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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…
Kursleitende in der Erwachsenenbildung finden in diesem Band ein breites Methodenrepertoire für die außerschulische Kursgestaltung. Systematisch nach Handlungsfeldern und Lernsituationen sortiert, beschreibt Horst Siebert aktivierende, sich am lernenden Subjekt orientierende Methoden, die die Kompetenzen und Ressourcen der Teilnehmenden berücksichtigen. Für die 4. Aufllage wurde das Buch gründlich überarbeitet und aktualisiert; neu sind vor allem die im Internet zur Verfügung gestellten Checkl…
Dieser Leitfaden richtet sich an potenzielle Existenzgründer/innen im Bereich der Weiterbildung. Das Buch informiert über die aktuelle Situation am Weiterbildungsmarkt und gibt einen Überblick über die Berufsbilder Trainer, Dozent, Berater, Coach und Kursleiter. Beschrieben werden aber auch ganz praktische Schritte auf dem Weg zur Selbstständigkeit wie die Erstellung einer Marktanalyse und des Businessplans, Tipps zu Marketing und Buchführung sowie Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten und Karrierechancen.…
“Precarious forms of work”, “wages near the poverty level” and “demand for minimum wages” – these are key words reflecting the status of continuing education personnel and the concurrent debate. The report focuses on the equality of wages in continuing education, taking up the business economical concept of “proportional equality of wages” as a result of the various references to the current debate in the field of adult and continuing education. The principles of market conformity, equal qualif…
Educational institutes have always been seen as needing to cooperate: this idea first took shape in education acts and is now increasingly being applied to lifelong learning. In practice, however, there are many arguments against cooperation at institutes of continuing education, not least as it can create unwanted situations of rivalry among the cooperating institutes. To develop models which will help guide schools on issues of cooperation better, further research is required: What advantage…
The ability to analyze and understand classroom situations through the eyes of not only teachers but also students can be seen as a crucial aspect of teachers’ professional competence. Even though video case-based learning is considered to have great potential for the promotion of analytical competence of teachers (i.e., becoming immersed in student and teacher perspectives as well as applying conceptual knowledge to better understand classroom situations), only a few studies have investigated …
Tendencies towards individualization have led to a pluralization of situations, phases and styles of living. Disengagement with reference to course participants manifests itself in the diversification of the group of course participants as far as their life situation (vertical disengagement), life phase (temporal disengagement) and style of living (horizontal disengagement) are concerned. The concept of social milieus as an integrative approach can represent tendencies of liberation and can a…
Die Validierung non-formal und informell erworbener Kompetenzen ist schon lange Gegenstand einer Debatte, die stark von Impulsen europäischer Akteure lebt und in Deutschland besonders in der beruflichen Bildung aufgegriffen wurde. Das Heft fragt, ob und inwiefern Kompetenzvalidierung ein Thema der Erwachsenenbildung sein sollte. Wenn die Anerkennung von Kompetenzen als Empowerment erfolgt, können von Validierung auch und gerade Geflüchtete profitieren.
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