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Focusing on Germany, the authors provide an overview on the PIAAC key findings. In addition to the findings on everyday skills, an insight on factors such as age and educational qualification, which influence the characteristic of competences, is presented.
Vom Silver Surfer über Vorbereitungskurse für den Ruhestand bis hin zum ehrenamtlichen Engagement – Weiterbildungsangebote für Ältere sichern soziale Teilhabe, stärken das Selbstbewusstsein und enthalten ein großes Potenzial für das Gemeinwesen. Der demografische Wandel: Aufgabe und Chance für den Weiterbildungsmarkt?
Beatrice Ploch hat als freie Mitarbeiterin für das DIE die Studie "Beschäftigung von MigrantInnen in der Altenpflege" in Frankfurt/M. erstellt. Sie wertet Informationen aus sechs Alten- und Pflegeheimen aus und stellt die Situation von Pflegenden mit Migrationshintergrund, deren Bildungsstand und den Fortbildungsbedarf vor.
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In this article we explore the challenges of learning in later life, in particular intergenerational or cross generational learning for the future. Looking to the policy of the European Union (EU), in particular to lifelong learning, we see how the notion for intergenerational and intercultural learning has been embedded more and more into policy. The question is if this makes sense, or better: how will it make sense? Senior education is transforming in intergenerational learning – intergenerat…
The ageing population presents a series of policy challenges, for which our current three phase model of the lifecourse is unhelpful, especially by overlooking the changing nature of the “third age”. Encouraging people to stay longer in paid work is a key priority for Government, and training is often advocated as a way of encouraging this. This paper summarises the demographic challenge and presents a proposal for rethinking the lifecourse. It then describes the findings of a project, which ex…
Positive learning experiences in childhood, adolescence, as well as during employment have a favourable effect on learning in old age. From a gerontological perspective, the significance of school education and of professional qualifications attained later in life for educational behaviour in the post-employment phase can be explained with the continuity theory. To evaluate the relevance of one’s educational biography, a representative survey was conducted. 500 individuals at the age from 50 to…
