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Going out from the »UN ECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development« of March 2005 the author describes which challenges have arisen from the establishment of the perspective of sustainability. In an overview of the different areas of adult education it becomes obvious, how variable the concept of ESD finds acceptance (adult evening classes, environmental education, global learning, academies). Eventually the contribution encourages to comprehend ESD as a chance for adult education an…
The author provides a row of examples for the overlapping of practical social work and adult education existing already today. In the light of the task of making it possible for all people to come along in the accelerated life and work life, both disciplines should go together more strongly. Adult education needs to open up to social work and the social work needs to understand itself as being pervaded by adult education.
Welche Bedeutung haben Zertifikate für die Qualität der Weiterbildung? Welche Modelle werden in anderen europäischen Ländern der Qualitätsentwicklung zugrunde gelegt? Dies sind nur einige Fragen, die aufzeigen, dass die Qualitätsentwicklung in der Weiterbildung in eine neue Phase tritt. Bisher wurden in allen Bereichen und auf allen Ebenen des Systems der Erwachsenenbildung Erfahrungen mit verschiedenen Qualitätsmodellen, Verfahren, Instrumenten und Supportstrukturen gesammelt. Neuerdings wird…
Students of German as a foreign and second language are often confronted with the problem that dialogues in textbooks rather resemble written than oral German. Oral language phenomena are neglected and generally not systematically presented. This also applies for recent online textbooks. It is a wasted opportunity since multimedia content may be easily used for contrasting formal and informal speech.
As a result of the current migration of several hundreds of thousands refugees in Germany alone, concepts for successful language training become increasingly important. The integration programme funded by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) plays a central role. This article refers to data collected by the author regarding success factors for language learning. In this qualitative study, 51 interviews were conducted with integration programme participants in a reception centre…
In consideration of the omnipresent commitment to the significance of lifelong learning, the article analyses the role of continuing education within public education funding. Over the past 20 years, public continuing education funding has been reduced by 41 %. The low participation rate in continuing education, particularly among the less qualified and atypically employed, encourage an increase in public investments. Funds should enhance staff counselling, qualification and professionalism as …
„Alterung“ und „Schrumpfung“ lauten die Hiobsbotschaften des demografischen Wandels. Dass die heraufbeschworenen Probleme nicht zwangsläufig in die Katastrophe führen, zeigt Karl Otto Hondrich in seinem vielbeachteten Buch »Weniger sind mehr«. Diese eher konstruktive Haltung hat sich die Redaktion zu Eigen gemacht und nach möglichen Strategien im Umgang mit den anstehenden Herausforderungen gefragt. Antworten der Betriebe, der kommunalen Weiterbildungseinrichtungen und der Weiterbildungsadminis…
