir, wie sich Lesekompetenzen zwischen sozialen Gruppen in Deutschland unterscheiden und wie sich diese Unterschiede zwischen 2012 und 2023 entwi…
