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Das Buch bietet einen Überblick über das österreichische Bildungswesen und historische Aspekte der Entwicklung der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung sowie über die aktuelle Situation der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung in Österreich. Es informiert über die rechtlichen Grundlagen, Mechanismen der Steuerung, Institutionen, Qualitätssicherung, Finanzierung, Angebote und Teilnahme sowie über Berufsfeld und Professionalisierung, Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung im tertiären Sektor und die internationale V…
Learning and acting - theses from the subject-orientated perspective It is sketched, by means of a few basic language-philosophical deliberations on the understanding and term of the acting subject, that the pre-assumption of a narrow connection of learning and application of the learnt in acting of the participants is not appropriate.
Fachlicher Austausch und Kooperation zwischen österreichischen und deutschen Erwachsenenbildner/inne/n findet in Wissenschaft und Praxis statt. Doch was wissen deutsche Fachkolleg/inn/en über die punktuellen Kontakte hinaus über das Weiterbildungssystem in unserem Nachbarland Österreich? Welche finanziellen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen bestimmen das Handeln? Wie ist die Lage der in der österreichischen Weiterbildung tätigen Fachkräfte? Und welche aktuellen Entwicklungen und Herausforderung…
Complaints about the governmental withdrawal from public responsibility for adult education are most common nowadays. The "retrospects" shows how the perception of public responsibility during the last three decades of the 20th century has changed in the mirror of different political guidelines and an altering public interest in adult education.
Competence and education, emotions and virtues The ambivalence of competence in the portfolio experience of volunteers A portfolio setting in which volunteers identify, evaluate and document their competencies acquired through voluntary work is at the same time a location of special experience with education and competence: competencies expected by the labour market and acquired in voluntary work converge with predominating notions of education. This article looks at the antagonisms and int…
Die im Aufbau befindliche Nationale Bildungsplattform ist eine Online-Vernetzungsinfrastruktur, die Lehr- und Lernformate anbieterübergreifend auffindbar und nutzbar machen soll. Was erwarten Lehrende von dieser Plattform? Auf Basis der Ergebnisse einer Online-Umfrage berichten der Autor und die Autorin über Chancen und Herausforderungen aus Perspektive der potenziellen zukünftigen Nutzenden.
Teachers‘ professionalism in adult and continuing education is often requested but practically implemented in only a few countries. In Austria and Switzerland, over the past years systems were established with the support of relevant stakeholders, which advance this required professionalism. Based on the exchange of experts in both systems as well as analyses of materials and literature, the following article identifies the key factors, which contributed to the successful establishment of the i…
Case-reconstructive quality circles have hardly ever been tried out in adult education. Under the direction of trainers, course teachers reflect the quality of their work in a mutual process. Their own teaching/learning situation serves as illustrative material. It is self-evident that this method relies on mutuality and must be voluntary. The method, which is explained with the aid of a practice example from the KVHS Northeim, has its origins in health care.
279 participants in a survey on elearning applications for foreign language learning in Volkshochschulen (German adult education schools) had little prior knowledge. While they do indeed have interest in such applications, they still keep to formats known from their previous learning experience. The participants in the survey estimate the potential of e-learning applications for foreign language learning as positive, but only in combination with traditional non-virtual classes. The…
