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Wie lassen sich informell erworbene Kompetenzen zertifizieren? Diese Frage stellt sich im Zuge der Diskussion um selbstgesteuerte und lebenslang erforderliche Lernprozesse. Während Deutschland noch am Beginn dieser Entwicklung steht, haben andere Länder bereits Zertifizierungssysteme eingeführt. Aber trotzdem scheint es für eine Einführung in Deutschland keine vorgezeichneten Wege zu geben. Bernd Käpplinger hat im Rahmen des DIE-Projektes »Transparenz und Akzeptanz berufsrelevanter Kompetenzen…
This third edition of the DIE Portrait Continuing Education in Germany has been extensively revised to include up-to-date figures on such key areas of continuing education as numbers of courses offered, participants, institutions and staff employed. The volume also outlines the history of German adult education and provides information on its basis in law and funding matters. Educational researchers, planners, administrators and practitioners, will thus obtain a thorough insight into the conti…
"Entwicklungsorientierte Bildungsarbeit" zeigt sich in dieser REPORT-Ausgabe von zwei grundsätzlichen Seiten. Zum einen verdeutlichen die Aufsätze aus den unterschiedlichen Ländern und Kontinenten, dass die jeweiligen sozialen, historischen und kulturellen Gegebenheiten einer Gesellschaft von großer Bedeutung für jede Bildungsarbeit sind. Zum anderen zeigt sich aber auch, dass entwicklungsorientierte Bildungsarbeit methodisch, lerntheoretisch und bildungspolitisch von eben den zentralen Fragen …
The dissertation analyses the contribution of a social space research perspective to the understanding of (non-)participation of groups of less well-educated individuals in organized further education. Both, the theoretical as well as the methodological framing are defined by a social space perspective. In a substudy of the project “Learning in Social Quarters – Significance of Social Space for Further Education”, at the German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Center for Lifelong Learnin…
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…
The author covers definitions and dissemination of »Open Educational Resources (OER)« marked by Web 2.0, particularly issues of copyright and licensing law as well as the problems of financing free material. At the same time, the potential adult education surplus value of OER is pointed out and the prerequisites of high-quality learning and teaching processes are discussed. The article concludes with an agenda for teachers aimed at the sustainability of the OER.
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…
In the person of the „quality developer“, the concepts of the staff and the organisational developer merge in a common striving for more excellence. Institutions in further education that wish to take quality development into their own hands thus are defining a new temporary role that has to rely on very special competences. Elke Mathes explains about this role and adds insights on further qualification needs from the DIE course “Quality developer in institutions of adult education”.
