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Im Mai dieses Jahres wurden die Ergebnisse der Studie »LEO 2018 – Leben mit geringer Literalität« vorgestellt, der Nachfolgestudie zur »leo. – Level-One Studie« von 2010. Die Studien widmen sich dem Phänomen der geringen Lese- und Schreibkompetenz unter Erwachsenen. Für weiter bilden sprach Redakteur Jan Rohwerder mit Prof. Dr. Anke Grotlüschen, der Studienleiterin von LEO 2010 und LEO 2018, Lisa Göbel, Projektmanagerin GrubiNetz im Verband der Volkshochschulen von Rheinland-Pfalz e. V., und Mo…
In addition to (in-)formal organisational structures, the perspectives and actions of the management and its influence are central to the coordination of organizational members. How management shapes this task, however, is so far hardly attributed to institutional influences of the organisational environment. Against this background, this book explores in a contrastive case study from a neo-institutionalist point of view how the action-guiding sense of leadership of managers in adult education …
Wie werden Programme und Angebote für die Erwachsenenbildung geplant? Dieser Band der Lehrbuchreihe führt durch den kompletten Prozess, von der Bedarfsermittlung über Planung, Marketing und Finanzierung. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt ist das Thema Programmforschung. Studierende aus Erwachsenenbildung und Weiterbildung finden in diesem Grundlagenband alles wichtige zum Thema in kompakter, lesefreundlicher Form. Der Band eignet sich sowohl für das Bachelor- als auch für das Masterstudium. Die Neuau…
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…
The European arena of lifelong learning offers rich country-specific portfolios of historical trajectories, policy frameworks and practical evidence of adult and continuing education. This book provides an introduction to the case of Norway and outlines the key features of the Norwegian system alongside issues such as political and legal agendas, schemes of participation, provision and financing or trends in professionalization, research areas and transnational linkages. Through the lens of adu…
In der Machbarkeitsstudie „Weiterbildungspass mit Zertifizierung informellen Lernens“ wird zunächst die Ausgangslage beschrieben, die zum aktuellen Bedeutungszuwachs des informellen Lernens in Deutschland geführt hat. Neben der Darstellung bildungspolitischer Entwicklungen wird hier eine begriffliche Abgrenzung formalen, non-formalen und informellen Lernens sowie weiterer in diesem Kontext relevanter Begriffe vorgenommen. Befunde über die Verwendung von Weiterbildungspässen in Deutschland, Komp…
Despite a relatively similar education system, the way how people can get a qualification for adult and continuing education is different in Germany and Switzerland. Germany has established an academic track within educational sciences with the focus on planning and management. Switzerland follows a vocational track with a basic qualification for teaching adults that could be extended by qualifications within the vocational system for positions in planning and management. This paper analyses th…
Hattie‘s study »Visible Learning« is no reason to call for didactic changes in adult education - this is this article’s conclusion of the New Zealander’s meta-study from a continuing educational perspective. Nontheless, Hattie provides significant suggestions for the didactic debate. These suggestions include guidelines for suitable teaching activities as well as his rather provocative findings on the positive effects of actively guided lessons, which do not contradict adult educational conside…
The report presents central findings of the PIAAC Study (»Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies«) conducted by the OECD and provides first estimates about its significance for adult education. Although PIAAC cannot offer any information about the correlation between causes and effects. However, it is reasonable to increase basic educational endeavours and extend the programmes for groups in danger of social exclusion. Finally, research tasks are pointed out.
