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„Click and Type“ – new ways into the empirical practice On theory and practice of online researches It is still relatively unsettled what online research resp. online questionaires are and what effects these instruments have on the entire research process. On the basis of different sources and experiences from own projects this contribution goes into the matter of the single einzelnen effects online research from different perspectives, such as e. g. the options of figuration, the warranty…
This article is based on the significance of informal forms of learning in the context of lifelong learning as well as the structural educational theory following Marotzki. The authors sum up qualitative-empirical research findings on orientational changes of travel workers – young adults – while visiting and working in foreign countries to finance their journey. On this base, structural aspects of these journeys are identified, which can create an educational space: critical experiences, autot…
This report reflects potentials and dangers for adult education resulting from the process of Europeanizing educational politics. The report indicates the associated structural mechanisms of action in the area of tension of cooperation and competition with the example of the European Qualification Frame (EQF). While intending to achieve a better comparability of educational systems and educational programmes the EQF in fact injects fresh impetus for more national and international competition. …
Um wissenschaftliche Aussagen über die Wirkung von Lehr- und Lernprozessen zu gewinnen, sind empirische Forschungen unerlässlich. Ekkehard Nuissl vermittel das hierfür notwendige Grundwissen. Der Studientext ist anwendungsorientiert und folgt im Aufbau dem Vorgehen, das bei der Durchführung eines jeden Forschungsprojekts zu beachten ist. Von der Ausgangsfrage über die Datenerhebung bis hin zur Präsentation der Ergebnisse führt der Autor Schritt für Schritt durch den Forschungsprozess. Der St…
Die Weiterbildung ist seit Jahren einem umfassenden Strukturwandel unterworfen. Dieses Buch zieht Bilanz, zeigt neue Perspektiven auf und präsentiert die Weiterbildung als Zunft mit Zukunft. Gegenstand der Betrachtung sind nebem dem praktischen Handlungsfeld auch Forschung und Politik der Weiterbildung. Namhafte Autorinnen und Autoren aus dem In- und Ausland bündeln auf spezielle Themen bezogen den Diskussionsstand und bieten konkrete Gestaltungsoptionen an. Auf diese Art und Weise entsteht ein…
Lifelong learning on a high quality level is a condition for participation in further economical and social developments in society. But how are lifelong learning activities to be financed? Are projects of the European Union the key for solving financial problems of institutional and organized learning? The author describes his experiences made with the acquisition of EU-projects. The article points out difficulties and problems in the process of acquisition, searching partners and trying to co…
A good two-and-a-half years after the EU's lifelong learning education programme began, the German National Agency has drawn up an interim balance and reflects current trends of the 2009 applications in the programme. GRUNDTVIG for general adult education. There is increasing demand for established forms of funding, affecting both learning partnerships and continuing education funding for individual workers in the field. Since 2009 the EU has put forward various new funding programmes. There ha…
What kind of continuing education is appropriate for me? More and more potential continuing education participants are turning to adult education institutions with this question. They often expect help in planning their educational and/or professional career. The ProfilPASS is the best known qualitative approach to educational and professional counselling in Germany; it is also used in some parts of Austria. The ProfilPASS is a portfolio used exclusively by qualified ProfilPASS counsellors to h…
Networks of citizens’ commitment – On the role of adult education within the scope of the network work with the older Introduced are the partial results of a research project in North-Rhine-Westphalia, in which networks of citizens’ commitment in Düsseldorf in the area of work with older people have been evaluated. At the beginning of the contribution the term of network is explained, then the personal pre-requisites for citizens’ commitment are sketched and concluding the model of self-orga…
The article systematizes perspectives for the development of supply structures for people with a migrant background, especially for refugees. For this purpose, the article defines an integration concept that focuses various educationally relevant levels and dimensions, which are entangled with a perspective of the intercultural and transcultural adult and further education. Based on the results from various program analyzes studies and ongoing research projects, it furthermore reflects, how the…
