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The pretentions on professionalization of further education in the area of tension between managerism, evidence based practice and obligation of participants The transformation of the welfare state also leads to a change in professional profiles in further education. This shows among others in the tendencies of de-professionalization, such as in the form of a (re-) subordination of adult pedagogical professional roles and activities under the logics of administration, market and law or other…
Iller, Carola; Sixt, Carola: Adult education providers as a “steady counterpart” for adult education in small and medium sized companies Results of case studies in companies concerning the needs analysis of small and medium sized companies show that the service offers for adult education should not be restricted to the analysis of the need for adult education. Additionally the companies should be supported when choosing their strategical site and the planning and implementation of reorganisa…
Trends with expectations and pretensions in further education in the context of changed work place conditions It is worked out in the contribution that because of changed work place conditions, especially in the area of information and communication technologies, an altered need for further education has developed. Concluding, possible consequences for the providers of adult education are sketched
Die Magisterarbeit untersucht die Anwendung von computergestützten, via Computernetz zur Verfügung gestellten und automatisch ausgewerteten Prüfungen in der beruflichen Weiterbildung. Sie spielen eine bedeutende Rolle als integrierte Prüfungen im Online-Lernen und bei Zertifizierungsprüfungen in der Informationstechnologie-Branche. In einem zweiten Schritt analysiert die Autorin Ansatzpunkte für mögliche zukünftige Entwicklungen. Grundlage ist eine zweistufige, schriftliche Delphistudie, die b…