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Justice in/of continuing vocational training? Is there a correlation between continuing training and justice, or put differently; can continuing training contribute to improving opportunities for social participation? The authors pose this question in a broader societal context and approach it against the background of the social capital approach. They refer to empirical findings from Northern Ireland which put into perspective the wide-spread idea of the positive correlation of social capit…
In diesem Band liegen die Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des bekannten BMBF-Programms vor. Als dessen Halbzeitbilanz werden anhand von acht Untersuchungsfeldern innovative Ansätze und strukturelle Schwächen identifiziert: (1) Netzwerkbildung und -struktur, (2) Übergänge, (3) Information und Beratung, (4) Qualitätsmanagement, (5) Neue Lernkulturen, (6) Beteiligung und Marketing, (7) Beschäftigungsfähigkeit sowie (8) Transfer. Damit liegt erstmalig eine bundesweite empirische Unters…
Lebenslanges Lernen, Selbststeuerung und Bildungsprozesse außerhalb der klassischen institutionalisierten Weiterbildung bestimmen die aktuelle Diskussion nicht nur in Bildungsinstitutionen, sondern zunehmend auch in Bibliotheken und anderen Kultureinrichtungen. Wie können diese Veränderungen mit neuen Lernarrangements und Konzepten aufgegriffen werden? Wie können sich z.B. Bibliotheken umgestalten, um zukünftig Lesen, Lernen und Erleben zu ermöglichen ? Aus den unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln vo…
Inter-organizational cooperation is understood as a possibility to react on the needs of low skilled adults through the conception of adequate offers. The conception and implementation of new second chance qualification offers that provide a vocational qualification for adults does not only require organizations in the educational system. Also further partners are needed to combine different services across system boundaries that correspond to the educational and to the economic system. The sys…
The report covers approaches for research and modeling an orientation to social spaces of educational facilities in synergy with real-world oriented search for education. According to the author, it is based on four central categories: living environments, educational spaces, thematic portals and learning cultures. The analyses of educational participation in social spaces from a meso and macro didactical perspective, based on educational theories, can support the identification of educational …
The study examines how research-based learning, based on grounded theory, might enhance students learning abilities. In the context of a qualitative experiment, two groups of students were introduced to research-based learning. The students involved were asked about their learning experiences afterwards. The results of the study implicate that research-based learning is a promising approach for the development of self-determined learning. Students were critical, however, regarding the incompati…
Education for elderly people has continuously increased in significance against the background of demographic developments. Primarily the group of the “young old“ has been in the centre of scientific exploration and practical educational work. For a long time the theme old age has been shielded. The author shows development lines and blind spots of old age research and old age education and pleads for a re-orientation of the educational approach in the context of relatives care. Thereby she foc…
Die Zwischenbilanz des DIE-Projekts "@alpha: Innovative Ansätze in der Grundbildung durch medienbasierte Zugänge" fasst die Ergebnisse einer Erhebung zum Projektverlauf zusammen. Der Infobrief stellt außerdem Kooperationsvorhaben des Projekts vor. Die Spannbreite reicht vom handlungsorientieren, arbeitsplatznahen Lernmodul speziell für Migrant/inn/en in der Gastronomie, die die lateinische Schrift weder lesen noch schreiben können bis hin zur medienbasierten Grundbildung zur Berufsvorbereitung …
Urbanising processes have built up city regions. The borders of large cities can not be identified any longer. The hinterland has increasingly attracted population and companies. Without control, this kind of settlement development causes financial problems to the large cities as well as environmental and structural problems. Although cities and their hinterland are closely linked and although there are clearly visible problems, there is still an evident lack of visions for developing city regi…
Wolfgang Nötzold hat eine Auswahl von Handbüchern und Projektdokumentationen zum Thema „Qualitätsentwicklung in der Weiterbildung“ getroffen. Dabei orientierte er sich an der Frage, welche Anregungen und Hilfestellungen sie für die Konzeption und Durchführung von Praxisprojekten zur Qualitätsentwicklung in Einrichtungen der Weiterbildung leisten können. Die Zusammenstellung (Stand Mai 2002) ist in drei Themenbereiche gegliedert: Handbücher zur Einführung in Modelle und Systeme der Qualitätssich…
