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In Germany, participation in continuing education has been on a respectable level since 2012. In 2016, 50 per cent of all adults were active in continuing education and training. Based on these findings, the Adult Education Survey (AES) 2016 provides numerous detailed results, which are presented in the final evaluation report. The authors of this report analyse and comment the representative data with regard to key issues, such as: Who are the participants of continuing education and for what …
Gibt es »rote Linien« in der (politischen) Erwachsenenbildung, inwiefern sollte es sie geben? Diesen Fragen geht der Autor am Beispiel der Bildungsarbeit »gegen rechts« nach – und zeigt auf, dass es keine einfachen Antworten hierauf gibt.
The main topic “Quality Management Systems in Continuing Training” of the wbmonitor survey 2017 provides statistical results on the dissemination of the different quality management systems (QMS) used in this field of education and analyzed the effectiveness attributed by the institutions. In addition, wbmonitor explored the providers view on the QMS certification process. As every year, the economic situation of the continuing training providers was determined: In 2017, this was at a new all-t…